Sella Sharlin

Sella Sharlin (Hebrew: סלע שרלין‎; born August 20, 1996) is an Israeli-American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Israel 2019. As Miss Israel, Sharlin will represent her country at Miss Universe 2019 pageant.

Personal life

After gradating high school Sella served as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces for 3 years. She started in a pilot course and then transfer to an intelligence team.

Sella Sharlin is passionate about sports. She trained as a professional triathlete for seven years and won first place in the European Triathlon Championship age group category. Sella believe that sports shape your mind and body and gives you the best tolls for life. She volunteer in "Olimpizem" program by the Olympic Committee - The program goal is to build a better world through sport by making a positive change between communities around the world. It is important for her to encourage youth to dare to dream, that why she is a part of Unistream organization that increase social and economic mobility in Israel to teens. In her free time, Sella gives lectures to youth about motivation to dare and tools for success. Sella works as a system operator in an high tech company. her plan for the future is to start studding at IDC Herzliya – education for leadership institution, in order to fulfill her believes..

Pageant participation

Sharlin began her pageantry career representing moshav Beit Yitzhak in the Miss Israel 2019 competition on 26 March 2019, where she was crowned as Miss Universe Israel 2019 pageant, gaining the right to represent her country at Miss Universe 2019. She battled out 11 other contestants in the contest to claim the title. At the same pageant, Uliana Fridrih was crowned as the first runner-up. On March 31, 2019, she was crowned by Nikol Reznikov. As Miss Israel, Sharlin earned the right to represent her country at the 68th Miss Universe pageant where Catriona Gray of the Philippines will crown her successor at the end of the event.