Janina Päivänsäde Fry (née Frostell) (born 12 November 1973 in

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) is Finnish pop singer and model. She hosted the show ''Bella'' on Finnish television channel

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. Her breakthrough was winning the "Maiden of Finland" beauty pageant in 1993 and getting to the semi-finals in

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the same year. She also has a singing career, although her records have not been particularly successful, despite efforts by her record company

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. Fry gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Sophia on March 2007. The father of the child is Mark Fry, the director of marketing at Sony BMG in Finland. They had been dating for several years before marrying in the summer of 2007. In 2010 she gave birth to their second child Brandon. The family lived in

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, Finland, before they moved to

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, Sweden, in 2021.

Discography

* ''House of Joy'' (1999) (as Janina) * ''Impossible Love'' (2003)

Singles

* ''A Little Change (Gonna Do It)'' (1998) * ''Love Is / No One But You'' (1999) * ''What Goes Around'' (1999) * ''Like a Hurricane'' (2001) * ''I'll Save My Tears'' (2002) * ''Impossible Love'' (2003) * ''Insanity (Why It Always Happens to Me)'' (2003) * ''Honey Love'' (2003) * ''Call Me'' (2003)

References

External links

''Bella'' show homepage
1973 births Living people Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish female models Miss World 1993 delegates Finnish expatriates in Sweden Models from Helsinki {{Finland-bio-stub