Sella Sharlin

Sella Sharlin was born in 1996 in Boston

Sharlin was born on August 20, 1996, in Boston, while her Israeli parents were studying dentistry. She grew up in moshav Beit Yitzhak. As a child she placed second in the Israeli horseback riding championship for ages 10 to 12.

She began training in triathlon at 13. In 2012 she won first place in her age group at the European Triathlon Championship, held in Israel. She also won a half marathon in Tel Aviv in 2015.

In 2011 she signed with a modeling agency, and in 2012 she represented Israel at an international modeling final in Shanghai. In 2013 she took part in Paris Fashion Week. She joined the IDF in 2014, started a pilot course, and later served in an intelligence unit.

In March 2019 she was crowned Miss Israel and went on to compete at Miss Universe in Atlanta. In 2020 she began a business and data analytics degree at IDC Herzliya. She has appeared on the TV shows Ninja Israel and The Million Pound Drop, and lives in Beit Yitzhak.