Linor Abargil was born February 17, 1980 is an Israeli beauty pageant contestant who won the Miss World beauty pageant in 1998, shortly after being raped. Since then, she has become a global advocate in the fight against sexual violence.
Just seven weeks before being crowned Miss World, the then 18-year old Abargil was raped at knifepoint by Uri Shlomo, an Israeli citizen working as a travel agent in Milan, Italy. She made her case public and Shlomo was arrested in Israel, charged with and found guilty of rape. Abargil called for other women to follow her example.
Abargil married Lithuanian basketball player Šarūnas Jasikevičius in a ceremony near Barcelona, Spain, in July, 2006. They divorced in 2008. In 2008 she announced plans to make a documentary movie about her rape with Oscar-nominated producer Cecilia Peck, the daughter of the actor Gregory Peck.
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Just seven weeks before being crowned Miss World, the then 18-year old Abargil was raped at knifepoint by Uri Shlomo, an Israeli citizen working as a travel agent in Milan, Italy. She made her case public and Shlomo was arrested in Israel, charged with and found guilty of rape. Abargil called for other women to follow her example.
Abargil married Lithuanian basketball player Šarūnas Jasikevičius in a ceremony near Barcelona, Spain, in July, 2006. They divorced in 2008. In 2008 she announced plans to make a documentary movie about her rape with Oscar-nominated producer Cecilia Peck, the daughter of the actor Gregory Peck.
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1998 Contestants List
American Virgin Islands - Wendy Sanchez
Angola - Maria Manuela Cortez de Lemos João
Argentina - Natalia Elisa González
Aruba - Judelca Shahira Briceno
Australia - Sarah-Jane Camille St. Clair
Austria - Sabine Lindorfer
Bahamas - LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham
Belgium - Tanja Dexters
Bolivia - Bianca Bauer Añez
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Samra Tojaga
Botswana - Earthen Pinkinyana Mbulawa
Brazil - Adriana Luci de Souza Reis
British Virgin Islands - Virginia Olen Rubiane
Bulgaria - Polina Petkova
Canada - Leanne Baird
Cayman Islands - Gemma Marie McLaughlin
Chile - Daniella Andrea Campos Lathrop
Colombia - Mónica Marcela Cuartas Jimenez
Costa Rica - María Luisa Ureña Salazar
Croatia - Lejla Sehovic
Curaçao - Jeameane Veronica Colastica
Cyprus - Chrysanthi Michael
Czech Republic - Alena Šeredová
Dominican Republic - Sharmin Arelis Díaz Costo
Ecuador - Vanessa Natania Graf Alvear
Estonia - Ly Jürgenson
Finland - Maaret Saija Nousiainen
France - Véronique Caloc
Germany - Sandra Ahrabian
Ghana - Efia Owusuaa Marfo
Gibraltar - Melanie Soiza
Greece - Katia Marie Margaritoglou
Guatemala - Glenda Iracema Cifuentes Ruiz
Holland - Nerena Ruinemans
Hong Kong China - Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi
Hungary - Eva Horvath
India - Annie Thomas
Ireland - Vivienne Doyle
Israel - Linor Abargil
Italy - Maria Conchetta Travaglini
Jamaica - Christine Renee Straw
Japan - Rie Mochizuki
Kazakhstan - Anna Kirpota
Korea - Kim Kun-woo
Lebanon - Clemence Achkar
Liberia - Olivia Precious Cooper
Lithuania - Kristina Pakarnaite
Malaysia - Lina Teoh Pick Lim
Malta - Rebecca Camilleri
Mauritius - Oona Sujaya Fulena
Mexico - Vilma Veronica Zamora Suñol
Nepal - Jyoti Pradhan
New Zealand - Tanya Hayward
Nicaragua - Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernandez
Nigeria - Temitayo Osobu
Norway - Henriette Dankersten
Panama - Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miro
Paraguay - Perla Carolina Benítez Gonzales
Peru - Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso
Philippines - Rachel Muyot Soriano
Poland - Izabela Opechowska
Portugal - Marcia Vasconcelos
Puerto Rico - Antonia Alfonso Pagan
Russia - Tatiana Makrouchina
St. Maarten - Myrtille Charlotte Brookson
Seychelles - Alvina Antoinette Grand d'Court
Singapore - Grace Chay
Slovakia - Karolina Cicatkova
Slovenia - Mihaela (Miša) Novak
South Africa - Kerishnie Naicker
Spain - Rocio Jiménez Fernandéz
Swaziland - Cindy Stanckoczi
Sweden - Jessica Magdalena Therése Almenäs
Switzerland - Sonja Grandjean
Chinese Taipei - Chen Yi-Ju
Tanzania - Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi
Trinidad & Tobago - Jeanette Marie La Caillie
Turkey - Buket Saygi
Ukraine - Nataliya Nadtochey
United Kingdom - Emmalene McLoughlin
United States - Shauna Gene Gambill
Uruguay - Maria Desiree Fernández Mautone
Venezuela - Veronica Schneider Rodriguez
Yugoslavia - Jelena Jakovljevic
Zambia - Chisala Chibesa
Zimbabwe - Annette Kambarami
1998 Miss World Linor Abargil
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