What is Armi Kuusela?
{{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Armi Kuusela | image = Armi Kuusela-1.jpg | caption = Armi Kuusela | birth_name = Armi Helena Kuusela | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{Birth date and age|df=y|1934|8|20}}}} | birth_place = [[Muhos]], Finland | death_date = | height = 165 cm | hair_color = Blonde | eye_color = Blue | title = {{nowrap|[[Suomen Neito]] 1952<br />[[Miss Universe 1952]]}} | competitions = }} '''Armi Helena Kuusela''' (born 20 August 1934) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Model (person)|model]] and beauty queen. In 1952 she won the national [[beauty contest]] [[Suomen Neito]]. She was presented with a trip to the [[United States]] to participate in the first-ever [[Miss Universe 1952|Miss Universe]] pageant. She is the first Miss Universe titleholder.<ref>{{cite web |title=La Jollan Was First 'Miss Universe' |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/sdut-armi-kuusela-miss-universe-pagaent-first-finland-2014sep05-story.html |last=Bell |first=Diane |website=sandiegouniontribune.com |date=5 September 2014 |publisher=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref> ==Personal Life== Armi's parents, Aarne Kuusela and Martta Kürö, met in the Canadian province of Ontario, where they soon got married and where their first child was born. == Biography == After spending several years in Canada, they returned to Finland, settling in the town of Muhosa in Northern Ostrobothnia. Martta gave birth to one boy and five girls, one of whom died at the age of two and a half. Martta's fourth daughter was born on August 20, 1934. In 1951, at the age of 17, Armi began attending a women's college in Porvoo. She was fond of swimming, skiing, gymnastics and was going to enter the Faculty of Gymnastics at the [[University of Helsinki]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pageant Questions {{!}} Pageant Tips {{!}} Pageant Interview {{!}} Pageant Reviews - Pageant Planet|url=https://www.pageantplanet.com/|access-date=2021-07-01|website=www.pageantplanet.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [