Squeegees and selfies for window-washing TikToker

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Israel’s window washing TikTok star

is rising to new heights

in a male-dominated industry

(SOUNDBITE) (English) NOA TOLEDO, 22-YEAR-OLD WINDOW WASHER, SAYING:

"I don't know a lot of women doing this job but I hope when they see me they understand women can do it too and show the boys the women are strong."

Courtesy: @NoaToledo1

Twirling over chasms of steel and glass

Noa's high-rise dance routines

have earned her around 60,000 TikTok followers

and the occasional startled look

(SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) REVITAL FRIEDMAN, RESIDENT OF HIGH RISE TEL AVIV BUILDING, SAYING:

"Oh, she is divine. Every time I see her when she cleans the window she waves, she smiles, she is the only one to ask if I'm happy, if it's really clean. She is the best of them. She is the only girl. But always so nice, very different from the other cleaners, the boys."

Nia hopes to encourage more women

to pursue careers traditionally occupied by men