13 things about Miss Universe Israel 2026 Danielle Yablonka

Danielle Sophie Yablonka represented Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel in the second edition of Miss Universe Israel. She will represent the country in the 75th edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Yablonka is a Jewish activist, artist, model and beauty queen based in Miami, Florida, United States. Her grandparents are Holocaust survivors.

On December 3, 2025, Yablonka turned 25. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2015 to 2019, she attended Design and Architecture Senior High School in Miami where she studied fine arts, studio arts and fashion design.
2. From 2018 to 2019, she was an intern at StandWithUs, an international education organization based in Jerusalem, Israel that ensures that the country’s side of the story is told in communities, campuses, libraries, the media and churches through brochures, speakers, conferences, missions to the country and thousands of pages of Internet resources.
3. In 2019, she became a registered voter in Florida and from 2019 to 2020, she studied community art at the California College of the Arts San Francisco, California, USA.
4. In 2020, she was a volunteer at Creativity Explored in San Francisco where she provided companionship and art classes to adults with disabilities.
5. From 2020 to 2023, she attended Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies with a minor in Jewish studies.
6. From 2021 to 2022, she was a multicultural programming coordinator at Florida Atlantic University.
7. In 2022, she became the youngest member on the Soho Beach House Under 27 Committee, a global private members social club for creatives.
8. From 2022 to 2023, she was a Geller International Fellow and a social media and marketing consultant at the Maccabee Task Force, a conservative Zionist organization that counters Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movements on college campuses and promotes pro-Israel beliefs amongst young people.
9. In 2023, she was an Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) digital consultant and she joined Hillel International as a digital consultant.
10. In 2025, she founded her jewelry brand DY Judaica.
11. She was Miss Universe Israel 2025 first runner-up.
12. In 2026, she will visit Puerto Rico, USA.
13. She is Miss Universe Israel 2026 and a Miss Universe 2026 candidate.

TIMELINE

As a registered voter in Florida, Yablonka is not affiliated to any political party. Her uncle Avi Yablonka is from Petah Tikva, Israel.

2010s

• In August 2015, she entered Design and Architecture Senior High School.
• In August 2018, she became a StandWithUs intern.
• On April 30, 2019, she registered to vote in Florida.
• In May 2019, she graduated from Design and Architecture Senior High School.
• In July 2019, her internship at StandWithUs ended.
• In August 2019, she entered the California College of the Arts.

2020s

• From January 2020 to March 2020, she was a Creativity Explored volunteer.
• In May 2020, she graduated from the California College of the Arts.
• In August 2020, she entered Florida Atlantic University.
• In September 2021, she became a Florida Atlantic University coordinator.
• In May 2022, her role as a Florida Atlantic University coordinator ended.
• In June 2022, she became a Soho House & Co committee member.
• In July 2022, she joined the Maccabee Task Force.
• In October 2022, she became a fellow of the Geller International Leadership Fellowship under the ICC.
• In February 2023, her Geller International Leadership Fellowship participation ended.
• From March 2023 to August 2023, she was an ICC digital consultant.
• In May 2023, she graduated from Florida Atlantic University and left the Maccabee Task Force.
• In October 2023, she joined Hillel International.
• In February 2025, she founded DY Judaica.
• On July 17, 2025, she represented Herzliya at Miss Universe Israel 2025 and competed against 10 other candidates at Hilton Miami Aventura in Aventura, Florida. She was runner-up to Melanie Shiraz.
• On July 3, 2026, she was officially appointed Miss Universe Israel 2026 and crowned at the Jewish Museum of Florida of Florida International University in Miami Beach, Florida in a ceremony attended by Miss Israel Organization president Joseph Shine and Miss Universe Israel 2024 Ofir Korsia.
• In November 2026, she will represent Israel at Miss Universe 2026 and compete against 129 other candidates at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.