What Miss Israel Was Up To at the Miss Universe Pageant

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By Lior Zaltzman December 21, 2015

Miss Israel, Avigail Alfatov, didn’t make it to the top 15 in Sunday night’s Miss Universe Pageant.

In the grand scheme of things, that might not be such a bad thing. At least Steve Harvey never got the chance to confuse her with any other candidate..

But despite losing the ultimate title, our 19-year-old beauty queen and IDF air force soldier seemed to be having a blast in Las Vegas last week. And luckily for us, Alfatov is really active on social media, making it easy to live vicariously through her.

Here’s our nice Jewish girl posing with a Ferrari racing car at the Exotics Racing Event:

#MissIsrael ?? #ExoticsRacingsEvent? #MissUniverse ?? #MissUniverso #ForeverQueen ??

A photo posted by Forever Queen (@forever_queenpr) on Dec 12, 2015 at 1:21am PST

Alfatov got Miss Ecuador to wish us all a Happy Hanukkah:

Con la bella #Missisrael deseándoles unas felices fiestas a toda la comunidad Israelí que se encuentra en nuestro país #Ecuador ??❤️ @avigailalfatov #MissUniverse #missuniverse2015 #missecuador #missecuador2015 #francescacipriani #confidentlybeautiful #chihair #chihaircare #chineselaundry #chineselaundryshoes #op #nyfa #img #lasvegas #planethollywood #fox #sherrihill

A video posted by Francesca Cipriani (@francescaciprianib) on Dec 10, 2015 at 11:18pm PST

She did a good job stretching those facial muscles with funny expressions before the show:

Last rehearsals before the Live Show ? #confidentlybeautiful #missuniverse #MissUniverse2015 #israel #MissIsrael #happy #love

A photo posted by avigail alfatov (@avigailalfatov) on Dec 20, 2015 at 7:30am PST

She had fun singing off-key to “All of Me” by John Legend with Miss Indonesia and Miss South Africa:

Rehearsals for talent show … very talented girls ??? #smile #fun #girls #missuniverse #missuniverso #confidentlybeautiful #missindonesia #missisrael @anindyakputri @r_fifi

A video posted by avigail alfatov (@avigailalfatov) on Dec 12, 2015 at 6:41pm PST

She stuffed her face with pizza after their preliminary show, because hey, she deserves it:

I just needed this pizza ?? After preliminary show of @missuniverse ? #missuniverse #confidentlybeautiful #missisrael

A photo posted by avigail alfatov (@avigailalfatov) on Dec 16, 2015 at 11:16pm PST

She kicked butt during the talent portion of the evening while showing off her awesome fencing skills:

?? #MissIsrael #MissUniverseTalentShow?? #MissUniverse ?? #MissUniverso ? #MissUniverse2015 #ForeverQueen??

A photo posted by Forever Queen (@forever_queenpr) on Dec 17, 2015 at 2:49pm PST

Here she is swishing around beautifully in her national costume, made by Israeli designer Yaniv Persy! The unique headpiece was designed by Israeli hat maker Tami Bar-Lev.

@avigailalfatov #MissIsrael en la grabación del #NationalCostume #MissUniverse #MissUniverso #MissUnivers2015

A video posted by Ariadna Gutierrez—MissColombia (@chanellcastro) on Dec 17, 2015 at 9:47pm PST

Her other outfits were lovely as well:

Preliminary Competition of #MissUniverse2015 – #MissIsrael ! ?✨#MissUniverso #MissUniverse

A photo posted by Miss_Universe_Fan? (@miss_universe_fan) on Dec 17, 2015 at 7:49pm PST

She had a backstage love-affair with “Marvin Gaye” singer and nice Jewish boy Charlie Puth!

Miss Israel didn’t even make the top 15 but if I were her, getting Charlie Puth’s eye makes me feel like the winner 😀 #missuniverse #missisrael #missuniverse2015 #charlieputh

A photo posted by Kimberly Santasa (@bigtimefood) on Dec 21, 2015 at 7:56am PST

#repost from @missuniverse snapchat with @charlieputh backstage

A photo posted by avigail alfatov (@avigailalfatov) on Dec 20, 2015 at 7:44pm PST

And met her new BFF (and possible clone), Miss Sweden:

Love you so much @misspaulinabrodd I’ll miss you !!! #missuniverse #MissIsrael #misssweden

A photo posted by avigail alfatov (@avigailalfatov) on Dec 21, 2015 at 9:25am PST

@charlieputh JUST SO YOU KNOW? THIS IS MY GIRL?? Thank you for yesterday? #misssweden#missisrael#charlieputh

A photo posted by Paulina Brodd (@misspaulinabrodd) on Dec 21, 2015 at 9:30am PST

At the end of the night, she congratulated the winner because, that’s what a mensch does:

My beautiful friend so happy for you , congratulations ❤️❤️ @piawurtzbach #missuniverse #MissUniverse2015 #missphilippines #MissIsrael

A photo posted by avigail alfatov (@avigailalfatov) on Dec 21, 2015 at 7:47am PST

If you’re sad about having to part from this gorgeous and charming young lady, don’t say your goodbyes just yet. The 7 times Israeli fencing champion is hoping to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Let’s hope we see her there.

Lior Zaltzman was the Forward’s Digital Fellow. Follow her on twitter @liorca.

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