Israel Through the Years of Miss Universe

Israel is one of the most succesful country in the Miss Universe Pageants Early years. They have been in the pageant since the inauguration of Miss Universe in 1952. They have produced one Miss Universe she was Rina Messinger who won in 1976 in Lee Theater in Hongkong.

They have done great through the years, their strongest years was late 50's and continues until late  70's. They have been placed for three consecutive years from 1958 to 1960, Placed for six consecutive years from 1964 to 1969.

Israel's last placement was in 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand when Elena Ralph placed in the top 10.


They have been placed for 19 Editions producing 13 semifinalist, 3 Fourth Runner Up, 1 Third Runner Up, 1 Second Runner Up and Including Rina Messinger Miss Universe 1976

Rina Messinger after the Crowning Miss Universe 1976
with Bob Barker (Master of Ceremony)

Miss Israel – Representative to Miss Universe

YEAR	NAME	PLACEMENT	AWARDS
1952	Ora Vered
1953
1954	Aviva Pe’er
1955	Ilana Carmel
1956	Sara Tal	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1957	Atara Barzilay
1958	Miriam Hadar	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1959	Rina Issacov	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1960	Aliza Gur	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1961	Atida Pisanti
1962	Yehudit Mazor Rounik	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1963	Sherin Ibrahim		Best in National Costume
1964	Ronit Rechtman	Second Runner Up
1965	Aliza Sedeh	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1966	Aviva Israeli	Fourth Runner Up	Best in National Costume
1967	Batya Kabiri	Fourth Runner Up
1968	Miriam Fridman	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1969	Chava Levy	Third Runner Up
1970	Moshit Tsiporin
1971	Ester Orgad	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1972	Ilana Goren
1973	Limor Schreibman	Fourth Runner Up
1974	Edna Levy
1975	Orit Cooper	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1976	Rina Messinger	Miss Universe 1976
1977	Zehava Vardi
1978	Dorit Jellinek	Top 15 Semi Finalist
1979	Vered Polgar
1980	Ilana Shoshan
1981	Dana Wexler
1982	Deborah Naomi Hess
1983	Shimona Hollender
1984	Sapir Koffmann
1985	Hilla Kelmann
1986	Nilly Drucker
1987	Yamit Noy
1988	Shirly Ben Mordechay
1989	Nicole Halperin
1990	Yvonna Krugliak
1991	Miri Goldfarb
1992	Eynat Zmora
1993	Yana Khodyrker
1994	Ravit Yarkoni
1995	Jana Kalman
1996	Liraz Mesilaty
1997	Dikla Hamdy
1998	Hagit Raz
1999	Rana Raslan
2000	Nirit Bakshi
2001	Ilanit Levy	Top 10 Semi Finalist
2002	Yamit Har-Noy
2003	Sivan Klein
2004	Gal Gadot
2005	Elena Ralph	Top 10 Semi Finalist
2006	Anastacia Entin
2007	Sharon Kenett
2008	Shunit Faragi
2009	Julia Daymet
2010	Bat-el Jobi
2011	Kim Edri
2012	Lina Makhuli
2013	Yityish Aynaw	TBA	TBA

Miss Universe: Rina Messinger (Miss Universe 1976)

Last Placement: Elena Ralph (2005) Top 10 Semi Finalist