Sella Sharlin ( he, סלע שרלין; born August 20, 1996) is an American-Israeli model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Israel 2019 and represented Israel at the

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pageant.

Early life

Sharlin was born in

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to her parents during their

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studies. She was a runner-up at the

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national championship of Israel, for the 10–12 age groups. Her first name in

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means "rock". After graduating high school, Sella served as a soldier in the

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for 3 years. She started in a combat pilot course and then transferred to an intelligence unit. Sella Sharlin is passionate about sports. She trained as a professional triathlete for seven years and won first place in the European Triathlon Championship age group category. She volunteered in "Olimpizem" program by the Olympic Committee. In her free time, Sharlin gave lectures to youth about motivation to dare and tools for success. Sharlin works as a system operator in a high tech company. In 2020, she began her undergraduate studies at the

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college in

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, Israel.

Pageant participation (Miss Israel 2019)

Sharlin began her pageantry career representing

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Beit Yitzhak Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer ( he, בֵּית יִצְחָק-שַׁעַר חֵפֶר, lit. ''House of Isaac - Hefer Gate'') is a moshav in central Israel Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Reg ...

, Israel, in the Miss Israel 2019 competition on 26 March 2019, where she was crowned as Miss Universe Israel 2019 pageant, gaining the right to represent her country at

. She battled out 11 other contestants in the contest to claim the title. At the same pageant, Uliana Fridrih was crowned as the first runner-up. On March 31, 2019, she was crowned by

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. As Miss Israel, Sharlin earned the right to represent her

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at the 68th

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pageant.

References

External links

missisrael.ynet.co.il

Miss Israel on Instagram
1997 births Living people Miss Israel winners Israeli female military personnel Israeli magazine editors Israeli beauty pageant winners Israeli people of American-Jewish descent Miss Universe 2019 contestants {{Pageant-bio-stub