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My sister knew about my dream of participating in the beauty pageant. I applied and made it to the finals last year. It was a life-changing experience. Having moved to Finland with her family from a refugee camp in Thailand at the age of 11, she has come a long way to overcome her bitterness. The beauty pageant gave me a lot of self-confidence and courage, says Sa Myer Oo, who was elected Refugee of the Year 2024. The Koputus program is a program series produced by the Vaasa Pentecostal Church since 1985. Initially, the program was broadcast on Vaasa's local television station, Botnia-TV. Since 2007, the Koputus program has been broadcast on TV7. TV7's Koputus program archive: https://www.tv7.fi/arkki/koputus_s183/