Miriam Hadar Weingarten is a United States-based Israeli beauty pageant winner, journalist and lawyer.

Life

Hadar-Weingarten was born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...

(now

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

). She did her military service in the

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...

while studying law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1958, she won the title of ''Beauty Queen of Jerusalem'' and ''Beauty Queen of Israel''. She represented Israel in the

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pageant, where she placed among the finalists and won the trophy for the Best Speech. After this experience, she embarked on a three-year government-sponsored lecture tour throughout the US and Canada. Upon returning to Israel, Hadar-Weingarten was a writer and editor for 17 years on the staff of the newspapers '' Ha'aretz'' and '' Ma'ariv'', where she reported on the government and

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

. Her first husband was Jack Weingarten, a Texan, of the Weingarten's supermarket chain; she had two children with him. In parallel with her family life she began to study cinema at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

. After her divorce she married

Member

Akiva Nof Akiva Nof ( he, עקיבא נוף, born 2 December 1936) is an Israeli poet and songwriter, composer, politician, lawyer and a journalist, who served three terms as a member of the Knesset between 1974 and 1984. Biography Nof was born Akiva Napa ...

and later gave birth to a daughter, Ayelet. She began to teach at Tel Aviv University and later emigrated to New York. During the 1973

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Eg ...

, Hadar Weingarten was the first woman to cross the Suez Canal into Egypt with the Israeli Armed Forces. To get to the front lines - ordinarily forbidden to women - she disguised herself as a man, wearing a helmet, boots and male uniform. She recorded the bitter fighting and bloody horrors throughout the war.

Other

Hadar Weingarten moved to

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, where she had a career in real estate. She received the Real Estate Board of New York ''Residential Deal Award''. Her daughter, Lea, married Andrew Fastow, convicted in the

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scandal.

References

Sources

*"Weingarten wins REBNY award", ''Real Estate Weekly'' (New York City). December 11, 2002. *" On the Israeli front: Mira Weingarten - first woman across Suez Canal", ''The Houston Post'' January 11, 1975. Page 3B. * "Charming Sabra: Lovely, Brainy Miss Israel Has Led a Colorful Life," ''Charleston Evening Post'' March 4, 1959. * "Beauty Queen, Military Veteran, Plans Career in Foreign Service," ''The Greenville News'' May 27, 1959. * "Most Beautiful Sergeant in World Visits Here," ''Evening Sun'' (Baltimore) June 1, 1959.
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