Bea Toivonen (born 28 October 1992) is a Finnish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Finland 2014 and represented Finland at the

Miss Universe 2014 Miss Universe 2014 was the 63rd Miss Universe pageant, held at the FIU Arena in Miami, Florida, United States on 25 January 2015. This was the first time in the history of the competition that the pageant was not held during the year the title ...

pageant.

Personal life

Toivonen was born in 1992. Her mother, Marja Kinnunen, is a former Miss Suomi and represented Finland at Miss Universe 1985. Toivonen is a hairdresser and make-up artist. Bea's father

Harri Toivonen Harri Toivonen (born 22 October 1960) is a former rallying, rally and race car driver from Finland. He is the younger brother of the late Henri Toivonen and son of Pauli Toivonen. Rally career His first World Rally Championship outcome was at t ...

is a former rally driver. Her uncle was

Henri Toivonen Henri Pauli Toivonen (25 August 1956 – 2 May 1986) was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his younger brother, Harri, became a prof ...

who was also a rally driver. She has an older sister and her mother and father divorced in 2011.

Pageantry

Miss Finland 2014

Toivonen represented Jyväskylä and was crowned Miss Finland 2014 on 4 May 2014 at a ceremony held at Langvik Congress Wellness Hotel in Kirkkonummi. The pageant was broadcast live on national television and received extensive coverage in the tabloid press.

Miss Universe 2014

Toivonen competed at the

but was unplaced.

References

External links

Official Miss Suomi website
1993 births Living people Miss Universe 2014 contestants People from Jyväskylä Miss Finland winners Finnish female models {{Finland-bio-stub