Bar Refaeli was raised on a horse ranch in the Israeli countryside. At the age of 15 she began photographic modelling for fashion catalogues, among them "Castro", "Pilpel", and also starred in a commercial for "Milki". Bar won the title "Model of the year" in a beauty contest in 2000, and in 2001 she won the same title again. She was also chosen to be the home model of "Renuar" fashion network and appeared in their summer 2002 and winter 2003 catalogues. In addition, Bar was also cast for fashion production abroad, among them "Dim" and also appeared in the French Elle magazine. She is the first Israeli model ever to be featured in Sports Illustrated magazine. Now Bar is going to be in the Victoria's Secret catalog. She appeared on the cover of the March 2006 issue of GQ Italy.
