{{Short description|Israeli model and singer and Miss Israel 2012 (born 1992)}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Shani Hazan<br>שני חזן | image = Shani Hazan in 2016.jpg | caption = Hazan in 2016 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|09|15}} | birth_place = [[Kiryat Ata]], [[Israel]] | height = {{height|m=1.82}} | hair_color = Light brown | eye_color = Brown | title = Miss Israel 2012 ({{ISR}}’s Beauty Queen 2012) | competitions = Miss Israel 2012<br>(winner) }} '''Shani Hazan''' ({{langx|he|שני חזן}}; born {{birth date|1992|09|15}}) is an Israeli model, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned [[Miss Israel]] 2012 and subsequently competed in the [[Miss World 2012]] pageant representing her homeland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beautycontestupdate.com/miss-israel-2012-shani-hazan/|title=Miss Israel 2012, Shani Hazan|publisher=Beauty Contest Update|date=|accessdate=2012-08-30|archive-date=2012-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829222112/http://beautycontestupdate.com/miss-israel-2012-shani-hazan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also represented Israel at [[Miss International 2014]].<ref name=TimesofIndia>{{cite news|title=Jahtelakah tops the Pre-arrival Hot Picks at Miss International|url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-international/archives/Jhataleka-tops-the-pre-arrival-Hot-Picks-at-Miss-International/articleshow/44938940.cms|accessdate=5 June 2015|publisher=Times of India|date=26 October 2014|archive-date=5 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805064223/http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-international/archives/Jhataleka-tops-the-pre-arrival-Hot-Picks-at-Miss-International/articleshow/44938940.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Favoritas>{{cite news|title=¿Quiénes son las grandes favoritas del Miss Mundo 2012?|url=http://la.eonline.com/venezuela/2012/quienes-son-las-grandes-favoritas-del-miss-mundo-2012/|accessdate=5 June 2015|publisher=Eonline|date=1 August 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060226/http://la.eonline.com/venezuela/2012/quienes-son-las-grandes-favoritas-del-miss-mundo-2012/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Thus, Hazan is the only Miss Israel who represented her country in two worldwide beauty pageants.
Hazan was born in Israel, and raised in the city of [[Kiryat Ata]], to a family of [[Moroccan Jews|Moroccan Jewish]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.co.il/entertainment-weekend/Article-4e69a26d8aaf951006.htm|title=שני חזן בראיון: "כשסיפרתי להורים על התקיפות, הם התרסקו"|date=February 2017}}</ref>
She was a 19-year-old sailor serving in the [[Israeli Navy]] of the [[Israel Defense Forces]], when she participated in the contest earning her the Miss Israel title.<ref name=TimesofIsrael>{{cite news|last1=Friedman|first1=Friedman|title=Women on the front|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/women-on-the-front/|accessdate=5 June 2015|publisher=Times of Israel|date=8 March 2012}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Miss World 2012 delegates}} {{Miss International 2014 delegates}} {{Authority control}}
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