Bar Refaeli

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.

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.

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.

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.