Kristina Karjalainen (born 15 August 1989) is an
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
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Finnish model and beauty pageant titleholder who won
Eesti Miss Estonia 2013 and represented her country at
Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow,
Russia but unplaced.
Early life
Karjalainen is a freelance-translator, investment advisor and
model
A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , .
Models can be divided in ...
. She moved from Estonia to Finland with her parents at the age of 3 and currently resides in Tampere. Her mother, also born in Estonia, is Lithuanian and her father, born in Russia, is Finnish. Kristina speaks 6 languages and has mentioned that learning new languages is one of her hobbies. Karjalainen's other hobbies include singing and swimming. She has been married to the finnish DJ and producer Joonas Hahmo since June 2025.
Miss Globe International 2012
Karjalainen competed at the
Miss Globe International
The Miss Globe is an international beauty pageant held annually since 1925. Initially known as ''Dream Girl International'', the contest was rebranded as ''Miss Globe'' in 1975. There are three Miss Globe pageants, which are spin-offs from the ...
2012 pageant as Miss Globe Finland. She placed in the Top 5 as the 4th runner-up and won the "Miss Golden Girl" award.
Eesti Miss Estonia 2013
Kristina Karjalainen was crowned Eesti Miss Estonia 2013 at the Toompea Castle in Tallinn, on June 12. She represented Estonia in Miss Universe 2013. Kristina was crowned by Eesti Miss Estonia 2011 (Miss Universe Estonia 2011), Madli Vilsar.
Other
In 2013 Karjalainen was invited to participate in the Finnish version of the
Eyeworks
Warner Bros. International Television Production Netherlands (WBITVP Netherlands), formerly known as Eyeworks, is an Amsterdam-based international television production company founded by Reinout Oerlemans, Robert van den Bogaard and Ronald van W ...
format ''Reality Queens of the Jungle'' (''Viidakon tähtöset'' in Finnish), but she had to decline for medical reasons.
Seiska.fi: Kohukaunotar jättäytyi Viidakon tähtösistä
(in Finnish) In 2015, she competes in a lifeguard themed reality TV show led by Martina Aitolehti.
References
External links
Official Eesti Miss Estonia website
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1989 births
Living people
Miss Universe 2013 contestants
Models from Tallinn
Estonian emigrants to Finland
Estonian people of Lithuanian descent
Estonian people of Finnish descent
Finnish people of Lithuanian descent
Finnish people of Estonian descent
Estonian beauty pageant winners
Estonian female models