Heini Koivuniemi Wins...
by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 1999
Heini Koivuniemi won the Ms. Galaxy Europe contest yesterday in Kikkola, Finland, once again defying stereotypes. Koivuniemi, who finished second in the "Strongest Woman in Europe" competition last year, grew up helping her father build log cabins, not doing step aerobics (see MILO, Volume 6 - Number 4), but that didn't seem to handicap her in yesterday's competition, which included both an aerobics routine and an obstacle course.