Aitolehti started her career as a beauty pageant titleholder, winning the title of
Miss Earth Finland 2001. She represented her country at
Miss Earth 2001 but was unplaced. She also represented Finland in
Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004. She ranked twice as a semi-finalist in the 2000 and 2001
Miss Finland pageants. During the following years, Aitolehti got married with Esko Eerikäinen, a member of the all-male erotic dance group Scandinavian Hunks, and started appearing in reality television shows, including
Big Brother Finland, and had a small role in the Finnish daily soap opera
Salatut elämät (
Secret Lives). She also founded her own dance group Dazzling Ladies, dancing and singing with the group all around Finland. In recent years, Aitolehti and Eerikäinen have divorced and she has started a career as a singer. She released her debut solo album
Martina through the
Universal Music Finland label in March 2011. She was let go by the record label six months later. In 2012, Aitolehti was pregnant with her second child. She also appeared in a new reality television show called
Viidakon tähtöset (
The Stars of the Jungle), which is similar in format to the British reality show ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. In 2014, Aitolehti featured as a presenter and somewhat bossy instructor in a
lifeguard themed reality TV format, which is marketed internationally under the title ''''. The second season of the show premiered in 2015. The reality show features
Kimmo Vehviläinen and
Ola Tuominen as the narrators and Martina's cast of other Finnish celebrities such as:
Janita Lukkarinen,
Jasmin Voutilainen,
Isabel Ljungdell,
Sahra Ali,
Melissa Roos,
Jasmine Tukiainen,
Kristina Karjalainen, Sabina Särkkä,
Sara Sieppi,
Belinda Heinonen,
Minna Sara,
Rosanna Kulju,
Anne-Mari Miettinen,
Amanda Harkimo,
Evelina Lorek,
Nora Vuorio,
Rita Niemi,
Suvi Pitkänen,
Linda Danakas,
Elina Tervo,
Kimmo Kemppi,
Jucci Hellström and
Anne Hiltunen. In 2017, Aitolehti participated in the Finnish
Gladiators TV-series,
Gladiaattorit, with a role name "Pantteri" (Panther). From 2020 to 2021, she was in a relationship with an Iraqi-born man who participated in the
Nationalmuseum robbery in Sweden. Aitolahti also had a relationship with
Stefan Therman since 2011 and later with ex-ice hockey star
Hannu Pikkarainen, who was convicted of rape in 2022 to 2 years imprisonment. ==Criminal convictions==