Arman Alizad (born 12 January 1971) is an

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ian- Finnish master tailor, fashion columnist and TV personality. He is best known for the martial arts series '' Kill Arman'', which has aired in over 100 countries around the world. Alizad has also hosted several other Finnish TV series, such as '' Dresscode'', ''Unisex'', ''Loman Tarpeessa'' and ''Arman Reilaa''.

Early life

Alizad was born in

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, in 1971. At the start of the

1979 Islamic revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

, his family first relocated to the United States and eventually Finland, where his grandparents had been living. He has lived there ever since. As a child he enjoyed

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and

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Tailoring career

Alizad graduated from a basic tailoring school in 1992, and became an apprentice to master tailor Jouni Korhonen. Alizad passed the master tailor's test in 1997. He co-owns the Finnish Pukustudio clothing company with Sonja Raassina, one of the last remaining master tailors in Finland.

TV career

Alizad started his television career with the fashion show '' Dresscode'' in 2001. Since then he has done another fashion show (''Unisex''), two travel shows (''Loman Tarpeessa'', ''Arman Reilaa''), and one martial arts TV series, '' Kill Arman''. His more recent series are '' Arman ja viimeinen ristiretki'' (Beyond Human Boundaries), 2013–) and '' Arman pohjantähden alla'' ( Arman under the North Star, 2016–). In ''Viimeinen ristiretki'', he visits people and places that are completely outside "western culture". The show won the 2014

Golden Venla The Golden Venla () is a Finnish television competition and gala organized by the (Televisioakatemia ry, which comprises MTV3, Yle, Sanoma Sanoma Corporation (, , formerly SanomaWSOY) is Finland's largest media group and a European educat ...

for best TV reality series and for Alizad as best performer. ''In Pohjantähden alla'' he travels inside Finland to show things that others close their eyes to. This show won the Golden Venla for best documentary in 2017. Alizad won for best performer again in 2016 and 2017.

International fame

In 2009, ''Kill Arman'' made a distribution deal with the British TV distribution company DRG. Between 2009 and 2011, the series was sold to over 100 countries, making Alizad an internationally known TV personality. The series airs, for example, on

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and Jim.

Personal life

Alizad has three daughters. He is divorced, having been married twice.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alizad, Arman 1971 births Living people Finnish television presenters Iranian emigrants to Finland Finnish people of Iranian descent Finnish tailors 21st-century tailors Mass media people from Tehran