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Fashion & Entertainment · Israel · USSR

Esti Ginzburg

Эсти Гинзбург

Israeli model and actress with Russian-Jewish roots who became a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit star

🇮🇱 Fame: Israel🇷🇺 Origin: USSR👤 Father🗣 Russian: Fluent
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Profile #308
ProfessionModel
Russian originArieh GinzburgUSSR
AncestryFather
RussianFluent
CategoryFashion & EntertainmentTier B
Biography

Esti Ginzburgmodel with roots in the USSR

Esti Ginzburg is an Israeli model and actress who appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and has built a career in Israeli film and television. She is the daughter of Israeli basketball player Arieh Ginzburg.

Russian Connection

Tracing the roots — Arieh Ginzburg

Her family — through her father Arieh Ginzburg — has Russian-Jewish ancestry connecting to the Eastern European Jewish communities that built Israel. Her career reflects the Israeli entertainment world built by descendants of Russian and Eastern European immigrants.

Granddaughter of Soviet architects.

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Subject
Esti Ginzburg🇮🇱 Israel
Origin
Arieh Ginzburg🇷🇺 USSR
Historical context
Soviet Union (USSR) · 1922–1991
Map of the Soviet Union (USSR)

Arieh Ginzburg. At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.

Map: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA)
Key Achievements

A career defined by ambition

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue — Israeli model
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Israeli film and television actress
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Daughter of Israeli basketball player Arieh Ginzburg
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Part of Israeli fashion and entertainment world
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Representative of Israeli-Russian Jewish diaspora in entertainment
Russian diasporaSoviet-bornRussian speaker
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