Marita Hakala

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Marita Hakala
Born (1968-11-10) November 10, 1968 (age 54)
Ulvila, Finland
Occupation(s)Fashion model, businessperson
Partners Vesa-Matti Loiri
(1989–1993)
Esa Tikkanen
(2000–2002)

Marita Hakala (born 10 November 1968) is a Finnish businessperson and fashion model. [1] After a part-time modeling career in Finland, she became a full time professional model in Milan, Italy, where her first booking was with Blumarine, a high-end fashion house.

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Marita Hakala created a reality television series Mallikoulu (Model School), based on her experiences in the modeling world. The show was aired on Finland's leading broadcasting TV network MTV3 followed by a spinoff show on Sub TV on Fridays at prime time during 2005 and 2006, and 2015 on Ava. The first season's winner, Suvi Koponen, became the first international Finnish supermodel. [2]

Marita Hakala got into the business side of modeling when she was 17 years old and started a model society called Satakunnan Mallit in Western Finland. In 2006, she co-founded a model and talent agency Casting House Inc in Helsinki, Finland. [3] In 2014, Hakala moved to Los Angeles, [4] joining a modeling agency and scouting new model talents. [5] Marita Hakala also works as an entertainment reporter in the USA. [6]

Personal life

Finnish actor and musician Vesa-Matti Loiri and Marita Hakala met at Pori Jazz Festival in the summer of 1989. She was engaged with a Finnish hockey player Esa Tikkanen in 2000.

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References

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  2. "Suvi Riggs - Model". MODELS.com. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. "Marita Hakala | LinkedIn". Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. Kirssi, Elina (13 June 2014). "45-vuotiaalle suomalaiskaunottarelle kansainvälinen mallisopimus!" [Marita Hakala signed as a model in LA age 45]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  5. "Marita Hakala tapasi 20-vuotiaana Vesa-Matti Loirin ja joutui hurjaan pyörityksee" [Article of her celebrity life from Miss Finland contest to the present day]. iltasanomat (in Finnish). 2 January 2021.
  6. CAMERON DIAZ PALJASTI SEISKALLE ELÄMÄNOHJEENSA! , retrieved 18 December 2022 / Marita Hakala in movie press junket with Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx