13 things about Mister World Israel 1996 Zafrir Ben-Zvi

Zafrir Ben-Zvi represented Israel in the inaugural edition of Mister World. It is an international male beauty pageant founded by Eric Morley in 1996.

BIOGRAPHY

Ben-Zvi is an Israeli mechanical design and product development engineer originally from Haifa, Israel. He is quadrilingual.

From Haifa, Ben-Zvi moved to Jerusalem, Israel. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He was employed as a construction worker when he competed in Mister World.
2. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art is a public college in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel and a master’s degree in integrated design, industrial and product design from the Holon Institute of Technology in Holon, Israel.
3. In 1996, he visited Turkiye.
4. He is Mister World Israel 1996.
5. He was a Mister World 1996 candidate.
6. From 2004 to 2007, he was an injection molding technologist at KR Hamivreshet in Ruhama, Israel.
7. From 2008 to 2010, he was a research and development (R&D) engineer.
8. From 2010 to 2014, he was a process and tools engineer at TAV Medical in Shlomi, Israel.
9. In 2013, he visited Germany.
10. From 2014 to 2016, he was a mechanical and process engineer at Kullicke & Soffa in Haifa, Israel.
11. In 2016, he joined OrCam in Jerusalem as a mechanical design and product development engineer.
12. In 2019, he visited Italy.
13. In 2021, he visited Switzerland.

TIMELINE

Ben-Zvi is 6’2″ tall. He speaks Hebrew, English, German and Italian.

1990s

• On September 20, 1996, he represented Israel at Mister World 1996 and competed against 49 other candidates at the Anadolu Auditorium in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkiye. He was unplaced.

2000s

• In February 2004, he joined KR Hamivreshet in Ruhama.
• In November 2007, he left KR Hamivreshet.
• In January 2008, he became an R&D engineer.

2010s

• In March 2010, he left his job as an R&D engineer.
• In July 2010, he joined TAV Medical in Shlomi.
• In October 2013, he attended the K 2013 International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber in Dusseldorf, Germany.
• In October 2014, he left TAV Medical.
• In November 2014, he joined Kullicke & Soffa in Haifa.
• In October 2016, he left Kullicke & Soffa and joined OrCam in Jerusalem.
• In June 2019, he visited Ein Zivan, Israel and traveled to Bornio, Rovigo, Veneto, Italy.

2020s

• In September 2021, he enjoyed cycling in Bellagio, Como, Lombardy, Italy and St. Moritz, Maloja, Grisons, Switzerland and visited Arese, Milan, Lombardy.