Янина Фростелл: от модели к дизайнеру и политике

Finnish pop singer and model

Janina Päivänsäde Fry (née Frostell) (born 12 November 1973 in Helsinki) is Finnish actress, singer, model, fashion designer and beauty pageant titleholder. She hosted the show Bella on Finnish television channel Nelonen.

She grew up in Porvoo. She has a vocational qualification in Business Administration and Cosmetology. She completed Fashion Design studies at Helsinki Design School in June 2016.

Fry released a style book Upeana Juhlaan with Suvi Tiilikainen and Katariina Kivimäki in August 2015. In October 2019, she began writing a blog for women's magazine Anna's website. In 2019, she was a candidate representing Swedish People's Party of Finland in the parliamentary elections, but was not elected with 1475 votes.

In 1993, her breakthrough came by winning the Maiden of Finland beauty pageant. In November 1993, she participated in the Miss World beauty pageant and was placed at number 6. She has modeled Gossard lingerie and had a five year contract with Panos Emporio swimwear. Fry has been featured in numerous fashion and lifestyle magazines such as Sweden's Café,

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 Tokmanni. In 2012, she created an exclusive clothing brand Janina F for K Citymarket. In 2016, an evening gown designed by Fry was worn by Tiina Laisi Puheloinen at the Independence Day Reception, an annual event organised by the President of Finland at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on 6 December, Finland's Independence Day.

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

In 2007, she married Mark Fry, the director of marketing at Sony BMG in Finland. Fry gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Sophia in March 2007. In 2010, she gave birth to their second child Brandon. The family lived in Espoo, Finland, before they moved to Stockholm, Sweden, in 2021.