{{Notability|Biographies|date=April 2025}}{{Short description|Israeli lawyer and former Miss Universe (born 1956)}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Rina Mor<br>רינה מור-גודר | photo = צילום רינה מור.JPG | caption = Mor-Goder in 2015 | title = {{ubl|Malkat HaYofi 1976|Miss Universe 1976}} | competitions = | birth_place = Kiryat Tiv'on, Israel | birth_name = Rina Messinger | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1956|2|16}} | height = | eye_color = Blue | hair_color = Dark blonde | spouse = {{marriage|Doron Goder|1982}} | children = 2 }}
'''Rina Mor-Goder''' ({{langx|he|רינה מור-גודר}}; née '''Messinger'''; February 16, 1956) is an Israeli lawyer, writer and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1976.
==Biography== Rina Goder (née Messinger) was born in Kiryat Tiv'on, near Haifa. Her father was a mechanic and pilot in the Israeli Air Force and her mother was a kindergarten teacher. Rina Mor-Goder became a lawyer and mother of two daughters.
==Beauty queen== right|thumb|upright|Wearing the Miss Universe crown in 1977 She was the first and only Miss Israel ever to win the Miss Universe crown.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Portrait of Miss Universe 1976. Rina Messinger, as she poses on Park...|url=https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/portrait-of-miss-universe-1976-rina-messinger-as-she-poses-news-photo/117969402|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Getty Images|date=30 June 2011 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
In 1989 and 2004, she was a judge in the Miss Israel competition.
In 1981, she wrote a book on her experience as Miss Universe.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
After her reign as Miss Universe, Messinger worked in public relations for the Jewish Agency and Israel Bonds in New York. After four years, she returned to Israel and continued working in public relations for a private company. There, she met her husband, with whom she has two daughters.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
On December 12, 2021, Rina was part of Miss Universe 2021 Selection Committee Members during the Preliminary Competition. <ref name="judges2">{{cite web|url=https://www.missuniverse.com/competition|title=Selection Committee|date=December 8, 2021|publisher=Miss Universe Organization}}</ref><ref name="judges">{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CXOcr8-tB3w/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CXOcr8-tB3w |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title=Girl Power! 💥Meet our Selection Committee Members!|date=December 8, 2021|publisher=Miss Universe Organization}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Legal career== In 1991, she began studying law at Tel Aviv University. After completing her bachelor's degree with honours, the family left for the Netherlands. She completed her master's degree there, specializing in family law. In 2002, after six years in the Netherlands, the family returned to Israel. Mor-Godor is a lawyer in Tel Aviv, working on her doctorate and appearing every week on the morning show of Channel 10, where she gives advice on family law.
==See also== *Women in Israel
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{s-bef|before={{flagicon|Finland}} Anne Marie Pohtamo}} {{s-ttl|title=Miss Universe |years=1976}} {{s-aft|after={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} Janelle Commissiong}} {{succession box | before=Orit Cooper | title=Miss Israel | years=1976 | after=Zehava Vardi }} {{S-end}}
{{Miss Universe titleholders}} {{Miss Universe 1976 delegates}} {{Big Four Pageants titleholders |Year = 1976 |Miss World={{flagicon|Jamaica}} Cindy Breakspeare |Miss Universe={{flagicon|Israel}} '''Rina Messinger''' |Miss International={{flagicon|France}} Sophie Perin }} {{Miss Universe Organization titleholders |Year = 1976 |Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Israel}} '''Rina Messinger''' |Miss USA= {{flagicon|Minnesota}} Barbara Peterson }} {{Authority control}}
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