- Tabe Slioor
Tabe Slioor (
21 November ,1926 –25 April ,2006 ) was a famous Finnishsocialite . Born in the 1920s, she was most topical in the 1960s, as a close friend and companion of many powerful and important Finnish men. She has been linked toErik von Frenckell , then-mayor ofHelsinki andUrho Kekkonen , arguably the most powerful and significantPresident of Finland .Slioors father was Iranian and mother Finnish, although she was raised in a Finnish orphanage, and eventually became the head of a modeling school in Finland. Her beauty, poise and charisma allowed her to rise to importance in the eyes of the fledgling Finnish media; Tabe Slioor has been called one of the first Finnish celebrities alongside such greats as
Armi Kuusela andTeija Sopanen , famous winners of Finnishbeauty pageant s in the 1950s, andsex symbol s of that era.Slioor published a serialized account of her affair with Erik von Frenckell in the Finnish men's magazine "Jallu" in the 1960s. Tabe has also published her memoirs.
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