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. She was also featured in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 ''

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''. According to ''

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Israel'', she was ranked third among the top ten highest paid models in

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in 2013, below the two top Israeli models

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and

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. הדוגמניות המרוויחות ביותר בישראל
Forbes Israel, June 2013.

Early life

Esther Daphna Ginzburg was born and raised in the affluent neighbourhood of Tzahala in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

. Her mother Adrian Walter-Ginzburg is an

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ish

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who

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to Israel. Esther's father Arieh "Arik" Ginzburg is an architect from a family of

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and Belarusian-Jewish) descent. Her paternal grandfather was

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-born Israeli architect Shlomo "Grisha" Ginzburg, who was involved in the original planning and construction of Tel Aviv.אסתי גינזבורג – ווג – תכשיטים מילר
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. She attended the Ironi Yud Alef High School in northern Tel Aviv. She was enlisted to the

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on 22 July 2009 as a soldier. In October of that year, while speaking in support of military enlistment, she caused headlines by criticizing her fellow Israeli model

for evading military service via a short-lived marriage to a family friend. While serving as an Israeli soldier, Ginzburg said: "Military service is part of the things I personally believe in."Barbiro, Rafi
Esti Ginzburg: IDF service a must
''Ynetnews'', 2 October 2009. Accessed 24 November 2014.

Career

Ginzburg started modeling at the age of eight with a milk advertisement and at the age of 14 signed a contract with modeling agency

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. In 2006, she signed a two-year deal with Israeli firm Fox, and was featured on the February/March 2007 cover of French ''

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''.Esti Ginzburg
, eonline.co.il She has also modeled in international campaigns for brands like

, and the Israeli-based fashion brand

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. She was also featured in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 ''

''. Ginzburg made her acting debut in the 2010

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film '' Twelve'', which garnered negative reviews. In 2013, she appeared in the American comedy film, ''

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'', which was panned by critics and won the 2013 Razzie for Worst Picture. Ginzburg was a co-host on the Israeli reality singing competition show ''

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'' (''Rising Star'')'s debut season, but a season later was replaced by

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Philanthropy

Ginzburg volunteers for the

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, which works to provide relief and support to children in Israel who are diagnosed with cancer.

Personal life

Ginzburg married Israeli real estate investor Adi Keizman on 8 June 2012. They have two sons. On 18 December 2013, it was reported that Ginzburg's father was suing her for allegedly failing to pay him money owed for a house he sold her and her husband. She no longer has a relationship with her father after he sued her, and he has not met her son. On 17 March 2022, the Israeli television program "Exposure" broadcast an episode called "The Indebted Rich," which featured several alleged Israeli victims of Keizman and Ginsburg. The claimants state that they invested their life savings with Keizman, who promised to build them homes, but then never delivered on the transactions. The report contrasted the lavish lifestyle that Ginzburg and Keizman maintain in Los Angeles, in comparison to the situation of the alleged victims, who claim to now live in poverty.

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