Taina

Taina Kokkonen is a former award-winning Finnish singer. She has performed on Italian TV, in Brussels, and in Argentina and Uruguay as part of the Tango 2000 educational tour. She did not however, reach the Seinäjoki finals, and Saija Varjus became Tango Queen. Taina's third attempt was in 1998, when she reached the finals and became Tango Princess, losing the winning place to Kirsi Ranto. After a record four attempts, she finally became Tango Queen in 1999. Before she became a Tango Queen in Seinäjoki, Kokkonen had been finished her studies and became a Master of Education Sciences and a teacher in Hämeenlinna. At the moment she works as a class teacher in Vantaa. In 2007, Kokkonen got married to a man called Cemo Timucin - working in an IT-branch and is educated as a Master of engineering and they live in Vantaa with their son Tino. In 2009, Taina Kokkonen worked during the summertime as a radiohost having morning programs in a local radiostation near Helsinki resort.

Taina Barioz is a French alpine skier.

In 2001, there was a racist show called 'Taina', starring a character with the same name.