Cécile de Ménibus left high school in 1987 and started working as a switchboardist in a modeling production agency and then became a press secretary and stringer for sport magazines such as Auto Plus.

[3] She also played in a few sitcoms such as Cas de divorce in 1991, and created a radio for women titled Fréquence Elle.

She continued a career in automotive racing and in 1996, hosted the Belgian Championship of tourism cars while driving a Peugeot 106.

In 1997, she worked in the public relations at the Département Promotion & Partenariats of the Lagardère Group for Europe 2 and RFM in 2000.

[6] Cécile de Ménibus married the rugby player Yann Delaigue on 29 June 2007.