Linor Abargil
| Linor Abargil | |
|---|---|
| Born | Linor Abargil February 17, 1980 Netanya, Israel |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Spouse | Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2006–2008) |
Linor Abargil (Hebrew: לינור אברג'יל, sometimes spelled Linor Aberjil; born February 17, 1980) is an Israeli beauty pageant contestant who won the Miss World beauty pageant in 1998,[1] shortly after being raped. Since then, she has become a global advocate in the fight against sexual violence.[2] She was crowned by her predecessor Former Miss World 1997, Diana Hayden.
[edit] Biography
Just seven weeks before being crowned Miss World, the then 18-year old Abargil was raped at knifepoint by Uri Shlomo, an Israeli citizen working as a travel agent in Milan, Italy.[3] She made her case public and Shlomo was arrested in Israel, charged with and found guilty of rape.[4][5] Abargil called for other women to follow her example.[6]
Abargil married Lithuanian basketball player Šarūnas Jasikevičius in a ceremony near Barcelona, Spain, in July, 2006.[7] They divorced in 2008.[4][8] In 2008 she announced plans to make a documentary movie about her rape with Oscar-nominated producer Cecilia Peck, daughter of actor Gregory Peck.[4]
[edit] Recognition
In 2005, she was voted the 89th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ "Linor cruises to Miss World title". BBC News. November 27, 1998. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/222809.stm. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Take Back the Night features former Miss World Linor Abargil". http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S23/96/38A08/index.xml?section=announcements. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ Kasriel, Alex (May 21, 2009). "How Miss World made rapist pay". Jewish Chronicle Online. http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-features/how-miss-world-made-rapist-pay. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ a b c Follain, John (December 21, 2008). "Ex-Miss World to make graphic film of her rape". The Times Online. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5375388.ece. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ Pageant News Bureau (PNB) – Pageant News
- ^ "The Linor Documentary Project". http://LinorDocumentary.com. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ^ "Israel’s Celebrity Wedding"
- ^ "Former Miss World to shoot 'inspirational' documentary about her rape"
- ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
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Preceded by Çağla Şikel |
Miss World Europe 1998 |
Succeeded by Jenny Chervoney |
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