Miss Israel
Miss Israel or Malkat HaYofi (The Beauty Queen) is a national Beauty pageant in Israel
Miss Israel (also referred to as Hebrew: מיס ישראל, Malkat HaYōfî, lit. 'The Beauty Queen') is a national beauty pageant in Israel. The pageant was founded in 1950 and the winners were sent to international pageants such as Miss Universe and Miss World.
History
In the late 1920s, a "Queen Esther Beauty Pageant" was held in Tel Aviv, centred on the holiday of Purim. The first Miss Israel took place in 1950, two years after Israel's independence.
From then onwards, Miss Israel was the national franchise holder for Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International. The pageant's official winner represented Israel at Miss World and or Miss Universe and the runners-up at Miss International, and Miss Europe.
In 2022, the original organizers (LaIsha) cancelled the pageant amid controversies over its relevance to modern social standards. It was then restarted under new management, and in 2024, the Miss Universe Israel pageant was organized by Edgar Saakyan, owner of Edgar Entertainment.
Controversy Under Edgar Entertainment
In June 2026, the Miss Israel Organization became the subject of public controversy after reigning titleholder Melanie Shiraz alleged that the 2026 selection process had been predetermined and that no genuine national pageant would take place. One day before the organization's announcement, Shiraz publicly stated on Instagram that Danielle Yablonka would be selected as the winner.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1276076. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1950, 2022, 2024 and 2026.
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This entry incorporates text from “Miss Israel” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.