Sofia Mechetner

Sofia Mechetner was born in 2000 in Holon

Sofia Mechetner was born on 4 December 2000 in Holon and grew up there. Her parents, Fyodor Sotnikov and Ksenya Mechetner, were immigrants from the former Soviet Union. They divorced when she was a child, and she grew up with her mother and two younger siblings.

She attended the HaMeginim elementary school and then the Chaim Herzog Gymnasium for Sciences and Arts in Holon.

At 14 she met Dior designer Raf Simons in Paris, who signed her for about 1 million shekels a year. In July 2015 she opened the Dior Haute Couture fall show in Paris, and in October she opened another Dior show at Paris Fashion Week. Her Dior contract was renewed in 2016, and in 2017 she also signed with Chanel.

In 2018 she led the Marc Jacobs Daisy fragrance campaign with Kaia Gerber and became lead model for Topshop campaigns. In 2019 she led a Tommy Hilfiger spring campaign. From April 2019 to April 2021 she served in the IDF.