Miss Finland

The Miss Suomi (Finnish for Miss Finland) is a national beauty pageant in Finland. The pageant was founded in 1931, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe.

History
The Miss Suomi was held for the first time in 1931. Between 1952 and 1955 the winner of Suomen Neito went to Miss Universe, where Armi Kuusela was also crowned as the first Miss Universe in Long Beach by actress Piper Laurie in 1952.

In 1956 due to lack of sponsorship, the national pageant of Suomen Neito was not held and made Finland withdraw from the competition. In 1960 Finland returned to Miss Universe with the second runner-up of Miss Suomi 1960, Maija-Leena Manninen, representing the country.

In 1961 the format was changed by Miss Suomi Organization to send its winner to Miss Universe competition, and reformatted in 1962 to 1963 the first princess of Miss Suomi went to Miss Universe.

In some years, an appointed candidate has represented her country in Miss World or Miss International.

From 1964 the winner of Miss Suomi has represented her country in the Miss Universe competition.

Franchise holders
The Miss Suomi Organization owns the rights to produce three titleholders to the grand slam beauty pageants; Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International. The winner automatically becomes Miss Universe Finland while runners-up are crowned as Miss World Finland and Miss International Finland. Before 2007 Miss Suomi Organization also sent a delegate to Miss Europe.

Hosts

 * Hugo Ahlberg - 1967
 * Tauno Äijälä - 1968
 * Teppo Ivaska - 1970
 * Yvonne de Bruyn - 1973
 * Helena Korhonen - 1980
 * Sirpa Viljamaa - 1984
 * Pirkko Mannola - 1986
 * Lola Odusoga and Michaela Söderholm - 2019

International winners

 * Miss Universe
 * 1975 — Anne Pohtamo
 * 1952 — Armi Kuusela
 * Miss World
 * 1957 — Marita Lindahl†
 * Miss International
 * 1973 — Anneli Björkling

Titleholders

 * Winning International Title
 * Miss Universe Finland
 * Miss World Finland
 * Miss International Finland
 * Miss Europe Finland

Miss Universe Finland









 * Miss Suomi started sending the winner of Miss Finland to Miss Universe in 1964. In the past, if the winner did not qualify (due to her age) for the contest, a runner-up was sent.

Miss International Finland









 * The 2nd Runner-up of Miss Suomi went to Miss International until 2017. In 2018 and 2019 the 1st Runner-up went to Miss International competition.

Miss World Finland









 * The 1st Runner-up of Miss Suomi went to Miss World until 2017. In 2018 the 2nd Runner-up went to Miss World, and in 2019 Dana Mononen was appointed as Miss World Finland 2019 by Miss Suomi Organization.