Yael Shelbia

Yael Shelbia
Born 31 August 2000[1]
Nahariya, Israel
Other names Yael Shelbia Cohen
Occupation Model
Years active 2016[2]-present
Modeling information
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Hair color Brown
Eye color Blue-green
Agency ITM  Israel, Model Link (Sweden), Elite (US),The Squad London (UK), ModelWerk (Germany), addictedt (Austria)

Yael Shelbia (born Yael Shelbia Cohen) is an Israeli fashion model from Nahariya.

She has appeared in a number of international modelling campaigns. She was listed by TC CANDLER in 2018 as the 17th most beautiful face in the world.[4] ahead in Israel of Gal Gadot.[5]

She became a leading model for Castro from 2017. She has received additional media attention due to her Orthodox background, as she keeps Kosher and observes Shabbat. which had led to controversy and opposition in her Orthodox Jewish religious community.[6][7]

Life and career

Yael Shelbia Cohen was born in Nahariya, Israel to an Orthodox Jewish (Religious Zionist) family, she is the third of 5 children. Her mother is a realtor, and her father is a factory supervisor. She has two sisters and two brothers.

The name 'Shelbia', given as a middle name, was inherited from her grandmother, as it is believed to protect against the evil eye. Shelbia is the name of a fish, and her grandmother's Djerban Jewish community commonly gives their children names of fish as their middle names to protect against the evil eye. [8] She began by uploading selfies she took by herself on Instagram shortly before her 16th birthday. As a result of finding her photos on her Instagram account, she later received an offer to take photos from the professional photographer Marina Moskowitz.[9]

She studies at a religious Ulpana.[10] Her modelling soon led to controversy and opposition in her Ulpana, which threatened to send a letter to the Israeli Education Ministry to expel her. Her family however, had been supportive of her career, so long as it would not interfere with her religious studies. And after consultation with Israel's Religious Education Ministry, she was allowed to continue her studies on condition of following certain guidelines.[11] However, combining a modelling career with a religious lifestyle, has led to difficulties, including in terms of modesty of clothing. During a modelling campaign in Milan, she had to live on crackers for four days, as she could not find glatt kosher food.[12] She says she had lost many modelling contracts, due to her keeping of the Sabbath and choices in clothing.[13]

She considers herself to be very religious. She has found it difficult to combine her religious life-style, with her career saying to Israel Hayom: "I am a religious person, I believe in God and pray to him, I listen to the Rabbi lectures, I observe Shabbat and Kashrut, but I know that from an external perspective I do not look like I have these traits... I stay in for Shabbat, and when I'm abroad I keep the Shabbat and look for the kosher restaurants to eat there. And most difficult for me on Shabbat, when I'm in a foreign country, is to cut off from my family and friends, even feel a bit lonely, and I can not talk on the phone with my family and friends."[14]

The speed of the success of her career both in Europe and Israel, has led to comparisons to Shlomit Malka, Dorit Revelis and Sofia Mechetner.[15][16] She plans to serve as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, rather than doing Sherut Leumi.[17]

In 2018, she modelled for Kim Kardashian's brand KKW Beauty, where her photos were chosen by Kim Kardashian.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Solny, Shiryn (July 27, 2018). "Shabbat-Observant Israeli Model Stars in New Kim Kardashian Makeup Ad". The Algemeiner. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "@YaelShelbia (Post of Professional Modeling Photo from 2016)". Instagram. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ↑ YAEL SHELBIA Metro Models
  4. ↑ A student of the ulpana who was described as the most beautiful Israeli in the world: "Funny that I overtook Gal Gadot", Mako, By Shimon Ifergan, January 2, 2018
  5. ↑ Meet the Israeli girl who overtook Gal Gadot Channel 10 02.01.2018
  6. ↑ "I got a gift from God, I do not have to apologize" Israel Hayom, by Hagit Rabinovich, 29.03.2018
  7. ↑ From the Tel Aviv municipality to the Dior campaign, 21.08.2017, Shir-Li Golan, Yedioth Ahronoth
  8. ↑ "I got a gift from God, I do not have to apologize" Israel Hayom, by Hagit Rabinovich, 29.03.2018
  9. ↑ From the Tel Aviv municipality to the Dior campaign, 21.08.2017, Shir-Li Golan, Yedioth Ahronoth
  10. ↑ The Israeli model who excited Messi Posted: 08.03.18, ynetnews
  11. ↑ "I got a gift from God, I do not have to apologize" Israel Hayom, by Hagit Rabinovich, 29.03.2018
  12. ↑ The headmaster told me: Either you stop modeling or you leave By Shimon Ifergan, 8 June 2017, Mako
  13. ↑ The headmaster told me: Either you stop modeling or you leave By Shimon Ifergan, 8 June 2017, Mako
  14. ↑ "I got a gift from God, I do not have to apologize" Israel Hayom, by Hagit Rabinovich, 29.03.2018
  15. ↑ The headmaster told me: Either you stop modeling or you leave By Shimon Ifergan, 8 June 2017, Mako
  16. ↑ "I got a gift from God, I do not have to apologize" Israel Hayom, by Hagit Rabinovich, 29.03.2018
  17. ↑ From the Tel Aviv municipality to the Dior campaign, 21.08.2017, Shir-Li Golan, Yedioth Ahronoth
  18. ↑ Religious model Yael Shelbia in Kim Kardashian's campaign 25.07.2018, Israel Hayom
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