Viivi Altonen represented Finland in the 11th edition of Miss Supranational and the 69th edition of Miss Universe. These are two of the six grand slam international beauty pageants for women along with Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth and Miss Grand International.
BIOGRAPHY
Altonen is a Finnish beauty queen, model and scuba diving instructor. She previously worked in Mozambique where she once had an encounter with a shark.
Before turning 25, Altonen lived in four countries namely Finland, India, Mozambique and Switzerland and has traveled to more than 30 countries. While attending Tampere University in Tampere, Finland, she visited the United States, Germany, Italy and France in 2021 and Cape Verde, Spain, the Maldives and Switzerland in 2022.
Moreover, Altonen visited Egypt and Greece in 2023, Sri Lanka and Norway in 2024 and the Dominican Republic in 2025. Here are 13 more things about her:
- From 2011 to 2015, she attended Sammon Keskuslukio High School in Tampere.
- From February 2013 to February 2015, she worked as an exhibition assistant at Tomexpo AG in Wiedlisbach, Switzerland.
- She was Supermodel International 2014 third runner-up.
- From September 2015 to February 2016, she was a divemaster at PADI in Praia da Tofo, Mozambique.
- From October 2017 to September 2020, she was a sales advisor at H&M in Tampere.
- She was a Miss Supranational 2019 candidate.
- From September 2019 to December 2022, she attended Tampere University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in social psychology.
- She won Miss Suomi 2020.
- She was a Miss Universe 2020 candidate.
- On September 6, 2024, she turned 28.
TIMELINE
Altonen is 5’9″ tall. She is fluent in Finnish and English and she speaks basic Swedish and German.
2015
- On January 31, 2015, she represented Finland in Supermodel International 2014 at the Hilton Convention Center of Grand Hilton Seoul in Seoul, South Korea. She was third runner-up.
2016
- From July 2016 to October 2016, she worked as a model at Fashion TV Talent House in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
2017
- From April 2017 to October 2017, she worked at H&M in Tampere.
2018
- She was treated like a movie star while she was in India where she took part in “Bhaiaji Superhit,” a Bollywood film released on November 23, 2018.
2019
- In November 2019, she became a BIBA Model Management model in Zurich, Switzerland.
- On December 6, 2019, she represented Finland in Miss Supranational 2019 at International Congress Centre in Katowice, Poland. She won the Miss Photogenic award but was unplaced.
2020
- On September 19, 2020, she was crowned Miss Suomi 2020, making her the official candidate of Finland in Miss Universe 2020.
2021
- On May 16, 2021, she represented Finland in Miss Universe 2020 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Broward County, Florida, USA. She was unplaced.
- On September 13, 2021, she traveled to Berlin, Germany.
- On September 18, 2021, she crowned her successor Miss Suomi 2021 Essi Unkuri at AlfaTV in Kerava, Finland.
- On September 22, 2021, she traveled to Bellagio, Italy.
- In November 2021, she traveled to Paris, France.
2022
- In January 2022, she traveled to Santa Maria, Cape Verde and Sal, Cape Verde.
- In April 2022, she traveled to Alicante, Spain and Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives.
- In June 2022, she traveled to Zurich, Switzerland.
- In September 2022, she traveled to Naples, Italy and Rome, Italy.
- In December 2022, she traveled to Fuengirola, Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain.
2023
- In February 2023, she traveled to Marsa Alam, Egypt.
- In June 2023, she traveled to Rhodes, Greece.
2024
- In January 2024, she traveled to Ella, Badulla, Uva, Sri Lanka.
- In July 2024, she traveled to Lofoten, Norway.
2025
- In February 2025, she traveled to Samana, Dominican Republic.
- In March 2025, she traveled to New York City, New York, USA.
- In June 2025, she traveled to Chamonix, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
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