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Janina Päivänsäde Fry (born November 12, 1973 in Helsinki
) is Finnish
pop
singer and model
, considered by many to be a sex symbol
. She hosts the show Bella on Finnish television channel Nelonen
.
Her breakthrough was winning the "Maiden of Finland" beauty pageant in 1993 and getting to the semi-finals in Miss World
the same year. She also has a singing career, although her records have not been particularly successful, despite efforts by her record company Sony BMG.
Fry gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in March 2007. The father of the child is Mark Fry
, the director of marketing at Sony BMG in Finland. They had been dating for several years before marrying in the summer of 2007. The family lives in Espoo
, Finland.
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
) is Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, considered by many to be a sex symbol
Sex symbol
A sex symbol is a celebrity of either gender, typically an actor, musician, supermodel, teen idol, or sports star, noted for their sex appeal. The term was first used in the mid 1950s in relation to the popularity of certain Hollywood stars, especially Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte...
. She hosts the show Bella on Finnish television channel Nelonen
Nelonen
Nelonen is a Finnish commercial TV channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1989 on the HTV cable network, which name was changed first to PTV4 and then to Nelonen. It started on June 1, 1997. Nelonen, in Finnish, means the glyph of the number four. The channel is...
.
Her breakthrough was winning the "Maiden of Finland" beauty pageant in 1993 and getting to the semi-finals in Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
the same year. She also has a singing career, although her records have not been particularly successful, despite efforts by her record company Sony BMG.
Fry gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in March 2007. The father of the child is Mark Fry
Mark Fry
Mark Fry is an English painter and psychedelic folk musician. He is best known for his album Dreaming With Alice, released in 1972, which has been hailed as a psychedelic folk classic by critics and a diverse range of musicians...
, the director of marketing at Sony BMG in Finland. They had been dating for several years before marrying in the summer of 2007. The family lives in Espoo
Espoo
Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....
, Finland.
Singles
- A Little Change (Gonna Do It) (1998)
- Love Is / No One But You (1999)
- What Goes Around (1999)
- Like a Hurricane (2001)
- I'll Save My Tears (2002)
- Impossible Love (2003)
- Insanity (Why It Always Happens to Me) (2003)
- Honey Love (2003)
- Call Me (2003)