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FEBRUARY '80

Linor is born in Netanya, Israel. First child of Aliza and Jackie Abargil. "She was only three months old but I was telling everyone she was a year old because she was so nice and big and fat."...

MARCH '98

Linor wins Miss Israel 1998. "I never wanted to be in pageants. But the prize was a trip to Thailand and a new car. I came from a small town. A trip and a new car was a big deal."...

SEPTEMBER '98

Linor is Sent to Milan, Italy to model. She is embarking on a promising modeling career, but quickly gets homesick for Israel and her family, and asks her modeling agency to help...

OCTOBER '98

Tragedy strikes: Uri Schlomo Nur, a travel agent introduced to Linor by her modeling agency, kidnaps her, stabs, and rapes her outside of Milan, Italy...

OCTOBER '98

Linor reaches Rome, where she goes to the police to report the rape, gives DNA evidence at the hospital, and then boards a plane for Tel Aviv...

OCTOBER '98

Linor reports the rape to the authorities in Israel...

NOVEMBER '98

Linor crowned Miss World, Seychelles Islands...

NOVEMBER '98

Linor returns to Netanya and is publicly welcomed home by huge crowds in her home town, who know nothing of her ordeal...

DECEMBER '98

Linor gives second statement in Israel to Investigator Yaffa Golan...

JANUARY '99

Rapist Uri Schlomo Nur arrested at Ben Gurion Airport upon returning to Israel...

OCTOBER '99

Linor undergoes a painful, public trial, about which she said: "It was terribly humiliating, it was another rape. It stops a lot of girls and women from pressing charges...

OCTOBER '99

Uri Schlomo Nur found guilty of raping Linor Abargil. Linor makes a statement following her trial...

DECEMBER '99

Nur sentenced to 16 years in prison, one of longest sentences in Israel for the crime of rape...

DECEMBER '99

Israel excuses Linor from military duty, thanking her for her service to her country, and for raising awareness about rape....

DECEMBER '99

New laws enacted in Israel as a result of Linor's case. Appointment of a prison service representative to give victims of rape access to information...