Johanna Raunio was chosen Miss Finland

Miss Finland

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 in 1974. Ms. Raunio competed in the 1974 Miss Universe

Miss Universe 1974

Miss Universe 1974, the 23rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Manila, Philippines on the early morning of July 21, 1974 before a live audience of an estimated 10,000 at the Folk Arts Theater and broadcast live by CBS and Radio Philippines Network . The pageant was hosted by Bob Barker and Helen...

 and Miss International pageants and placed second runner-up in both competitions. She works nowadays as a hostess and actress. Since 2005, she has played Tanja Jääskeläinen in the Finnish soap series Salatut elämät

Salatut Elämät

Salatut elämät is a Finnish 30-minute long soap opera broadcast on MTV3. It was the first Finnish daily soap opera. Its first episode aired on January 25, 1999...

on MTV3

MTV3

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. She has acted also in theatre and in the TV series Tähtitehdas. Her role in both Tanja Jääskeläinen and Salatut elämät is that of a mother whose son is killed. In Tähtitehdas her son Kimi dies from a shooting and in Salatut elämät her son Riku dies in a car accident.