Nicol Raidman
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Nicole Raidman (Hebrew: ניקול ראידמן; June 11, 1986)[1] is an Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist. She participated in two seasons of the Israeli reality show Me'usharot.
Born in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Raidman is an only child. Her father is a businessman, and her mother is a musician who ran the Conservatory in Ukraine and the "Tower of Light (theatre)", a Yiddish musical theater in Odessa.
In 1996, Raidman emigrated to Israel. She worked as a salesperson in a toy shop. At the end of high school, she enrolled in communications and international relations at the Open University while working as a makeup artist and a production assistant.
In 2011 she opened a luxury clothing store, "Madame de Pompadour", in Tel Aviv. In April 2013, she launched a perfume bearing the name of the store and sold exclusively duty-free.
In 2014, during Operation Protective Edge, she donated NIS 300,000 to immediately buy protective vests for combat soldiers,[2] and another NIS 200,000 to buy food and clothing for soldiers.[3]