Neta Alchimister (; born April 20, 1994) is an Israeli

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, swimwear designer, and social media personality.

Early life

Alchimister was born in

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, to Israeli-born parents of

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(

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) descent and of both

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and

Mizrahi Jewish Mizrahi Jews (), also known as ''Mizrahim'' () in plural and ''Mizrahi'' () in singular, and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or ''Edot HaMizrach'' (, ), are terms used in Israeli discourse to refer to a grouping of Jews, Jewish c ...

( Libyan-Jewish and Algerian-Jewish) descent. Her father is Eyal Alchimister and her mother is Vardi ( Shalom). She served as soldier in the

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in the Teleprocessing Corps.Kick to the net
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Modeling and media career

Alchimister was discovered as a model in 2009, while a teenager, at the age of 15. After completing her military service, she co-founded the designer swimwear company BaNaNhot with Israeli model Noa Beny,Neta Alchimister and Noa Beni: Interview
03/08/2016,

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, 03/08/2016 which today sells limited edition designer swimwear around the world. Since 2015, she has been lead model for Castro. She is the founder of designer swimwear company BaNaNhot. She is the Israeli with the third most social media followers, after

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and

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. In 2016, she was the cover model for Blazer's swimwear edition. In 2020, Alchimister was one of the three main judges of

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's Israeli reality show ''Comedy Star''.

Personal life

In 2014, Alchimister started dating Israeli footballer

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. They became engaged in 2018 and married in June 2019. On November 23, their first son was born.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alchimister, Neta Israeli female models Israeli Ashkenazi Jews Israeli people of Austrian-Jewish descent 1994 births Living people People from Rishon LeZion Israeli Mizrahi Jews 21st-century Sephardi Jews Israeli people of Algerian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Libyan-Jewish descent