Bar Refaeli is an Israeli model, television host, businesswoman and actress.
37 Facts About Bar Refaeli
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Bar Refaeli is 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.
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Bar Refaeli was the highest-paid model in Israel according to Forbes Israel in 2013.
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Bar Refaeli was born and raised in Hod HaSharon, Israel, to a secular Jewish family.
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Bar Refaeli's parents were both born in Israel, and her grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Italy, Lithuania and Poland.
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Bar Refaeli's father Refael "Rafi" Refaeli is a former horse stable owner, and her mother was a model in the 1970s under her maiden name Tzipora "Tzipi" Levine.
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Bar Refaeli has an older half-brother, Neil Ben-Porat, from her mother's first marriage to Israeli businessman Yehousha "Shuki" Ben-Porat.
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Bar Refaeli began modeling at the age of eight months, when she first appeared in commercials.
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Bar Refaeli played prominently in campaigns for the fashion brands Castro and Pilpel, and she starred in a Milky pudding commercial.
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Bar Refaeli has appeared in editorials for French, American, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian Elle, Spanish Vogue, British, Russian, Australian, and Vietnamese Harper's Bazaar, V, French and Dutch L'Officiel, American, British, Italian, German, Spanish, and Indian GQ, i-D, and Allure.
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Bar Refaeli has appeared on the covers of French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Belgian, Danish, Swedish, Australian, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Slovenian, Croatian, and Turkish Elle, French, Spanish, and Russian Marie Claire, British, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Mexican GQ, American, British, Australian, and Serbian Maxim, and Esquire.
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Bar Refaeli has appeared in advertising-campaigns for non-fashion brands such as Garnier Fructis, Samsung, and Subaru.
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Bar Refaeli became the second Israeli model to appear in Sports Illustrated magazine, in her 2007 debut in its Swimsuit Issue, where she posed with the rock band Aerosmith.
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Bar Refaeli was the cover-model for the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
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Bar Refaeli co-starred in the Israeli TV drama series Pick Up in 2005.
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Bar Refaeli returned as a program host in 2009, this time for MTV's brief revival of House of Style.
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In 2011, Bar Refaeli starred in the American-Israeli film Session, directed by Haim Bouzaglo.
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Bar Refaeli served as a guest judge on cycle four of Germany's Next Topmodel hosted by Heidi Klum.
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In January 2013, Bar Refaeli appeared in Go Daddy's Super Bowl XLVII commercial.
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In 2013, Bar Refaeli hosted the first season of The X Factor Israel, which became the most popular music show in Israel, leading to them bringing her back in 2015 for season two.
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In 2018 Bar Refaeli appeared in a music video of X Factor judge, Ivri Lider.
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In 2013, Bar Refaeli played a starring role in the French-Israeli crime-caper film Kidon, a comedy in which she stars as a Mossad assassin involved in liquidating a terrorist.
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Rotem Sela eventually played the role that Bar Refaeli reportedly turned down.
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Bar Refaeli hosted the main event of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv alongside Erez Tal, whereas Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub hosted the Green Room.
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Bar Refaeli has an ownership stake in a number of fashion companies, such as in the designer glasses manufacturer Carolina Lemke.
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In 2016, Bar Refaeli lodged a police complaint for identity theft with the Israel Police after a news item in Calcalist linked her to suspicious money transfers involving Amir Bramly, based on leaked banking correspondence.
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On 3 January 2019, it was announced that Bar Refaeli was suspected of tax-evasion and was facing a possible indictment along with her parents.
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Bar Refaeli's mother was jailed for 16 months and fined.
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Bar Refaeli participated in a campaign to help reduce the use of plastic bags in Israel.
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On 7 June 2013, Bar Refaeli hosted a beach party in Tel Aviv for participants of Tel Aviv Pride, the city's gay pride parade.
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Bar Refaeli hosted the closing ceremony for the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Latrun, Israel, on 18 July 2017.
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In 2007, the YnetNews reported that Bar Refaeli had evaded the draft by marrying family-acquaintance Arik Weinstein in 2003, and divorcing him soon afterwards.
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In 2009, while speaking in support of enlisting, fellow Israeli model Esti Ginzburg criticized Bar Refaeli for evading military-service.
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Two years later, Bar Refaeli was featured on the cover of Italian GQs war-themed May 2011 issue.
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In 2014, during Operation Protective Edge, Bar Refaeli frequently expressed solidarity and appreciation of Israeli citizens serving in the Israeli Army with postings on her social network accounts, and by posting selfies of her together with smiling Israeli soldiers.
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In November 2005, Bar Refaeli began a relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio after meeting him at a party in Las Vegas for members of U2.
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Bar Refaeli married Israeli businessman Adi Ezra on 24 September 2015 in Israel.