Iyabode Ololade Remilekun "Lola" Odusoga (previously Wallinkoski; born 30 June 1977 in

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

) is a Finnish model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the

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contest in 1996. In 1997, she won the crown of

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. On 17 June 1996 at the

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competition in

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, she was second-runner up. Her mother is Finnish and her father is Yoruba from

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. She is also an actress, known for Vares: Tango of Darkness (2012), Hilander-TV (2010) and 3 asiaa: Petri Nygård (2013). In 2000, Lola Odusoga, sparked a wild public debate over her silicon breast implants. Odusoga married Jarkko Wallinkoski on 12 August 2005. They have two children together: a daughter(born 2004) and a son (born 2006). After the couple divorced in 2015, she changed her last name back to her partial maiden name.

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1977 births Finnish female models Finnish people of Nigerian descent Finnish people of Yoruba descent Finnish LGBTQ rights activists Living people Miss Finland winners Miss Universe 1996 contestants People from Turku Yoruba beauty pageant contestants Yoruba female models Finnish women activists {{Europe-pageant-bio-stub