Biography
Who is Maayan Keret?
Early Career and Modeling
Maayan Keret began her professional path as a successful model at an early age in Israel and abroad. During her time in the fashion industry, she worked with well-known designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, and Donna Karan. Her face appeared in prominent international fashion publications including Vogue, Elle, and Marie Claire.
After establishing herself in the fashion world, Maayan expanded her professional focus into television presentation and acting. She used her platform to transition away from traditional modeling standards and began addressing the psychological impacts of the fashion industry on young people.
Activism and Changing Model Center
Maayan founded Changing Model, which operates as the Center for Positive Body Image in Israel. The organization delivers educational workshops and lectures regarding body acceptance, bullying prevention, resilience, and gender awareness in schools and communities. Through this center, she collaborates with various facilitators, including Olympic judoka Raz Hershko, to reach youth, professionals, and women.
In addition to her center, Maayan co-founded Body Space in partnership with Professor Rafi Caro-Harouti at Sheba Medical Center. This program provides specialized body image support for trauma survivors using a somatic and trauma-informed approach. She also created Mirror Cards, which are therapeutic card decks used by therapists and educators across Israel for body image dialogue and empowerment.
Academic and Writing Work
Since 2017, Maayan has collaborated with the School of Education at Tel Aviv University, where she teaches about body image. Her teaching focuses on training future educators to address appearance, self-perception, and social norms through inclusive pedagogy.
As an author, Maayan wrote The Beautiful Women in 2004, a feminist autobiographical work containing fourteen monologues from women in modeling, acting, and dance. She has also contributed essays and articles regarding body image, sexuality, trauma, and resilience to publications such as Haaretz, Ynet, Mako, and At magazine.
Birthday and age
Maayan Keret was born on April 24, 1976, which makes Maayan 50 years old today. That birthday falls under the Taurus sign. Maayan shares the date with 67 other famous people.
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