Bar Refaeli life and biography

Bar Refaeli is an Israeli Fashion model born in Israel, on 4 Jun, 1985.

Refaeli was born in 1985 in the countryside of Israel where her parents, Tsipi and Rafi, owned a horse ranch. It was her mother who first saw potential in her daughter. Bar Refaeli began a modeling career at the age of eight months, appearing in commercials. She had to wear braces in her early years, postponing her modeling. At the age of fifteen, Refaeli returned to modeling.

Refaeli began her modeling career before the age of one. By the age of fifteen she was featured in campaigns for the fashion brands Castro and Pilpel, also starring in a commercial for Milki.

Refaeli won the title "Model of The Year" in a beauty contest in 2000 and 2001. She was also chosen to be the home model of Renuar fashion network and appeared in their summer 2002 and winter 2003 catalogues. She was cast for fashion production abroad, among them Dim, and appeared in the French ELLE magazine.

She is the first Israeli model to be featured in Sports Illustrated magazine; the same picture was later published on the cover of Maxim. She appeared on the cover of the March 2006 issue of GQ Italy. She was in the March 2007 issue of Sports Illustrated in a swimsuit and posed with the band Aerosmith as well. Bar appeared in a September 2007 Paris-Match issue where she was interviewed by reporter Caroline Mangez. The six-page article had many pictures and an interview about Bar's life in Israel, her family and her work. She also appeared on the cover of Tatler magazine for the October 2007 issue.

Britain's original style magazine for men, Arena, called Bar Refaeli, The Best Body of 2008 in its February 2008 issue. Bar appears on the cover. .

Agencies:
* London Storm
* Paris IMG Paris
* New York One Mgmt
* Hamburg MODELWERK
* Berlin Iconic
* Hamburg Iconic
* Stockholm Stockholmsgruppe
* Hamburg Hamburg
* Barcelona Uno

Career Highlights:

1986: Appears in TV commercials within a few months
1990: Featured in campaigns for fashion brands Castro and Pilpel
2000: Wins model-of-the-year title in an Israeli beauty contest
2002:
- Appears in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue South African edition
- Makes an appearance as Noa Zuckerman in the Israeli television show The Pick-Up
2004:
- Avoids enlisting with the Israeli army via marriage
- Appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated
2005:
- Appears in O’Neill print ads
- Meets Leonardo DiCaprio at a party in Las Vegas and the pair soon begin dating (4 NOV)
2006:
- Asked by Israeli Tourism Minister to represent the country at the opening ceremony for the World Travel Market in London
- Spokesperson for Moët & Chandon
- Appears on the cover of French Elle (13 FEB)
- Appears on the cover of Italian GQ
- Appears on the cover of British Maxim
2007:
- Takes a trip to Israel with boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio, causing huge media frenzy
- Ranks #45 on the Maxim Hot 100 List
- Appears in a spread in Elle
- Leaves Ford Model Agency for One Model Managment (3 OCT)
- Breaks up with Leonardo DiCaprio and begins dating surfer Kelly Slater (23 OCT)
2008:
- Lands on the cover of French Elle
- Appears on the cover of Arena
- Appears in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
- Makes a runway appearance for Puerta de Europa’s bridal show in Spain
- Models for True Religion Jeans and Hurley print ads
- Appears in i-D editorial with actor Jack Huston, photographed by Kayt Jones
- Featured on the cover of Italian Elle, photographed by Matt Jones
2009:
- Appears in British Harper's Bazaar editorial, photographed by Kayt Jones
2010:
- The Israeli military attacks Refaeli for dodging military service
- Appears in Interview editorial, alongside the male cast of MTV's Jersey Shore, photographed by Terry Richardson
- Angelo Pennetta photographs Refaeli for the spring issue of LOVE

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