Slioor married her first husband Sigurd Laesvirta, a Finnish painter, in 1944, and they had a daughter named Aulikki. Through the marriage, Slioor was involved in Finnish art circles and soon started to work as a model. After divorcing her first husband in 1948, Slioor became a single parent and continued working as a model and also appeared in the Finnish film "Tanssi yli hautojen" ("Dancing on Graves"), which was directed by Toivo Särkkä and written by Mika Waltari. The film was released in 1950.