Paula Joukanen biography: 13 things about Miss Universe Finland 2023

Paula Susanna Joukanen is a Finnish tennis player and beauty queen from Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland. She is expected to graduated from the University of Helsinki in Helsinki, Uusimaa with a law degree in May 2026.

Joukanen is fluent in Finnish and English. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. On October 30, 2011, she defeated Marina Kantorovica at the 2011 Kisakallio Junio Open in Lohja, Finland.
2. She defeated Yuliya Hatouka at the 2012 J60 Riga Open in Riga, Latvia on June 24, 2012, Katarina Duic Plumtree at the 2012 Adriatic Cup in Stobrec, Croatia on July 22, 2012, Celina Usinger at the 2012 Kisakallio Junio Open in Lohja on October 28, 2012 and Claudia Iglesias at the 2012 Gran Canaria Yellow Bowl in Telde, Gran Canaria, Spain on November 4, 2012.
3. She defeated Manon Contensoux and Laura Bourguignon at the 2013 Top 10-12 Bressuire in Bressuire, France on April 28, 2013, Eleni Louka at the 2013 Airok Viljando Open in Eiljandi, Estonia on May 26, 2013, Kseniya Yersh, Sofia Velikanova, Gerda Reinaru and Sofia Marlene Haug at the 2013 SEB Tallink Junior Open in Tallinn, Estonia on June 9, 2013, Polina Zhiltsova at the 2013 Pajulahti Junior Tournament in Nastola, Finland on June 16, 2013, Nica Veronia Jolea and Stefanija Polischuk at the 2013 J60 Riga Open in Riga on June 23, 2013, Ajla Kalesic, Liisa Vehvilainen and Lilly Haseth at the 2013 Copenhagen TE12 in Frederiksberg, Denmark on September 1, 2013 and Cecilia Johansen, Tanysha Dissanayake, Leticia Temirhanova, Hannah Viller Moller and Oleksandra Oliynykova at the 2013 Saxo Bank Cuk HIK in Hellerup, Denmark on September 8, 2013.
4. She defeated Maileen Nuudi and Liisa Vehvilainen at the 2014 Narva Cup in Narva, Estonia, Ipek Cevik and Alisa Savina on January 19, 2014 at the 2014 TE Lidingo in Stockholm, Sweden on February 23, 2014, Alina Nikushina at the 2014 Kaleva Open in Oulu, Finland on March 16, 2014, Svetlana Bubnova at the 2014 Pajulahti Tournament in Nastola on March 23, 2014, Sydney Berlin, Victoria Carlsten, Jana Maria Dona and Olga Helmi at the 2014 Copenhagen TE Outdoor in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 4, 2014 and Anja Wildgruber at the 2014 Bohemia Cafex Cup in Rakovnik, Czech Republic on May 11, 2014.
5. She defeated Helena Narmont and Gloria Huban at the 2014 SEB Tallink Junior Open in Tallinn on June 8, 2014, Ekaterina Shalimova, Maria Galiy and Linnea Koskinen at the 2014 Pajulahti Junior Tournament in Nastola on June 15, 2014, Helena Narmont and Kristina Filichenok at the 2014 J60 Riga Open in Riga on June 22, 2014, Daniela Medvedeva, Yana Lavrentieva, Viktoriya Tabunshchyk and Elena Malygina at the 2014 Jufa OTV Europe Junior Tour in Furstenfeld, Austria on July 19, 2014, Ilana Tetruashvili and Maja Lietzau at the 2014 Audi GW:plus Zentrum Munchen Junio Open in Germany on August 17, 2014 and Sophie Julie Zehender and Sarah Heckel at the 2014 Internationale Deutsche Tennismeisterschaft U14 um den Hanne-Nusslein-Pokal in Duren, Germany on August 24, 2014.
6. She defeated Sofiya Chekhlystova, Lizaveta Artsiomenka and Marija Tumanovicuite at the 2015 Toyota Cup in Siauliai, Lithuania on January 9, 2015, Cristina Elena Tiglea and Whitney Osuigwe at the 2015 Junior International Bolton in Bolton, England on January 25, 2015, Jeanne Sapin and Maria Galiy at the 2015 J4 Kaarina / ALK Open in Kaarina, Finland on February 22, 2015, Elvira Edstrom at the J4 Kramfors / ITF Kramfors High Coast Junior World Ranking Tournament in Kramfors, Sweden on March 7, 2015, Rebecca Ehn at the 2015 J4 Varnamo / SEB Outdoor Open in Varnamo, Sweden on May 24, 2015, Malygina at the J100 Tallinn / Estonian Junior Open in Tallinn on May 31, 2015, Katriin Saar and Liisa Vehvilainen at the 2015 Wilson Pajulahti Junior Tournament in Nastola on June 14, 2015, Darja Semenistaja at the 2015 Riga Open U16 in Riga on June 20, 2015 and Anastasiya Mulder at the 2015 $10,000 Antalya in Antalya, Trkey on November 8, 2015.
7. She defeated Helene Heiberg at the 2016 J60 Malmo / Strom & Gulliksson Malmo Open in Malmo, Sweden on January 17, 2016, Essence Martins at the 2016 J4 Doorn / ITF In-doorn in Doorn, Netherlands on February 21, 2016, Diana Martynov and Monica Raviraj at the 2016 Nottingham Junior International in Nottingham, England on April 24, 2016, Alena Yurchenko at the 2016 Ozerov Cup in Moscow, Russia on May 15, 2016, Elizaveta Kuznetsova, Kristina Savvi and Venla Ahti at the 2016 Wilson Pajulahti Junior Tournament in Nastola on June 18, 2016, Sofiya Chekhlystova and Kuznetsova at the 2016 J60 Tallinn / Tallink Open in Tallinn on July 9, 2016.
8. She defeated Maria Natalia Lyven at the 2016 J60 Kranj / TK Triglav Open in Kranj, Slovenia on August 21, 2016, Kristiana Linda Zahare at the 2016 J5 Liepaja / Prince Cup Liepaja in Liepaja, Latvia on September 10, 2016, Anastasia Tikhonova, Ida Ferding and Lilly Haseth at the 2016 J4 Rungsted Kyst / ITF Coast Championships in Rungsted Kyst, Denmark on October 22, 2016, Wiktoria Rutkowska and Adelina Baravi at the 2016 J4 Vierumaki / Vierumaki Dunlop in Vierumaki, Finland on October 29, 2016 and Perla Nieuwboer at the 2016 ProAktiv ITF Junir Stavanger in Stavanger, Norway on December 9, 2016.
9. From August 2017 to November 2020, she attended Mäkelänrinteen Urheilulukio in Helsinki, Uusimaa.
10. In August 2021, she entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Helsinki.
11. In October 2022, she joined Korjauspartnerit in Helsinki as a legal intern.
12. On September 9, 2023, she competed against nine other Miss Suomi 2023 finalists at the Aino Areena in Järvenpää, Uusimaa and won the title.
13. She was 22 years old when she represented Finland at Miss Universe 2023 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador.

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