Career
Méndez"s modeling career began when an agent discovered Cecilia walking down the street in Buenos Aires. She"s been in the New York, Milan, and Paris fashion shows walking for Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, Burberry Prorsum, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dries van Noten, Issey Miyake, Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, Yohji Yamamoto and others Méndez"s ethnic background is 1/2 Spanish, 1/4 Italian 1/4 German.
She resides in New York City.