Shani Hazan

{{Short description|Israeli model and singer and Miss Israel 2012 (born 1992)}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name = Shani Hazan
שני חזן

| image = Shani Hazan in 2016.jpg

| caption = Hazan in 2016

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|09|15}}

| birth_place = Kiryat Ata, Israel

| height = {{height|m=1.82}}

| hair_color = Light brown

| eye_color = Brown

| title = Miss Israel 2012 ({{ISR}}’s Beauty Queen 2012)

| competitions = Miss Israel 2012
(winner)

}}

Shani Hazan ({{langx|he|שני חזן}}; born {{birth date|1992|09|15}}) is an Israeli model, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Israel 2012 and subsequently competed in the Miss World 2012 pageant representing her homeland.{{cite web|url=http://beautycontestupdate.com/miss-israel-2012-shani-hazan/|title=Miss Israel 2012, Shani Hazan|publisher=Beauty Contest Update|date= |accessdate=2012-08-30}} She also represented Israel at Miss International 2014.{{cite news|title=Jahtelakah tops the Pre-arrival Hot Picks at Miss International|url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-international/archives/Jhataleka-tops-the-pre-arrival-Hot-Picks-at-Miss-International/articleshow/44938940.cms|accessdate=5 June 2015|publisher=Times of India|date=26 October 2014}}{{cite news|title=¿Quiénes son las grandes favoritas del Miss Mundo 2012?|url=http://la.eonline.com/venezuela/2012/quienes-son-las-grandes-favoritas-del-miss-mundo-2012/|accessdate=5 June 2015|publisher=Eonline|date=1 August 2012}} Thus, Hazan is the only Miss Israel who represented her country in two worldwide beauty pageants.

Hazan was born in Israel, and raised in the city of Kiryat Ata, to a family of Moroccan Jewish descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.co.il/entertainment-weekend/Article-4e69a26d8aaf951006.htm|title=שני חזן בראיון: "כשסיפרתי להורים על התקיפות, הם התרסקו"|date=February 2017}}

She was a 19-year-old sailor serving in the Israeli Navy of the Israel Defense Forces, when she participated in the contest earning her the Miss Israel title.{{cite news|last1=Friedman|first1=Friedman|title=Women on the front|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/women-on-the-front/|accessdate=5 June 2015|publisher=Times of Israel|date=8 March 2012}}