Rina Mor

Rina Mor was born in 1956 in Tzippori

Rina Mor was born Rina Messinger on February 16, 1956, in Tzippori. Her father was a mechanic who served in the Palmach and was an early Israeli Air Force pilot, and her mother was a kindergarten teacher. The family moved to Beit She'arim and then to Kiryat Tiv'on, where she grew up.

She served as an instructor in model aircraft building and aerodynamics in Gadna Air. During her service she won the Miss Israel title in May 1976. On July 11, 1976, she won Miss Universe in Hong Kong, the first Israeli to do so.

After her reign she worked in public relations abroad, including for the United Jewish Appeal. She wrote a book about that period and later married businessman Doron Goder, with whom she has two daughters. She judged the Miss Israel contest in 1989 and 2004.

In 1991 she began studying law at Tel Aviv University and became a lawyer. The family then moved to the Netherlands, where she earned a master's degree in family law. After returning to Israel in 2002, she opened a law office in family law and gave legal advice on television.