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Bar Refaeli is a renowned Israeli model and an occasional actress and television personality

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BirthdayJune 4, 1985
NationalityIsraeli
FamousJewish Models, Models, Media Personalities, TV Presenters, Business Women, Fashion Model, Tv Host
ChildrensLiv Ezra
Birth PlaceHod HaSharon
ReligionJudaism
Height174
GenderFemale
FatherRafael Refaeli
MotherTzipi Levine
Net Worth$20 million
Sun SignGemini
Born inHod HaSharon
Famous asFashion Model, TV Host, Businesswoman

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Who is Bar Refaeli?

Israeli-born supermodel Bar Refaeli drew attention of the fashion world with sheer ease, through her absolutely amazing body and high-sense style statements. She was exposed to the glamour world as a young eight month-old infant, appearing in advertisements. While this was just the beginning, she went to rule the fashion industry by modeling for various luxury fashion giants, including Accessorize, Escada, Marco Bicego, Passionata, Subaru, Fox, Chanel, Gap, and Arrow. This dark honey blonde featured in international editorials and magazine covers of Glamour, Elle, Maxim, GQ, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and Harper’s Bazaar, but rose to popularity for her appearance as a stunning cover girl for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Apart from couture runways and bikini modeling, she also tried her hand in acting in films and hosting television programs, the most famous being ‘The X Factor Israel’ and ‘Million Dollar Shootingstar’. This blue-eyed goddess has been in the news very often, not just for her ad campaigns and product launches, but also for her link-ups with various high-status and distinguished men, the most prominent of them being her on-and-off romantic bonding with Hollywood hunk Leonardo DiCaprio. She is a dedicated volunteer of some social organizations, taking care of sick children and abandoned pets.

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Childhood & Early Life

Bar Refaeli was born on June 4, 1985 in Hod HaSharon, Israel, to Jewish parents, Rafi and Tzipi.

Interestingly, her mother was also into the same business – a reigning model during the 1970s, popularly known as Tzipi Levine.

She entered the modeling world as an infant when she was just eight months, shooting for commercial ads.

She stopped modeling during her early childhood years due to her braces and was able to resume serious modeling only when she turned 15.

In 2000, she participated in the Israeli beauty pageant and was crowned ‘Model of the Year’, which proved an important milestone in her rising career.

Career

In 2000, she was signed by Irene Marie Models and appeared in ad campaigns for known brands, Castro and Pipel. She featured in the dairy product Milky’s commercial, later that year.

She became the home model for Renuar fashion channel and featured in its summer 2002 and winter 2003 catalogs.

She debuted on television in 2005 with the Israeli drama series, ‘Pick Up’.

She went viral in the fashion industry by the age of 20, when she became a cover model for magazines – French Elle, Italian GQ, Cosmopolitan, and Maxim, in 2006.

She supports the non-profit organization, Project Sunshine, which offers free services and programs to children suffering from critical diseases. In 2006, she supported Ahava, which attended pets dumped during the 2006 Lebanon War.

She was a co-host of the Bravo special program ‘Tommy Hilfiger Presents Ironic Ironic America’, based on a book of the same name, in 2008, and a program host of the 2009 revival series of ‘House of Style’ on MTV channel.

In 2009, she became the new face of Rampage and shot an ad campaign for its fall collection, under world famous photographer Gilles Bensimon.

She was chosen as the brand ambassador of clothing line Hurley and Diddy cologne in 2008, followed by stepping in as the spokesmodel for Garnier International in 2009.

She has appeared in commercials promoting Morellato watches and jewelry for its launch of 2009/2010 range.

She debuted in movies with the Haim Bouzaglo directed American-Israeli psychological thriller ‘Session’, in 2011.

In 2011, she launched an online company, Under.me, selling designer underwear, partnered with Dudi Balsar, a former model and attorney.

