Miss Suomi is the main annual beauty pageant of Finland

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...

 that selects the official representative to the Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant.

Miss Suomi also selects Finland's representative to 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...

 in a separate event called Miss Maailma Suomi and the representative to Miss International

Miss International

Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...

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1961-present

Year	Miss Finland	2nd	3rd
2011	Pia Pakarinen Pia Pakarinen -External links:*...	Sara Sieppi	Niina Lavonen
2010	Viivi Pumpanen Viivi Pumpanen Viivi Pumpanen is a Finnish beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Suomi 2010, the official representative of Finland to the 2010 Miss Universe pageant.-Early life:Born in Vantaa, Pumpanen was Miss Helsinki in 2009...	Anne Nurminen	Susanna Turja
2009	Essi Pöysti	Elsi Suolanen	Linda Wikstedt Linda Wikstedt Linda Wikstedt is a beauty queen who represented Finland in Miss World 2008 in South Africa. Following high school, she works as a model and shop assistant....
2008	Satu Tuomisto	Susanna Mustajarvi	Janna Tannilla
2007	Noora Hautakangas Noora Hautakangas Noora Hautakangas is Miss Finland 2007 and was Finland's representative in Miss Universe 2007. She is currently studying for a degree in prosthetics and orthotics at Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia....	Jenni Laaksola	Joanna Väre
2006	Ninni Laaksonen	Sini Vahela	Karoliina Yläjoki
2005	Hanna Ek	Elina Nurmi	Susanna Laine
2004	Mira Salo	Krista Järvinen	Henna Ylilauri
2003	Anna Strömberg	Piritta Hannula	Suvi Hartlin
2002	Janette Broman	Kaisa Jaako	Katariina Kulve
2001	Heidi Willman	Susanna Tervaniemi	Hanna Pajulammi
2000	Suvi Miinala	Jenni Dahlman Jenni Dahlman Jenni Dahlman-Räikkönen is a former Finnish model and Miss Scandinavia 2001. She is the daughter of Hannu and Alice, and her older brother is Kalle. She started modeling at the age of fourteen, and she was chosen the first runner-up to Miss Finland 2000. One year later, she became Miss Scandinavia...	Kati Nirkko
1999	Vanessa Forsman	Minna Lehtinen	Saija Palin
1998	Jonna Kauppila	Mandi Malek	Piia Hartikainen
1997	Karita Tuomola Karita Tuomola Karita Tykkä is a Finnish television host, actress and model. She won the Miss Finland beauty pageant in 1997 and the Miss Baltic Sea pageant in 1998....	Taija Jurmu	Maria Hietanen
1996	Lola Odusoga Lola Wallinkoski Iyabode Ololade Remilekun Wallinkoski is a Finnish model and Miss Finland 1996. In 1997, she won the crown of Miss Scandinavia. On 17 June 1996 at the Miss Universe competition in Las Vegas, she was second-runner up. Wallinkoski is 174 cm tall and weighed 54 kg during her reign as Miss Finland...	Anitra Ahtola	Ulrika Wester
1995	Heli Pirhonen	Miia Puoskari	Susanne Tasa
1994	Henna Meriläinen	Petra von Hellens	Marja Vuoristo
1993	Tarja Smura	Emilia Söderman	Arlene Kotala
1992	Kirsi Syrjänen	Kirsi-Maria Ketola	Tiina Salmesvirta
1991	Tanja Vienonen Tanja Saarela Tanja Tellervo Karpela is a Finnish Member of Parliament and a former Finnish Minister of Culture, a position she held from 2003 to 2007.-Overview:...	Nina Autio	Päivi Hytinkoski
1990	Tiina Vierto	Anu Yli-Mäenpää	Nina Björkfelt
1989	Åsa Lövdahl	Minna Kittilä	Tuija Junnila
1988	Nina Björnström	Minna Rinnetmäki	Sari Pääkkönen
1987	Outi Tanhuanpää	Niina Kärkkäinen	Tarja Musikka
1986	Tuula Polvi	Maarit Salomäki	Saila Saarinen
1985	Marja Kinnunen	Elisa Yliniemi	Marjukka Tontti
1984	Anna-Liisa Tilus	Tiina Laine	Tiina Hyvärinen
1983	Nina Rekola	Marita Pekkala	Niina Kesäniemi
1982	Sari Aspholm	Tarja Hakakoski	Aino Summa
1981	Merja Varvikko	Eija Korolainen	Pia Nurminen
1980	Sirpa Viljamaa	Marja-Leena Palo	Anne-Marie Tarhia
1979	Päivi Uitto	Tuire Pentikäinen	Käte Nyberg
1978	Seija Paakkola	Tii Heilimo	Eija Laaksonen
1977	Armi Aavikko Armi Aavikko Armi Anja Orvokki Aavikko was a Finnish beauty queen and singer.She was chosen as Miss Finland in 1977 and was best known for her duets with singer Danny...	Maarit Ryhänen	Marianne Åström
1976	Suvi Lukkarinen	Riitta Väisänen	Maarit Leso
1975	Anne Pohtamo Anne Marie Pohtamo Anne Marie Pohtamo was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador....	Merja Tammi	Eeva Mannerberg
1974	Johanna Raunio	Talvikki Ekman	Leena Vainio
1973	Raija Stark	Seija Mäkinen	Marita Smeds
1972	Maj-Len Eriksson	Tarja Leskinen	Anneli Björkling
1971	Pirjo Laitila	Eila Kivistö	Mirja Halme
1970	Ursula Rainio	Hannele Hamara	Hannele Halme
1969	Harriet Eriksson	Päivi Raita	Crista Oinonen
1968	Leena Brusiin	Sirpa Wilkman	Leena Sipilä
1967	Ritva Lehto	Satu Kostiainen	Hedy Rännäri
1966	Satu Östring	Marita Gellman	Terttu Ronkainen
1965	Virpi Miettinen	Raija Salminen	Esti Åstring
1964	Sirpa Suosmaa	Sirpa Wallenius	Maila Östring
1963	Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg	Riitta Kautiainen	Anneli Rantala
1962	Kaarina Leskinen	Aulikki Järvinen	Eeva Malinen
1961	Ritva Wächter	Ann-Mari Nygård	Marja Ryönä

