Avigail Alfatov

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.

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]

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

On June 2, 2015, Alfatov was crowned Miss Israel in 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.

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