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Armi Kuusela

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Also known as Armi Kusella, Armi Helena Kuusela

Finnish charity worker and beauty pageant contestant

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Armi Kuusela is a male person from Finland. He was born on August 20, 1934. His musical genre is iskelmä.

Kuusela has a height of 165. He is associated with five works.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Finland
Active from
1928-06-07
Active to
2007-07-08
iskelmä

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3
Total plays
12

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Key facts

Born
Armi Helena Kuusela , ( 1934-08-20 ) 20 August 1934 (age 91) , Muhos , Finland
Height
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Spouses
Virgilio Hilario ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ; died 1975 ) ​ Albert N. Williams ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 ) ​
Title
Suomen Neito 1952 Miss Universe 1952 (Relinquished)
Hair color
Blonde
Eye color
Blue
Major competitions
Suomen Neito 1952 (Winner) Miss Universe 1952 (Winner; Relinquished)

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Encyclopedic overview

Armi Helena Kuusela-Williams (née Kuusela, formerly Kuusela-Hilario; born 20 August 1934) is a Finnish-American beauty queen and philanthropist, best known for being the first-ever Miss Universe. In 1952, she gained national recognition by winning the Finnish beauty contest, Suomen Neito, which qualified her to represent Finland in the inaugural Miss Universe pageant held in Long Beach, California. Following her historic win, Kuusela dedicated her life to philanthropy, business, and cultural ambassadorship. Through the years, she became actively involved in numerous charitable organizations and was honored for her contributions to various causes.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Armi Kuusela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.