Yityish Aynaw News & Updates

Yityish Aynaw, the first black Miss Israel, pays a visit to New York City

You can’t make a lot of assumptions about a Miss Israel — but I was pretty confident she’d lik...

Mar 01, 2014 • New York Daily News

Barack Obama invites Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw to official state dinner

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the st...

Mar 13, 2013 • The Independent

Barack Obama to dine with first black Miss Israel

President Barack Obama will have dinner with the first-ever black Miss Israel when he makes his firs...

Mar 13, 2013 • The Daily Telegraph

Miss Israel misses U.S. event due to visa restrictions

Yityish Aynaw may have a meeting set up with President Barack Obama when he travels to Israel later ...

Mar 18, 2013 • Jewish Journal

Yityish Aynaw: First black Miss Israel will go to the ball

It's been an astonishing three weeks for Yityish Aynaw, an immigrant orphan from Ethiopia, who becam...

Mar 21, 2013 • BBC

Friday Five: Seth MacFarlane, Yityish Aynaw, Dov Hikind, Sheryl Sandberg, Arafat Jaradat

Following her discharge from the Israeli army, Yityish Aynaw worked as a saleswoman at a clothing st...

Mar 01, 2013 • Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Meet Yityish Aynaw, First Black Miss Israel

The country's first beauty queen of Ethiopian descent tells Pret-a-Reporter of balancing modeling gi...

Feb 23, 2014 • The Hollywood Reporter

Yityish Aynaw: The first black Miss Israel

African Voices is a weekly show that highlights Africa’s most engaging personalities, exploring th...

Jun 11, 2013 • CNN

Barack Obama and Black Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw to Meet at State Dinner

Being president of the United States may be turning Barak Obama's hair grey rapidly - but at least h...

Mar 13, 2013 • IBTimes UK

Beauty queen Yityish Aynaw

Less than 10 years later, she's grabbed international attention after her win at the beauty pageant....

Jun 12, 2013 • CNN

First Miss Israel of Ethiopian descent to dine with Obama

Yityish Aynaw, the first Miss Israel of Ethiopian descent, has been invited to meet President Obama ...

Mar 13, 2013 • Jewish Journal