Yael Markovich

Yael Markovich was born in 1984 in Haifa

Yael Markovich was born on September 15, 1984, in Haifa. She has Syrian, Turkish and Polish ancestry. She attended a Jewish day school.

As a model, she appeared on websites such as Maxim, AskMen and IGN. She was on the covers of several magazines and newspapers, including 303 Magazine of Denver and Yediot America in 2013.

She was crowned the first Miss Supranational Israel in 2011 and competed in Plock, Poland. In 2012 she was Miss International Israel and competed in Okinawa, Japan. In 2013 she was crowned the first Miss Grand International Israel, but her modeling agency withdrew her from the pageant in Bangkok.

In March 2013 she published an account of a negative experience with the Miss Supranational Organization, which drew coverage in Israeli media. The organization posted a response a few days later.

She owned a day spa in Beverly Hills, California, and announced its sale in November 2014. She founded the Miss Israel Organization, which holds the franchises for Miss International Israel and Miss Grand Israel.