Bar Refaeli

Bar Refaeli (Hebrew: בר רפאלי‎; born 4 June 1985) is an Israeli model, television host, actress and businesswoman.

According to Forbes Israel, she was the highest paid model in Israel in 2013, ahead of the combined modeling income of other Israeli models such as Esti Ginzburg, Gal Gadot, and Shlomit Malka.

She was the cover model of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and was voted #1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list of 2012. Since 2013, she has been the host of The X Factor Israel.

Early life

Refaeli was born in Hod HaSharon, Israel, to a secular Jewish family. Her parents, Rafi and Tzipi, own a horse ranch. Her parents were born in Israel, and her grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Italy, Lithuania, and Poland. Her mother was a successful model in the 1970s under her maiden name, Tzipi Levine.

Modeling career

Refaeli began modeling at the age of eight months, when she first appeared in commercials. Orthodonture at twelve interrupted her modeling until she was fifteen, when an Israeli beauty pageant awarded Rephaeli "Model of the Year" (2000). She played prominently in campaigns for the fashion brands Castro and Pilpel, and she starred in a Milky pudding commercial.