Miss Israel made it to the top 10 in the Miss World contest last weekend and walked off with the Miss Photogenic title.
Nineteen-year-old Ravit Assaf was a semi-finalist in the competition of 83 contestants, which was held in the spectacular setting of the Lost City resort, 100 miles northwest of Johannesburg.
The tall, dark-haired Assaf was born in Beersheba and graduated high school in Tel Aviv last June. She is the daughter of a Moroccan father and Polish mother.
Ravit told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last week that she plans to study law at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev when she completes her army service.
The beauty pageant is one of the media events generated by Jewish tycoon Sol Kerzner, owner of the resort in the black “homeland” of Bophuthatswana, the country’s best-known holiday spot and casino.
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