WHY IS IT THAT ISRAEL ALWAYS PICKS A BLONDE BLUE EYED WOMAN WHO DOES NOT LOOK JEWISH AS MISS ISRAEL IT IS SO PREDICTABLE WHY NOT A LOVELY JEWISH WOMAN OF MID EASTERN LOOKS .IT IS ALMOST LIKE AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX THAT GOES BACK TO THE WAR,AS IS TO SAY YOU SEE WE HAVE BLONDES TOO !!!

curly hair beauty named Rene Raslan, she won the universe contast, she is chritian Arab from Haifa.

It is a matter of preference and some equate lightness (complexion, hair, etc.) with beauty. As for me, Israel is chock-full of gorgeous dark Middle Eastern women, and I ADORE them!

we could have done better than that! What a load of garbage it really is.

Probally not since you live in America. I did watch the show and this woman was the best looking and that was why she was picked. She is tall with a very curvy body(not thin).

meet leaders how degrating is that? you women take out the feminist card give me a break, those women chose that and nothing wrong considering the people who realy orgenize it r women and gay men, didn' you see Sandra Buluk film, sheesh.

Actually, that business of "looking Jewish" isn't particularly relevant in Israel since Israelis come from over 100 different countries and, as a result, are much less homogenous in their appearance than American Jews. But, as to your comment of not selecting Middle Eastern looking women, I agree with you. And while I suspect there are probably some sociological aspects involved, in the same way there are in many other cultures (such as Hispanics and African-Americans in this country), that place a value on lighter complexions, there's also the possibility that these women, as beautiful as they are, just don't seem as exotic to Israelis who see so many of them every day. But I agree that it's a shame.

well if you watch Miss Universe and since 2006 yes the Israeli representatives to Miss Universe were blonde coz they are the runners up and holders of the title of Israeli Beauty , since some countries don't use the runner up system they have titles instead, whereas the actual winner of Miss Israel and she is called Queen of Beauty represents Israel in Miss World. So 2010 Israeli representative to Miss Universe will be Bat El Jobi she has dark features and black hair

Rana Raslan was the first Arab Miss Israel and she competed in Miss Universe 1999 but she was unplaced, Botswana's Mpule Kwelagobe won that year.

bronate that won Linoy Abergil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linor_Abargil

Now we guess why the Iraqis were defeated in the war!!!!!!!!!!! In the new Iraq Is there a competition for Miss Iraq? I'm not against, but only ask .;)

We were originally a semitic people and I too think that our Miss Israels should be more "Jewish-looking".

we can judge ourselves, we will be very oblige. :)

Please tell me what "Jewish Looking" really is? I'm curious.

She looks closer to 40 than to 20. Ugly face, too prominent chin and scary fingers. Being a religious person I can hardly say that I consider this contest to be a great idea, but nevertheless, if it exists - this was a very bad choice for a winner.

Yes we have had a Miss Iraq since 1947 and many of our titleholders came from the Jewish community and still continues , it was never televised as a show on TV but continues to take place annually, only Shiites boycott it and they dont enter the contest but the rest do and its popular. Do you have a MISS GAZA STRIP?? I can't say Palestine since that doesn't exist, so why need a Miss Gaza strip you can compete for Miss Israel Im sure they would hand it to you, Rana Raslan won and she was Moslem, nice of the israelis to allow a non Jewish woman isnt it? or was that a PR Jewish mean campaign, well I hope hamas doesn't go running around calling Israel an apartheid state coz Apartheid South Africa didnt allow colored women in Miss South Africa and they didnt allow colored people to enter sporting events etc. Make sure the Israeli pageant organizers send her to Miss World with an Israeli passport so that she won't be accused of shooting anyone.

check her out in the video she is hot they just posted bad pics of her here check her out on http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3859791,00.html she is a European Jewsih woman so thats why she is blonde and even if you are religious such events are entertaining and fun to watch they take you away from the real world for a while, its entertainment, you should watch it.

... looking person and think they should have won the competition instead. NEWS FLASH!!!! You're racist, you bought into anti-Semetic propaganda and you cause us all problems. And I'm also surprised to see that you could actually write a talk-back let alone read the article in the first place. Abraham was from the far east. Moses's 2nd wife was a black woman. King David was a red head. And everyone comes from Noah and family according to the Torah because everyone else on the earth was allegedly killed in the flood. The name of the contest is "Miss Israel" and nowhere does it even say the winner has to be Jewish. Not only Jews live here, and according to the ever so wise rabbis, most of us aren't even really Jewish anyway. Judaism isn't a race defined by ones nose shape, skin or hair color (boy that would be a primitive religion if it was). It's a religion and nation. Ever notice how no matter what part of the world Jews come from they happen to look like the people they're living amongst??? Ever wonder why??? Answer- conversion, probably for marriage too. There is only one race, the human race if you think anything else you deserve to be persecuted. Time to brush up on your science, religion and your manners and stop the primitive old school ways. Congratulations to the beautiful winner ;^)

The first Jews were from the Middle East and the Middle Eastern (and also the Mediterreanen) look is definitely not blond and blue-eyed. I am not a racist, but usually when a Jew is very blond and blue-eyed, people say "He or she does not look Jewish". This is simply a fact.

One of the reasons that Jews have so many looks is that throughout history Jewish men have left Israel and married the local women where they came to live. In most cases, the women or else their children were converted. DNA testing shows this. The first Jews were most likely not blond and blue-eyed.

Why do have this American styled contest?

have you ever figured out that maybe she is not a real blond????? that maybe she has blue contact lenses on brown eyes?

Looks don't matter in the fight against global Islamic fundamentalism. If she can clean dismantle and shoot a gun and have no qualms about shooting a Jihadist in the heart, then she is beautiful as anything, in my eyes.

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