Bar Refaeli (Hebrew: ×'ר ×¨×¤× ×œ×™â€Ž; born 4 June 1985) is an
Israeli model, television host, actress, and entrepreneur. She is
considered among the most internationally successful models to come
from Israel, appearing on the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated
Swimsuit Issue, and being voted No. 1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list
of 2012. As a television host, Refaeli has hosted The X Factor Israel
since 2013 and co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel
Aviv.As a result of her modeling and investment careers, her net worth
was estimated at US $20 million in 2015. She was the highest-paid
model in Israel according to Forbes Israel in 2013.Refaeli was born
and raised in Hod HaSharon, Israel, to a secular Jewish family. In
Hebrew, her first name means "wild" (as in nature), and her surname
literally means "God heals" and is a derivative of the biblical angel
Raphael. Her parents were both born in Israel, and her grandparents
were immigrants from Europe and of Sephardic Jewish (Italian-Jewish)
and Ashkenazi Jewish (Lithuanian-Jewish, and Polish-Jewish) descent.
Her grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Her father Rafi Refaeli is
a horse stable owner, and her mother was a successful model in the
1970s under her maiden name Tzipora "Tzipi" Levine.
Israeli model, television host, actress, and entrepreneur. She is
considered among the most internationally successful models to come
from Israel, appearing on the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated
Swimsuit Issue, and being voted No. 1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list
of 2012. As a television host, Refaeli has hosted The X Factor Israel
since 2013 and co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel
Aviv.As a result of her modeling and investment careers, her net worth
was estimated at US $20 million in 2015. She was the highest-paid
model in Israel according to Forbes Israel in 2013.Refaeli was born
and raised in Hod HaSharon, Israel, to a secular Jewish family. In
Hebrew, her first name means "wild" (as in nature), and her surname
literally means "God heals" and is a derivative of the biblical angel
Raphael. Her parents were both born in Israel, and her grandparents
were immigrants from Europe and of Sephardic Jewish (Italian-Jewish)
and Ashkenazi Jewish (Lithuanian-Jewish, and Polish-Jewish) descent.
Her grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Her father Rafi Refaeli is
a horse stable owner, and her mother was a successful model in the
1970s under her maiden name Tzipora "Tzipi" Levine.
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