She appeared as a guest judge on Heidi Klum-hosted show ‘Germany’s Next Topmodel’. Inspired by the same, she launched her own show ‘Million Dollar Shootingstar’ in November 2012, broadcast on German channel, Sat 1.

In 2013, she starred in the French-Israeli film ‘Kidon’, a crime-caper comedy, where she essayed the role of a Mossad assassin.

She has been the face of the fashion brand, Luisa Cerano, and lingerie brand, Passionata, and appeared in various ad campaigns promoting its new collection.

She has appeared in ad campaigns for several fashion brands, such as Escada, Gap, Arrow, True Religion, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Samsung, Fox, Agua Bendita, Andrew Marc, Victoria’s Secret, Marks & Spencer, Reebok, and Sears.

She has walked the ramp for a variety of fashion heavyweights, including Accessorize, Italian jewelry line Marco Bicego, Subaru, and Brazilian clothing line Besni.

She has featured on a variety of international magazine covers, some of which are Marie Claire, Elle, Glamour, GQ, Maxim, Madame Figaro, Zalando Magazine, Lepota & Zdravlje, Cosmopolitan, F, DTLux and Harper’s Bazaar.

She has made appearances in several editorials, like Harper’s Bazaar Australia, GQ Germany, Maxim USA, Elle Spain, Marie Claire Russia, GQ Italy, Grazia France, Elle Russia, L’Officiel France, Esquire USA, and Vanity Fair Italy.

Apart from her mother agency One Management, she has also worked for Marilyn Agency (Paris), Premier Model Management (London), Uno Models (Barcelona), Model Management (Hamburg), and MP Management (Milan).

Major Works

In 2007, she made her debut in the Swimsuit Issue of the Sports Illustrated magazine, alongside rock band, Aerosmith, and became the first Israeli model to appear on the cover page of its 2009 edition.

She became a household name in Israel in 2013 as a host of the first season of ‘The X Factor Israel’, which later turned out as the most-liked Israeli music show. In 2015, she returned as the host of its second season.

Awards & Achievements

Women’s World Awards presented her with the ‘World Style Award’ in 2009, for her exceptional fashion sense and gorgeous looks.

FHM ranked her at #42 in their list of ‘100 Sexiest Women’ in 2008, which was updated to #57 in 2010 and #97 in 2011.

In 2012, she was voted at #1 in the ‘Hot 100’ list by Maxim magazine.

She received the Vienna Fashion Award for ‘Style Icon’ in 2013.

She stood at #4 on Shalom Life’s ’50 most talented, intelligent, funny and gorgeous Jewish women in the world’ list.

Personal Life & Legacy

She is known to have been in a romantic relationship with many high-profile men, including English musician Mick Jagger, Baywatch actor David Charvet, and actor Uri El-Natan.

She got into a relationship with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio in 2005, after they met at a party in Las Vegas. But, they broke off in June 2009, only to rekindle their romance in 2010, but officially announced their split in May 2011.

She met Israeli businessman Adi Ezra in July 2012, through mutual friends, and started off immediately. The couple moved into a Tel Aviv apartment together after several months. Recently, the two have announced to tie the knot.

Trivia

Her Jewish grandparents were originally from Italy, Poland and Lithuania, who traveled and settled down in Israel.

Her longtime beau, Adi Ezra heads Neto ME Holdings Ltd., one of Israel’s largest food importing companies started by his grandfather.

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Bar Refaeli biography timelines

