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{{short description|Finnish beauty queen and singer}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| image=Armi Aavikko.jpg
| caption=Armi Aavikko in [[Heinola|Heinola, Finland]] on 8 July 1989
| title=[[Miss Finland]] 1977
| competitions = [[Miss Finland]] 1977<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss Universe 1977]]<br>(Unplaced)
| name=Armi Aavikko
| nationalcompetition=
| birth_place= [[Helsinki, Finland]]
| death_place= [[Espoo, Finland]]
| birth_name=
| birth_date= {{Birth date|1958|09|01|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|1|02|1958|09|01|df=yes}}
| eye_color=
| hair_color=Blonde
}}

'''Armi Anja Orvokki Aavikko''' (1 September 1958 &ndash; 2 January 2002) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] singer and beauty pageant titleholder. She was chosen as [[Miss Finland]] in 1977 and was best known for her duets with singer [[Danny (Finnish singer)|Danny]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/a/200808318193434|title=Armi täyttäisi tänään 50 Vuotta|date=1 September 2008|work=[[Iltalehti]]|language=Finnish|access-date=18 January 2011}}</ref> She was born in [[Helsinki]].

Toward the end of her life, Aavikko struggled with [[alcoholism]] and [[Depression (mood)|depression]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/a/2011122615000559|title=10 vuotta Armi Aavikon kuolemasta; "Menetimme Armissa enkelin"|date=12 December 2011|work=[[Iltalehti]]|language=Finnish|access-date=11 December 2015}}</ref>

She died in [[Espoo]] on 2 January 2002 from [[pneumonia]] at the age of 43. She was buried in the [[Malmi Cemetery]]. Aavikko achieved some posthumous [[camp (style)|camp]] notoriety<ref name="WFMU">{{cite web |title=Worst. Choreography. Ever. |url=https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/01/armi_dannys_i_w.html |website=WFMU Beware of the Blog |publisher=WFMU.com |accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="gum">{{cite web |title=Video Hangover: Armi & Danny – ?I Wanna Love You Tender? |url=https://www.stereogum.com/4799/video_hangover_armi_danny_i_wanna_love_you_tender/video/ |website=Stereogum.com |publisher=Stereogum |accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref> in 2006 when the Armi & Danny video "I Wanna Love You Tender," featuring Armi as Sandy Olsson from ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'' and surrounded by backing dancers in Rydell High cheerleader uniforms with incomprehensible choreography,<ref name="WFMU"/> became an [[List of Internet phenomena|Internet phenomenon]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Armi Aavikko - 1958-2002 - In Memoriam |url=http://www.danny.fi/armi/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.danny.fi}}</ref>

== Discography ==
* Danny & Armi (with Danny) (1978)
* Toinen LP (with Danny) (1979)
* Armi (1981)
* Armi ja lemmikit (1993)
* Armi Aavikko (2002)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1736132}}

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[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Finnish women singers]]
[[Category:Alcohol-related deaths in Finland]]
[[Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Finland]]
[[Category:Miss Finland winners]]
[[Category:Miss Universe 1977 contestants]]
[[Category:Singers from Helsinki]]


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