Maayan Keret

Biography

Maayan Keret (Hebrew: מעין קרת; born 24 April 1976) is an Israeli model, actress, entrepreneur, lecturer, public speaker and activist. Following her modeling career she has worked in promoting body acceptance, gender awareness, and feminist activism where her work primarily focuses on body image education for women, adolescents, professionals, and trauma survivors in diverse sectors of Israeli society.

== Modeling == A successful model at an early age, Keret was featured in fashion magazines such as Vogue, Elle, and Marie Claire. Keret worked with leading designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, and Donna Karan.

== Post-Modelling ==

=== Workshops and Lectures === Keret uses her experiences to help those who have issues with body perception, presence in the body, aging, trauma, motherhood, and the social construction of appearance.

=== Academic Collaboration === Since 2017, Keret has collaborated with the School of Education at Tel Aviv University teaching about body image. This is aimed at training future teachers to address appearance, self-perception, and social norms through inclusive and body-aware pedagogy.

=== Changing Model - Center for Positive Body Image and Educational Work === Keret is the founder and director of Changing Model - the Center for Positive Body Image , an educational platform offering workshops and lectures for youth, professionals, and women throughout Israel. The center collaborates with a team of facilitators, including Olympic judoka Raz Hershko, to deliver programs on body acceptance, bullying, resilience, and gender awareness in schools and communities.Through the center, Keret leads specialized workshops for educational staff, mothers and daughters (Bat Mitzvah programs), and youth professionals, focusing on media literacy, emotional safety, and healthy identity development.The programs have been especially relevant in times of national crisis, supporting teens and educators in navigating body image and emotional challenges.

=== Body Space === Keret co-founded Body Space (Merhav Guf) in partnership with Prof. Rafi Caro-Harouti, head of the Sexual Medicine Center at Sheba Medical Center.The program provides body image support for trauma survivors, including victims of terror and violence, using a somatic and trauma-informed approach rooted in psychological flexibility.

=== Mirror Cards === Keret created “Mirror Cards”, a therapeutic card deck used widely in Israel by therapists, educators, social workers, and dietitians to serve as a tool for body image dialogue, reflection, and empowerment.