Bar Refaeli is an Israeli model, television host, businesswoman and actress. She is among the most internationally successful models to come from Israel, appearing on the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and being voted No. 1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list of 2012. As a television host, Refaeli has hosted The X Factor Israel since 2013 and co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv.
Refaeli was born and raised in Hod HaSharon, Israel, to a secular Jewish family. In Hebrew, her first name means "wild" (as in wilderness), and her surname literally means "my God heals" and is a derivative of the biblical angel Raphael. Her parents were both born in Israel, and her grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Italy, Lithuania and Poland. Her grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Her father Refael "Rafi" Refaeli is a former horse stable owner, and her mother was a model in the 1970s under her maiden name Tzipora "Tzipi" Levine. Refaeli has two younger brothers; On Refaeli is an actor and model, and Dor Refaeli is an entrepreneur. She also has an older half-brother, Neil Ben-Porat, from her mother's first marriage to Israeli businessman Yehousha "Shuki" Ben-Porat.
| Date of Birth | 4th June 1985 |
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| Age | 39 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Country | Israel |
| Current City | Olesh |
| Birth Place | Olesh |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | Israel |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Spouses | Adi Ezra |
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| Occupation | actor, model, television presenter, film actor, businessperson, entrepreneur, television actor, stage actor, brand ambassador, celebrity branding, reality television program judge, reality television participant |
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