Rina Mor
Mor-Goder in 2015
Born
Rina Messinger

(1956-02-16) February 16, 1956
Kiryat Tiv'on, Israel
Spouse
Doron Goder
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(m. 1982)​
Children2
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Hair colorDark blonde
Eye colorBlue

Rina Mor-Goder (Hebrew: 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

Wearing the Miss Universe crown in 1977

She was the first Miss Israel ever to win the Miss Universe crown.[1]

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.

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.

On December 12, 2021, Rina was part of Miss Universe 2021 Selection Committee Members during the Preliminary Competition. [2][3]

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

References

  1. ↑ "Portrait of Miss Universe 1976. Rina Messinger , as she poses on Park..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  2. ↑ "Selection Committee". Miss Universe Organization. December 8, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Girl Power! 💥Meet our Selection Committee Members!". Miss Universe Organization. December 8, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
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