A biography for Camila Mendeshasn’t been written yet.
“It's easy to think you have to fit some kind of mold.”
“I spent a lot of my adolescence in Miami, where it was super humid, and my hair would get super frizzy, and my waves weren't really consistent or pretty.”
“I'm a Brazilian - full blood, parents born and raised, and I lived there for a little bit - but I didn't grow up there.”
“In high school, I was friends with everybody. I had my core group of friends, but I could flow through different social groups pretty easily.”
“At an early age, somehow we're programmed to view other females as threats.”
“Bullies have a soft spot, and mean girls have a reason to be that way. It's a matter of understanding why a person is the way they are.”
“Invest in a trainer. You see the progress so quickly, and you push yourself in new ways.”
“Rachel Bilson, Nicole Richie, Vanessa Hudgens... so many of my idols growing up were Bongo girls.”
“I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.”
“I was really obsessed with dieting.”
“If I were to be a role model, it would just come out of going the college route, getting training, and trusting that's the most secure path you can take - a path where a degree is involved. You know you went to college, and you have that under your belt.”
“Because I get my hair styled in so many different ways, when I get the chance to be natural and just me as a person and not an actress, I like to have a stable, consistent look that reminds me that I'm me.”
“My perfect day would be spent poolside with some friends.”
“Miami can be super-kitschy at times, and it's fun to embrace that.”
“I've always struggled with having frizzy hair, and it doesn't really cooperate the way I want it to.”
“My hair has always been a definitive part of my personal style, so I love being part of a campaign that celebrates hair as a form of expression.”
“It's rare that you see Latin families being portrayed as intelligent, sophisticated, and powerful entities.”
“I think from going to fittings once a week and having to look in the mirror for two hours, I feel like I built a intuition for what's gonna work and what isn't, and I noticed how important tailoring is, especially being a more petite body type.”
“For me, being an 'American Latina' means identifying with and being influenced by both my American upbringing and my Latin heritage, and I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am.”
“It took living alone for me to really get to know myself.”