Adar Gandelsman
Adar Gandelsman (Hebrew Adr gndlsmn) is an Israeli beauty pageant titleholder and model. Adar was Miss Israel 2017's first second-place finisher, and was awarded the title Miss Universe Israel. She also participated in the Miss Universe 2017 pageant. Adar was not a finalist in the Miss Universe 2017 pageant held in Las Vegas. At the pageant, Gandelsman took a picture with Sarah Idan, Miss Universe Iraq in the year. Idan and her entire family fled Iraq in December of 2017 after they were outraged by Iraqi citizens over her photo of Miss Israel. Miss Israel is originally from Ashkelon in Israel and was born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, who immigrated to Israel in 1992 from Brazil. [1][2] Adar (her initial name) is Hebrew for Hebrew calendar month .