Miss Trans Israel
Miss Trans Israel is a beauty pageant for transgender people. It was first held in 2016 in Tel Aviv, when it was won by Talleen Abu Hanna. She represented the nation of Israel in the Miss Trans Star International beauty pageant, that was held in the city of Barcelona in 2016.
Miss Trans Israel 2016
Miss Trans Israel Pageant was held on May 27, 2016, at Habima National Theater in Tel Aviv, Israel. Eleven contestants from a variety of religious and ethnic backgrounds competed for the title of the first ever Miss Trans Israel 2016.Auditions
On March 3, 2016, three rounds of auditions were held at the Theater Club in Jaffa for the 35 trans women who wished to compete. Out of the nineteen participants who came to the auditions, eleven finalists were selected to compete in the final beauty pageant.Pageant
To mark the beginning of pride week in Tel aviv, organizers and activists at the LGBT center produced for the first time in history, the Miss Trans Israel pageant held at Habima National Theatre. The prize was $15,000 worth of plastic surgery procedures at the Kamol Cosmetic Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, including airfare and hotel accommodation, and donated by Dr. Kamol and Kamol hospital team. The event received international attention, with articles and videos in online newspapers such as CBS, NBC, The New York Times, Boston Herald, Business Insider, Time magazine, Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, The Times of India, and Spanish El Mundo. Contestants were asked to model a swimwear look, a casual dress, and a bridal gown, in addition to being asked questions about their fashion style.Production team
- Executive Director: Israela Stephanie Lev
- Producer: Shenhav Levy
- Director of LGBT Center: Yuval Egart
- Public Relations: Hanita Lev Ari
- Show Director: Segev Gershon
- Visual Media: Koby Ben Shoshan
- Lighting: Noa Elran
- Photographer: Eitan Tal
- Artistic Review: Ilan Peled, Noya Aviv, and Sharon Haziz
- Music: Yoav Arnon
- Graphic Designer: Guy Kaminer
- Styling: Gili Algabi
- Costumes: Julie Vino
- Make Up: Miki Buganim Academy
- Hair: Davis and Udi Academy
- Hosts: Gal Uchovsky and Sharon Haziz
- Choreographer: Shay Susanna
Panel of judges
- Efrat Tilma
- Betty Rockaway
- Shenhav Levy
- Nicol Raidman
- Vanessa Lopez Miss Star International 2015
- Ronan Ackerman
Guests of honor
- Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes
- Gadi Bar Lavi
- Jesper Vahr, Denmark ambassador to Israel
- Gila Goldstein
Contestants
In a press release issued by the organizers and producers of the pageant, contestants were described as constituting "a true Israeli mosaic. With different backgrounds, communities, and faiths, they are an example of courage and tolerance." Contestants came from all over Israel, they represented Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Bedouin, and Druze faiths, as well as Israeli, Arab, and Russian-Israeli ethnicities. The eleven contestants were:- Talleen Abu Hanna
- Elian Nasiel
- Reem Or
- Aylin Ben Zaken
- Angelina Shamilov
- Danielle Larnon
- Maya Smadja
- Almog Yehuda
- Carolin Khoury
- Madlen Matar
- Shontal Israel