In a stunning confession, Bar Refaeli admits she'd rather be a world-renowned model, overpaying for an apartment in the West Village and sleeping with a famous Hollywood movie star than a fallen soldier lying, bleeding to death, in the trenches.

LEONARDO DiCaprio's Israeli model girl friend, Bar Refaeli, dodged her country's mandatory military service - and couldn't be prouder. "I don't regret not having been drafted . . .because I made out big," she told an Israeli paper. "Why is it good to die for one's country? Isn't it better to live in New York?"

Of course it is! Because, as everyone knows, enlistment in the IDF (Israeli Defense Forcee) is mandatory for both sexes. But, as every Israeli citizen knows, the combat roles are completely voluntary for women.

But yeah, faced with the prospect of army fatigues, same-sex barracks and kitchen duty, we can sort of see how you'd look at couture gowns, Leo DiCaprio and fully catered black-tie galas as total "lifesavers."