Avigail Boblile (; born 28 February 1996) is an Israeli national fencing champion, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Na'arat Israel 2015 ( Miss Israel's runner-up). She represented her native

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

at Miss Universe 2015.

Personal life

Born Avigail Alfatov () in

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, to Ukrainian-Jewish (of

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descent) immigrant parents. Alfatov's father is a

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, and her mother is a teacher. Both her parents were born in

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and immigrated to

, in order to escape

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in the former

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. She graduated ''

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'' from high school. In her spare time, she volunteers for AKIM, an Israeli organization that works to help people suffering from intellectual disabilities. She married her Israeli boyfriend Yossi Boblile in August 2017. They have a son named Ariel Boblile who was born in 2018, and another son named Dor Boblile who was born in 2020. Both her sons had a

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Fencing

Alfatov began

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in fourth grade, and is Israel's national youth fencing champion. She devotes four hours a day to fencing practice. She says: "I've taken part in a lot of fencing competitions around the world and I was already the past champion of Israel many times. My dream is to get to the Olympics and win." She hopes that modelling will help her to support her fencing career financially, as Israel will only pay for the first year of training to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.

Israeli Air Force

Alfatov as of December 2015 served as a soldier in the

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Beauty Pageants

On June 2, 2015, Alfatov was crowned Na'arat Israel 2015 ( Miss Israel's runner-up), which resulted in her competing at Miss Universe 2015. The 66th Miss Israel contest was organized by ''La'Isha Magazine''. The Miss Israel has handled

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and

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since 1952 and produced the following International Grand Winners; Rina Messinger (Miss Israel 1976), Miss Universe 1976 and Linor Abargil (Miss Israel 1998), Miss World 1998. Alfatov competed as Miss Israel 2015 at Miss Universe 2015, but did not place.

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