Shlomit Malka

Shlomit Malka was born in Rehovot, Israel, to a Jewish family. Her father is of Moroccan origin while her mother is from Ukraine.[11][12] Her father Maxim Ron "Max" Malka was a restaurateur, and her mother Anna Magin is a CEO of a PR company.[13][14] Her parents separated when she was four years old.[11] She also grew up with her mother and maternal grandparents in Kiryat Ekron, Israel. Besides Hebrew, Malka also speaks English and Russian (her mother's native language).[15]

During Malka's first year as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, where she served as an instructor in the Combat Engineering Corps special forces unit Yahalom, Malka was discovered by a model agent from her Facebook pictures.[16] She managed to win permission to work during her military service[17] and promptly won contracts with Armani, Ralph Lauren, L'Oreal and Schwarzkopf.[16]

During her military service, the IDF permitted her to take part in modeling shoots after pre-approving her requests so long as she made up the time afterwards.[18] She says that the "balance between the military and modelling makes me feel good. I am grounded all the time".[19] Her personal interests are physics, mathematics, and animal welfare.[16][19]

In 2013, she was chosen as one of Israel breakout models of the year.[20]

In 2015, she became the face of Italian lingerie company Intimissimi, leading its worldwide campaign, a position previously filled by Irina Shayk, Barbara Palvin, Bar Refaeli and Ana Beatriz Barros.[21] Intimissimi was drawn to her natural beauty.[17]

In May 2017, she married Israeli actor and model Yehuda Levi.[22] They resided in Tel Aviv. The couple announced that they separated in June 2021.[23]

On 13 August 2017, Malka had a scooter accident. Passers-by said they found her lying on the ground, unconscious and having suffered a head injury. She was transported to Ichilov Hospital, where she was placed in a medically-induced coma. She had been in critical condition, unable to breathe on her own. A paramedic had called her condition "unstable."[24] She has since fully recovered.