Lola Odusoga

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Odusoga in 2009 Lolawallinkoski1.jpg — Odusoga in 2009

Iyabode Ololade Remilekun "Lola" Odusoga (previously Wallinkoski; born 30 June 1977 in Turku) is a Finnish model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Finland contest in 1996.^[1]^[2]^[3] In 1997, she won the crown of Miss Scandinavia.^[4] On 17 June 1996 at the Miss Universe competition in Las Vegas, she was second-runner up.^[5] Her mother is Finnish and her father is Yoruba from Nigeria.

She is also an actress, known for Vares: Tango of Darkness (2012), Hilander-TV (2010) and 3 asiaa: Petri Nygård (2013).^[6]

Odusoga married Jarkko Wallinkoski on 12 August 2005. They have two children together: a daughter^[7](born 2004) and a son (born 2006). After the couple divorced in 2015, she changed her last name back to her partial maiden name.^[8]

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References

↑ Jason Edward Lavery (September 30, 2006). The History of Finland . Greenwood. p. 165. ISBN 978-0313328374 . Retrieved July 28, 2014. Lola Odusoga miss finland.
↑ "Favorite Misses since 1933: Lola Odusoga" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
↑ "Miss Universe 1996". Pageantopolis. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
↑ "Lola Wallinkoski: My kids do not look at the waterfalls". mtv (in Finnish). February 22, 2014. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
↑ "Do you still remember what it looked like when Lola contested in the Miss Universe 1996 pageant?". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
↑ IMDb (February 24, 2021). "Lola Odusoga Biography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved 2021-02-24.
↑ "Lola Wallinkoski and her beautiful daughter". Iltalehti (in Finnish). January 1, 2014. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
↑ "Lola vaihtoi sukunimensä - on jälleen Odusoga". Iltalehti.

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Preceded by Heli Pirhonen	Miss Finland 1996	Succeeded by Karita Tuomola

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[1] Jason Edward Lavery (September 30, 2006). The History of Finland . Greenwood. p. 165. ISBN 978-0313328374 . Retrieved July 28, 2014. Lola Odusoga miss finland.

[2] "Favorite Misses since 1933: Lola Odusoga" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

[3] "Miss Universe 1996". Pageantopolis. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] "Lola Wallinkoski: My kids do not look at the waterfalls". mtv (in Finnish). February 22, 2014. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.

[5] "Do you still remember what it looked like when Lola contested in the Miss Universe 1996 pageant?". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

[6] IMDb (February 24, 2021). "Lola Odusoga Biography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved 2021-02-24.

[7] "Lola Wallinkoski and her beautiful daughter". Iltalehti (in Finnish). January 1, 2014. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.

[CIAFinland-8] "Lola vaihtoi sukunimensä - on jälleen Odusoga". Iltalehti.

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