From Miss World to Tzniut: A Powerful Message About True Beauty

Former Miss World Linor Abargil, who has spoken openly in recent years about her journey of returning to religious observance, recently shared a personal reflection on modesty and how it has changed the way she sees herself and the world around her.

While on vacation with her mother, Abargil described watching other women around her and questioning the messages modern society sends about freedom and self-worth.

"My mother and I are on vacation, and we see women, and many of them are barely dressed," she said in a video shared with her followers. "I ask myself, who decided for us that when you're not dressed, you're a liberated and free woman?"

Abargil contrasted that message with her own experience since embracing modest dress.

"When you dress modestly, people tell you you're being forced, that it's like Iran," she said. "We still have a long way to go. I look at those women, and I truly believe they'll go through this journey too. I hope, for their sake, that they come to understand how precious they are, and how covering the body protects the soul from within."

She concluded by adding, "How precious we are, and how much we deserve to understand that."

"I Didn't Know What the Yetzer Hara Was"

In another video published earlier this month, Abargil reflected on the internal struggle she experienced after beginning to dress modestly.

"Until I started returning to religious observance and dressing modestly, I didn't know there was such a thing as the yetzer hara," she said. "When did I begin to recognize it? When I started dressing modestly."

According to Abargil, the challenge was not external criticism but an ongoing inner dialogue.

"The yetzer hara sat on my shoulder every day," she explained. "It told me I wasn't beautiful, that I was ugly, that I had no style, that I looked old. Every day it told me the clothes weren't flattering, that they weren't really me. It told me I wanted jeans and a T-shirt, so who was I pretending to be? Day after day, it tried to convince me that modesty wasn't beautiful."

Despite those struggles, Abargil encouraged her followers to consider modesty as a path toward discovering their own inner worth, rather than defining themselves primarily through outward appearance.