Avigail Alfatov

Avigail Alfatov (Hebrew: אביגיל אלפטוב‎)
Born Avigail Alfatov (Hebrew: אביגיל אלפטוב‎)
(1996-02-28) February 28, 1996
Acre, Israel
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Title 1st runner up in Miss Israel 2015
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Blue
Major
competition(s)		 1st runner up in Miss Israel 2015

Avigail Alfatov (Hebrew: אביגיל אלפטוב‎; born 28 February 1996) is an Israeli national fencing champion, soldier, model and beauty pageant titeholder.

Alfatov was crowned 1st runner up in Miss Israel 2015. She represented Israel at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.

Personal life

She was born in Acre, Israel, and is Jewish.[1] Alfatov's father is a graphic designer, and her mother is a teacher.[1] Both her parents were born in Ukraine and made aliyah to escape antisemitism in the Soviet Union.[1]

She graduated magna cum laude from high school.[1] In her spare time, she volunteers for AKIM, an organization that works to help people suffering from intellectual disabilities.

Fencing

Alfatov began fencing in fourth grade, and is Israel's national youth fencing champion.[2] She devotes four hours a day to fencing practice.[2] She says: "I've taken part in a lot of fencing competitions around the world and I was already the past champion of Israel many times. My dream is to get to the Olympics and win."[3] She hopes that modelling will help her to support her fencing career financially, as Israel will only pay for the first year of training to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.[3][1]

Israeli Air Force

Alfatov as of December 2015 served in the Israeli Air Force.[1]

Pageantry

On June 2, 2015, Alfatov was crowned 1st runner up in Miss Israel 2015, which resulted in her competing in Miss Universe 2015.[4][5] The 66th Miss Israel contest was organized by La'Isha Magazine. The Miss Israel has handled Miss Universe and Miss World since 1952 and produced the following International Grand Winners; Rina Messinger (Miss Israel 1976), Miss Universe 1976 and Linor Abargil (Miss Israel 1998), Miss World 1998.[6]

As Miss Israel 2015, Alfatov competed at Miss Universe 2015, but did not place.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "From fencing champ to beauty queen: Meet the reigning Miss Israel".
  2. 1 2 "WATCH: Meet Miss Israel Avigail Alfatov".
  3. 1 2 "מה עושה אלופת הארץ בסיף כשהיא נתקלת בג'וק? - חורים ברשת". 11 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Maayan Keren crowned Miss Israel 2015". [Ynetnews]]. 3 June 2015.
  5. ↑ NEWS, Pageants. "Avigail Alfatov is Miss Israel Universe 2015".
  6. ↑ Toledo, Edwin. "Miss Israel 2015". www.timesofbeauty.com.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Doron Matalon		 Miss Israel
2015		 Succeeded by
Yam Kaspers Anshel
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