Janina Päivänsäde Fry (

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Frostell) (born 12 November 1973 in

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) is a Finnish actress, singer, model, fashion designer and beauty pageant titleholder. She hosted the show ''Bella'' on Finnish television channel Nelonen.

Early life and education

She grew up in

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. She has a vocational qualification in

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and

Cosmetology Cosmetology (from Greek , ''kosmētikos'', "beautifying"; and , ''-logia'') is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty include hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/ pedicures, non-permanent hair removal suc ...

. She completed

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studies at Helsinki Design School in June 2016.

Career

Fry released a style book ''Upeana Juhlaan'' with Suvi Tiilikainen and Katariina Kivimäki in August 2015. In October 2019, she began writing a

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for women's magazine ''Anna'''s website. In 2019, she was a candidate representing

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in the parliamentary elections, but was not elected with 1475 votes.

Modeling

In 1993, her breakthrough came by winning the Maiden of Finland beauty pageant. In November 1993, she participated in the

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and was placed at number 6. The pageant was hosted by

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and judges included

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and

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. In 2001, Fry was voted fifth on British

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'' Arena's'' list of "World's Sexiest Women." She has modeled Gossard lingerie and had a five-year contract with Panos Emporio swimwear. Fry has been featured in numerous fashion and

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such as Sweden's ''

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,'' and Finland's '' Me Naiset'', '' Anna'' and '' Kotiliesi''.

Fashion design

She launched her own lingerie line Janina Frostell Collection in 1999, which lasted for six years until 2005. In 2007, she launched a clothing collection Janina F by Janina Frostell for retail chain

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. In 2012, she created an exclusive clothing brand Janina F for

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. In 2016, an

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at the

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on 6 December, Finland's

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Music

She has recorded two studio albums and released nine singles. Fry co-wrote " Addicted to You" with Tracy Lipp, which was the Finnish entry in the

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, performed by Laura Voutilainen.

Public image

On the first quarter of 2007, she was the tenth most searched celebrity in Finland on the search engine website www.fi.

Personal life

In 2007, she married Mark Fry, the director of marketing at

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in Finland. Fry gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Sophia in March 2007. In 2010, she gave birth to their second child, a son, Brandon. The family lived in

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, Finland, before they moved to

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, Sweden, in 2021.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

Bibliography

* Fry, Janina; Tiilikainen, Suvi; Kivimäki, Katariina: ''Upeana Juhlaan''. Otava. August 2015.

References

External links

''Bella'' show homepage
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