Miss Israel 2009 Official Candidates

Miss Israel 2009 Beauty Contest will be held on March 18 in Haifa. Tamar Ziskind, Miss Israel 2008 will crown her successor at the event. The winner will be sent to compete at the Miss Universe 2009 Beauty Pageant. While the runners-up will go to Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International and Miss Europe Contests respectively.

Meet this year's batch of contestants vying for the crown:

01 - Ksenia Zaks (Tel-Aviv), 20, 1.83m.
02 - Karin Nakash (Beit-Dagan), 21, 1.70m.
03 - Ana Varonin (Tel-Aviv), 20, 1.74m.
04 - Hodaya Cohen (Ba'er-Sheva), 17, 1.70m.
05 - Dana Amrani-Sheleg (Zichron-Ya'akov), 20, 1.71m.
06 - Yulia Liubianitzki (Haifa), 20, 1.76m.
07 - Marin Obcherenko (Or-Akiva), 19, 1.70m.
08 - Adi Rodnitzki (Tel-Aviv), 19, 1.71m.
09 - Sharon Deri (Haifa), 22, 1.78m.
10 - Lee Braunshtein (Tel-Aviv), 19, 1.74m.
11 - Violet Diachenko (Netivot), 22, 1.70m.
12 - Emily Kai (Kfar-Saba), 18, 1.73m.
13 - No'a Hadad (Hod-Hasharon), 20, 1.78m.
14 - Adaya Zeidman (Be'er-Sheva), 22, 1.75m.
15 - Sivan Zvulum (Modi'in), 20, 1.70m.
16 - Shirley Solomon (Naharia), 17, 1.74m.
17 - Suzanne O'Brien (Holon), 19, 1.73m.
18 - Rona Ne-eman (Rishon-Letzion), 20, 1.70m.
19 - Noy Michaelov (Jerusalem), 23, 1.73m.
20 - Talia Ben-Melech (Givataim), 22, 1.75m.

* A 19 year old Soldier crowned Miss Israel 2009