Neta Alchimister (; born April 20, 1994) is an Israeli model, swimwear designer, and social media personality. Biography Alchimister was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to Israeli-born parents of Ashkenazi Jewish (Austrian-Jewish) and Maghrebi Jewish (Libyan-Jewish and Algerian-Jewish) descent. Her father is Eyal Alchimister and her mother is Vardi ( Shalom). She served as soldier in the Israel Defense Forces in the Teleprocessing Corps. Modeling and media career Alchimister was discovered as a model in 2009, while a teenager, at the age of 15. After completing her military service, she co-founded the designer swimwear company BaNaNhot with Israeli model Noa Beny, which today sells limited edition designer swimwear around the world. Since 2015, she has been lead model for Castro. She is the founder of designer swimwear company BaNaNhot. She is the Israeli with the third most social media followers, after Gal Gadot and Bar Refaeli. In 2016, she was the cover model for Blazer's swimwear edition. In 2020, Alchimister was one of the three main judges of Reshet 13's Israeli reality show Comedy Star. References Israeli female models Israeli Ashkenazi Jews 1994 births Living people People from Rishon LeZion Israeli Mizrahi Jews Israeli people of Austrian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Algerian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Libyan-Jewish descent