The Promised Land is about to crown new queens, Miss World Israel and Miss Universe Israel, as the finals of Miss Israel 2017 is fast approaching.

Miss Israel 2017 will be crowning a new winner who will be bestowed with the title of Miss World Israel 2017 and will compete in Sanya, China this December. The first runner-up of Miss Israel 2017, on the other hand, will be declared Miss Universe Israel 2017 and will go on to compete at Miss Universe 2017 in a yet to be disclosed date and venue.

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Miss Israel has traditionally sent gorgeous women to both Miss World and Miss Universe. As a matter of fact, Israel can already boast winners for both international pageants — Rina Messinger (Miss Israel 1976), Miss Universe 1976 and Linor Abargil (Miss Israel 1998).

The Miss Israel Organization has been responsible of choosing the delegate to Miss World and Miss Universe since 1952. However, it was in 2006 that the Miss Israel Organization decided to send the pageant’s winner to Miss World, whereas the first runner-up to Miss Universe. This is in contrast to what many countries are doing, where the main winner goes to Miss Universe and the runner-up to Miss World.

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Karin Alia, Miss World Israel 2016, and Yam Kaspers Ashel, Miss Universe Israel 2016, will crown their successors at the end of the event. Both competed in their respective pageants but both of them went unplaced.

There are 16 candidates vying for the aforementioned titles this year. Who do you think will be Miss World Israel 2017 and Miss Universe Israel 2017?  Find out here at The Pageantry.

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