Sofia Mechetner is an Israeli model, born on 4th December 2000, who has been the face of Dior. She was just 14 when she was selected to be the face of Dior in July 2015. The Israeli model opened the Dior Haute Couture Fall/ winter 2015/ 2016 show at the Paris Fashion Week. It was her first modeling job, In October that same year, she also opened the Dior Spring/ Summer 2016 at the Paris Fashion Week.Sofia Mechetner had her 1 million Shekel (about 250,000 USD) annual contract renewed for a second year with Dior in 2016. Moreover, Sofia Mechetner signed an additional contract in 2017 to work for Chanel. She walked for H&M, Valentino, Karl Lagerfeld, Eli Saab, Sonia Rikel, Stella McCartney, Mugler, Alexander McQueen, Miu Miu and Marc Jacobs in 2017. Sofia Mechetner also took part in an international advertising campaign for Ralph Lauren.Sofia Mechetner became the lead model in 2018 for Top Shop’s fall/ winter 2018 and summer/ spring 2019 international campaigns. She has led the Tommy Hilfiger summer/ spring campaign in 2019. When Sofia Mechetner became the new face of Dior in 2015, she did not even know what Dior was. However, Lady Luck had other plans in mind for the Israeli model. When she opened the show for Christian Dior at the age of 14, it was just chance. Sofia Mechetner thought about taking up basketball or modeling when she was younger due to her height. Since she was not good at basketball, Sofia Mechetner decided to give modeling a chance. The agency she came across in Tel Aviv took her in immediately. They were taken aback by her looks and sent her off to Paris for a meeting with a French agency. However, the agency declined to meet the model because of her young age and inexperience. But, as Sofia Mechetner was already in Paris, she decided to make the most of her time there. This led to her visiting a Dior store for shipping where the label’s creative Raf Simons saw her. Sofia Mechetner was, in fact, lucky because she was with her agent Rotem Gur at that moment. Her agent loves Dior and that is why they got into the shop in the first place.It was this fortuitous visit that led her to work for one of the most famous fashion brands in the world. Her agent introduced Sofia Mechetner to Raf Simons who was immediately smitten. The agency taught her how to walk and she practiced a lot before she opened the Dior runway show. Her walk was effortless and elegant for someone who only learned to walk a few weeks before the show. Sofia Mechetner is very grateful for the opportunity she has given and has put in the hard work to make modeling her career. She loves her family and often shares her income with her mother in Israel.
