Becky Griffin
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Becky Griffin is an Israeli model
, TV presenter and an actress. She was born to Jewish parents, a Yemenite mother and an American
father.
Griffin was first discovered in a commercial at the age of 11, by the time she was 20 she had already starred in several commercials and campaigns, and then got her first job in TV as a sports reporter on the Israeli Sport channel
. She also hosted youth programs on Israeli channel 1,and worked as a reporter in the "Erev Tov" show and in "In Out".
Griffin also starred in the movie "Matana Mi Shamayim", and has had guest appearances on several TV dramas.
On May 12, 2003, she won the yearned job opportunity of becoming an MTV VJ on MTV Europe
, and left the sports channel. Until 2005 Griffin stayed in Britain
and appeared on the channel as the host of the Dance Floor Chart, the World Chart Express, and many Pan-Euro specials.
During her time in the UK, Griffin was chosen to star in the Nissan Micra Campaign all over Europe.
In December 2003, she was chosen to lead the campaign of the fashion chain "Castro
".
She returned to Israel in 2005, and a year later enrolled as a Film & Television student at Tel-Aviv University, and was one of the leaders of the Student strike in 2007.
In 2008, Becky was the Euroleague Correspondent for Channel 10, and in 2010 hosted "Inside Israeli Basketball", a magazine that aired on several American cable stations.
In August 2011, Griffin made waves when she brought international attention to the Nivea
Cosmetics website for failing to list Israel as a country, while including the Palestinian territories. Griffin wrote a letter to Nivea which she publicized on her Facebook page, beginning a boycott of Nivea products. Conservative radio and TV personality Glenn Beck raised the issue on his radio show on the morning of August 4, 2011, and minutes later Nivea's site included Israel. That day, Nivea told BLAZE Magazine that the site for Israel was under construction and had therefore not been listed.
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, TV presenter and an actress. She was born to Jewish parents, a Yemenite mother and an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
father.
Griffin was first discovered in a commercial at the age of 11, by the time she was 20 she had already starred in several commercials and campaigns, and then got her first job in TV as a sports reporter on the Israeli Sport channel
Sport 5
Sport 5 , also known as the Sports Channel is an Israeli television company. Available on cable and satellite , the company have seven channels which are devoted to sport.-Sport 5:...
. She also hosted youth programs on Israeli channel 1,and worked as a reporter in the "Erev Tov" show and in "In Out".
Griffin also starred in the movie "Matana Mi Shamayim", and has had guest appearances on several TV dramas.
On May 12, 2003, she won the yearned job opportunity of becoming an MTV VJ on MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
, and left the sports channel. Until 2005 Griffin stayed in Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and appeared on the channel as the host of the Dance Floor Chart, the World Chart Express, and many Pan-Euro specials.
During her time in the UK, Griffin was chosen to star in the Nissan Micra Campaign all over Europe.
In December 2003, she was chosen to lead the campaign of the fashion chain "Castro
Castro (clothing)
Castro is an Israeli clothing company specializing in men's and women's fashions. Publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the company is valued at 70 million US dollars....
".
She returned to Israel in 2005, and a year later enrolled as a Film & Television student at Tel-Aviv University, and was one of the leaders of the Student strike in 2007.
In 2008, Becky was the Euroleague Correspondent for Channel 10, and in 2010 hosted "Inside Israeli Basketball", a magazine that aired on several American cable stations.
In August 2011, Griffin made waves when she brought international attention to the Nivea
Nivea
Nivea is a global skin- and body-care brand that is owned by the German company Beiersdorf. The company was founded on March 28 1882 by pharmacist Carl Paul Beiersdorf. In 1900, the new owner Oskar Troplowitz developed a water-in-oil emulsion as a skin cream with Eucerit, the first stable emulsion...
Cosmetics website for failing to list Israel as a country, while including the Palestinian territories. Griffin wrote a letter to Nivea which she publicized on her Facebook page, beginning a boycott of Nivea products. Conservative radio and TV personality Glenn Beck raised the issue on his radio show on the morning of August 4, 2011, and minutes later Nivea's site included Israel. That day, Nivea told BLAZE Magazine that the site for Israel was under construction and had therefore not been listed.