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Bar Refaeli: An Airport Security Officer Groped Me

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Supermodel Bar Refaeli has a busy jet-set schedule, what with playing tennis in her underwear, modeling skimpy bikinis and you know, other gigs involving teensy clothing.

But in Bar's glam world, apparently all is not so peachy. The model humblebragged sounded off on Twitter on Tuesday about an alleged uncomfortable run-in she had while going through security screening at an unnamed airport, insinuating that the security officer had more on her mind than air safety:

But lest you feel too sorry for Bar, the model seems to have recovered just fine. She tweeted this photo earlier today:

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