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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
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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

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