In 2007-2009, Miss Suomi held a separate pageant called Miss Maailma Suomi to select Finland's representative to Miss World.

Year	Miss Maailma Suomi	2nd	3rd
2009	Sanna Kankanpää	Oona Kare	Heli Kuhlberg
2008	Johanna Ahlback	Linda Wikstedt	Minna Nikola
2007	Linnea Aaltonen	Laura Vienonen	Minna Nikola

1931-1960

Year	Miss Finland	2nd	3rd
1960	Heli Heiskala	Tarja Nurmi	Maija-Leena Manninen
1959	Tarja Nurmi	Margit Jaatinen	Else-Maj Petham
1958	Pirkko Mannola	Eva-Maija Sariola	Anja Hatakka
1957	Marita Lindahl Marita Lindahl Marita Lindahl won the 1957 Miss World beauty pageant, representing Finland. She became the first woman from her country to win the title and the third Scandinavian woman; after Sweden had won the two first contests....	Airi Ikävalko	Saara Turunen
1956	Sirpa Koivu	Raija Kunnasmaa	Irmeli Sipilä
1955	Inga-Britt Söderberg	Mirva Arvinen	Anni Helenius
1954	Yvonne de Bruyn	Liisa Hokkanen	Leni Katajakoski
1953	Maija-Riitta Tuomaala	Airi Uitto	Inger Sandvik
1952	Eva Hellas	Kyllikki Koskihalme
1951	Hilkka Ruuska
1950	Hilkka Ruuska
1949	Terttu Nyman
1948	Terttu Nyman
1947	Anna-Liisa Leppänen
1946	Anja Kola
1945	Irja Alho
1942–1944	Canceled due to World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
1941	("Miss Messuhalli")*
1939–1940	Canceled due to World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
1938	Sirkka Salonen
1937	Margareta Huldin
1936	Irma Streng
1935	Terttu Lyytikäinen
1934	Anna-Lisa Fahler
1933	Ester Toivonen Ester Toivonen Ester Toivonen was elected Miss Finland in 1933. She was 19 and working in a bread shop in Helsinki when she was discovered by the director of the Helsinki Golf-Casino, where the Finnish pageant was to be held. She also won the Miss Europe Contest in Great Britain 1934. Later she became a...
1932	Maija Nissinen
1931	Ranghild Nyholm

External links

• Official Miss Suomi website