Anne Marie Pohtamo

Anne Marie Pohtamo (born 15 August 1955) is a Finnish actress, model and beauty queen who was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador.[1]

Anne Marie Pohtamo
Born
Anne Marie Pohtamo

(1955-08-15) 15 August 1955
Helsinki, Finland
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Finland 1975
Miss Universe 1975
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorGreen
Major
competition(s)		Miss Finland 1975
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1975
(Winner)

Pohtamo was crowned by Miss Universe 1972 Kerry Anne Wells, not by her predecessor Amparo Muñoz, as Muñoz resigned after six months reign, when she refused a trip to Japan.[2]

From the very beginning, she was a big favorite during the pageant. After the reigning year as Miss Universe, Pohtamo worked as a fashion model at Wilhelmina Model Agency in New York for 5 years. However, in the midst of her rising career, she returned to Finland in 1981 to marry her childhood sweetheart, Arto Hietanen.[3][4] She then worked in the fashion and beauty business for decades. She became a devout Christian in 1992 and has been a Protestant evangelist and lecturer ever since.[3]

Pohtamo is partly of Russian descent.[5]

References
  1. Anne Pohtamo, Still Shocked At Becoming Miss Universe, Playground Daily News, 1975, retrieved 13 March 2023
  2. "Amparo Muñoz muere a los 56 años". El Periódico de Catalunya. EFE. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  3. Wirtavuori, Sanna (2021), Anne Pohtamon ja Arto Hietasen rakkaus roihahti uudestaan: "Arto ei olisi kestänyt toista eroa" [Anne Pohtamo and Arto Hietanen's love flared again: "Arto would not have endured another breakup"] (in Finnish), Eeva., retrieved 13 March 2023
  4. Smith, Liz (1980), "Franco's fancy, Nixon's next & Irv's icing", Daily News, retrieved 13 March 2023
  5. Veronica Shenshin (Aleksanteri Institute): VENÄLÄISET JA VENÄLÄINEN KULTTUURI SUOMESSA Archived 20 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) (in Finnish)
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