  • // 4th Jun 1985
    Bar Refaeli was born on June 4, 1985 in Hod HaSharon, Israel, to Jewish parents, Rafi and Tzipi.
  • // 2000
    In 2000, she participated in the Israeli beauty pageant and was crowned ‘Model of the Year’, which proved an important milestone in her rising career.
  • // 2000
    In 2000, she was signed by Irene Marie Models and appeared in ad campaigns for known brands, Castro and Pipel. She featured in the dairy product Milky’s commercial, later that year.
  • // 2002 To 2003
    She became the home model for Renuar fashion channel and featured in its summer 2002 and winter 2003 catalogs.
  • // 2005
    She debuted on television in 2005 with the Israeli drama series, ‘Pick Up’.
  • // 2006
    She went viral in the fashion industry by the age of 20, when she became a cover model for magazines – French Elle, Italian GQ, Cosmopolitan, and Maxim, in 2006.
  • // 2006
    She supports the non-profit organization, Project Sunshine, which offers free services and programs to children suffering from critical diseases. In 2006, she supported Ahava, which attended pets dumped during the 2006 Lebanon War.
  • // 2007 To 2009
    In 2007, she made her debut in the Swimsuit Issue of the Sports Illustrated magazine, alongside rock band, Aerosmith, and became the first Israeli model to appear on the cover page of its 2009 edition.
  • // 2008 To 2009
    She was a co-host of the Bravo special program ‘Tommy Hilfiger Presents Ironic Ironic America’, based on a book of the same name, in 2008, and a program host of the 2009 revival series of ‘House of Style’ on MTV channel.
  • // 2008 To 2009
    She was chosen as the brand ambassador of clothing line Hurley and Diddy cologne in 2008, followed by stepping in as the spokesmodel for Garnier International in 2009.
  • // 2009
    In 2009, she became the new face of Rampage and shot an ad campaign for its fall collection, under world famous photographer Gilles Bensimon.
  • // 2009 To 2010
    She has appeared in commercials promoting Morellato watches and jewelry for its launch of 2009/2010 range.
  • // 2009
    Women’s World Awards presented her with the ‘World Style Award’ in 2009, for her exceptional fashion sense and gorgeous looks.
  • // 2011
    She debuted in movies with the Haim Bouzaglo directed American-Israeli psychological thriller ‘Session’, in 2011.
  • // 2011
    In 2011, she launched an online company, Under.me, selling designer underwear, partnered with Dudi Balsar, a former model and attorney.
  • // 2012
    In 2012, she was voted at #1 in the ‘Hot 100’ list by Maxim magazine.
  • // Jul 2012
    She met Israeli businessman Adi Ezra in July 2012, through mutual friends, and started off immediately. The couple moved into a Tel Aviv apartment together after several months. Recently, the two have announced to tie the knot.
  • // Nov 2012
    She appeared as a guest judge on Heidi Klum-hosted show ‘Germany’s Next Topmodel’. Inspired by the same, she launched her own show ‘Million Dollar Shootingstar’ in November 2012, broadcast on German channel, Sat 1.
  • // 2013
    In 2013, she starred in the French-Israeli film ‘Kidon’, a crime-caper comedy, where she essayed the role of a Mossad assassin.
  • // 2013 To 2015
    She became a household name in Israel in 2013 as a host of the first season of ‘The X Factor Israel’, which later turned out as the most-liked Israeli music show. In 2015, she returned as the host of its second season.
  • // 2013
    She received the Vienna Fashion Award for ‘Style Icon’ in 2013.

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Bar Refaeli's FAQ

  • What is Bar Refaeli birthday?

    Bar Refaeli was born at 1985-06-04

  • Where is Bar Refaeli's birth place?

    Bar Refaeli was born in Hod HaSharon

  • What is Bar Refaeli nationalities?

    Bar Refaeli's nationalities is Israeli

  • Who is Bar Refaeli childrens?

    Bar Refaeli's childrens is Liv Ezra

  • What is Bar Refaeli's religion?

    Bar Refaeli's religion is Judaism

  • How tall is Bar Refaeli?

    Bar Refaeli's height is 174

  • Who is Bar Refaeli's father?

    Bar Refaeli's father is Rafael Refaeli

  • Who is Bar Refaeli's mother?

    Bar Refaeli's mother is Tzipi Levine

  • What is Bar Refaeli's sun sign?

    Bar Refaeli is Gemini

  • How famous is Bar Refaeli?

    Bar Refaeli is famouse as Fashion Model, TV Host, Businesswoman