Bar Refaeli

Bar Refaeli is an Israeli model and occasional actress.from younger age She attracted enormous amounts of attention for her stunning beauty and unbelievable ability to make men swoon.She was the cover girl of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in ’09. She also appeared in the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

She was born on June 4, 1985, in a rural region of Israel.She started modeling before she could even walk and talk. At 8 months old, Bar Refaeli was already doing commercials.Refaeli had to wear braces in her early years, interrupting her modeling until age 15, when she returned to modeling with the representation of Irene Marie Models.

Refaeli won the title “Model of The Year” in an Israeli beauty contest in 2000.She was also chosen to be the home model of Renuar fashion network and appeared in their summer 2002 and winter 2003 catalogs.Additionally, Bar Refaeli was selected for an international fashion production and appeared in the French ELLE magazine.Refaeli claimed later that it was the editorial section in an issue of French ELLE that cemented her celebrity.

In 2009, Refaeli was the covermodel for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.A photo from the shoot, featuring a bikini-clad Refaeli, was painted on the side of a Boeing 737 in a promotional deal with Southwest Airlines,leading to criticism of Southwest from passengers for using an image they regarded as inappropriately sexual and “offensive to families”.Same year, Refaeli posed entirely nude, save for a passage from Stephen King’s short story “Morality” painted on her body, for the cover of Esquire.

With her modeling career Refaeli also co-starred the Israeli TV series Pick Up in 2005. In October 2008, she co-hosted the Bravo special program Tommy Hilfiger Presents Ironic Iconic America,based on the book Ironic Iconic America written by George Lois. She returned as a program host in 2009, this time for MTV’s brief revival of House of Style.

On 5 March 2009, Refaeli received the “World Style Award,” presented by the Women’s World Awards, for her “natural elegance, sense of style and compassion.In 2010, Bar Refaeli landed the No. 13 position on AskMen.com’s list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2010.