Viivi Avellan
Finnish sports journalist
Intro | Finnish sports journalist | |
Places | Finland | |
is | Journalist | |
Work field | Journalism | |
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Birth | 3 June 1977 | |
Age | 47 years |
Viivi Elina Avellan (born June 3, 1977) is a Finnish journalist and television hosting entrepreneur (Awell Entertainment Oy). She used to work as a sport news hostess for television channel Nelonen. Today she is the hostess for entertainment news on MTV3 television channel.
In 2004 Avellan was a candidate in European Parliament elections for the centre right National Coalition Party.
In 2006 Avellan published a book called 'Sinkkunaisen käsikirja' (Handbook for single women, ISBN 951-31-3727-9).
In April 2008 Avellan made headlines with her allegedly racist comments. When asked on this on an interview on Radio Rock she described her taste in men aryan with blue eyes and "north of Berlin"."