Posts Tagged: Miss Israel
Beyond the Crown: What I Learned at Miss Universe Israel 2025
This year has been nothing short of magical, and I’ve been completely full of Israeli pride wherever I go. As the titleholder of Miss Netanya...
Newly Crowned Miss Israel Melanie Shiraz Discusses Prep for Miss Universe Pageant, Not Being Bothered by ‘Haters’
The newly crowned Miss Universe Israel 2025 Melanie Shiraz talked to The Algemeiner on Monday about preparations for the Miss Universe pageant in November, hostility...
Miss Israel, Miss Iraq Find ‘Peace and Love’ Amid Mideast Tensions
JNS.org – In a rare sign of Middle East solidarity, Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman and Miss Iraq Sarah Idan took to social media to put friendship over...
Ethiopian-Born Miss Israel Once Dreamed of the Jewish State — Now Advocates for It
JNS.org - In Ethiopia, Yityish “Titi” Aynaw and her fellow villagers always dreamed of living in Israel. “From as far back as I can remember, I was...
Israeli ‘Miss Universe’ Contestant Says She Hopes French Crown-Winner Makes Good on Promise to Visit Jewish State
Israel's representative in the Miss Universe 2016 pageant revealed on Monday night that the new titleholder has promised to visit the Jewish state. "I’m holding her to that promise," Israel's Yam Kaspers Anshel...
Terrorism and Tiaras
Two weeks into the 2006 Second War in Lebanon, as Israel tried to put a stop to Hezbollah rockets that were pummeling huge swaths...
Miss Israel Responds After Miss Lebanon Distances Herself From Joint Photo: ‘It Doesn’t Surprise Me, But it Still Makes Me Sad’
Miss Israel, Doron Matalon, has responded to the controversy surrounding a 'selfie' she took together with Miss Lebanon at the ongoing Miss Universe competition in...
From ‘Scared Child’ to Miss Israel
JNS.org - NEW MILFORD, NJ—When Yitayish "Titi" Ayenew, the first black Miss Israel, was a young orphan who moved from Ethiopia to Israel, it was learning...
Miss Israel on Meeting Obama: “I Was Very Very Excited to Meet Him” (VIDEO)
Much had been made about newly crowned Miss Israel Yityash Aynaw, an Ethiopian immigrant, getting to meet U.S. President Barack Obama after the White House...
Obama Israel Visit Draws Calls from Miss Israel, Bar Refaeli for Pollard’s Release
Yityish Aynaw, the first Ethiopian Miss Israel, hopes to tell President Barack Obama, whom she calls her role model, to "free [Jonathan] Pollard," the former U.S....
Zionist Women’s Activist, Former ‘Miss Israel’ Dies at 81
Michal Modai, the fourth president of the Women's International Zionist Organization and the widow of former Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai, passed away on...
