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Adriana Lima - Short Biography, Personal Life and Quotes
Adriana Lima
Adriana Francesca Lima
(June 12, 1981, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)
Nationality: Brazil
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Models, Actors,
Unique distinction: One of the most famous and in-demand models of the world, one of the Victoria's Secret's Perfect 10. Eye Color: Blue. Height: 178 cm (5 ft10in). Weight: 59 kg (130 lb). Measurements: 89-61-89 (EU); 35-24-35(US).
Gender: Female
Adriana Francesca Lima
(June 12, 1981, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)
Nationality: Brazil
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Models, Actors,
Unique distinction: One of the most famous and in-demand models of the world, one of the Victoria's Secret's Perfect 10. Eye Color: Blue. Height: 178 cm (5 ft10in). Weight: 59 kg (130 lb). Measurements: 89-61-89 (EU); 35-24-35(US).
Gender: Female
Quotes: 1. If you're comfortable in your own skin, you will feel beautiful - and look beautiful to others, too.
2. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.
3. Self-confidence goes a long way and is very attractive to others.
4. I believe love just happens once. You can be mistaken, you can think you are in love, but after a while you discover that youre really not. Real love is different.
5. I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model.
6. A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?
7.I like to travel all over the world and learn [about] new cultures. Not that many people have the opportunity to do that.
Video: Victoria's Secret
Achievements:
Social and professional position: Adriana Francesca Lima is a Brazilian model and actress.
The main contribution to (what is known): Adriana Francesca Lima is a Brazilian model, best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000 and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009.
Contributions:
The main contribution to (what is known): Adriana Francesca Lima is a Brazilian model, best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000 and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009.
Contributions:
Adriana Lima has been modelling since 1994, first in Brazil and later in 1997 in New York City and Europe. But the greatest worldwide fame and status of supermodel Lima gained by participating in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows.
She's worked with some of the world's great image-makers: Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Peter Lindbergh and Ellen von Unwerth, Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren, Valentino and appeared in the world's top magazines: Vogue Italia, Marie Claire, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, and others.
She has been profiled on E! Entertainment Television The Travel Channel, Viva, Extra.
Lima's first acting role was the wife, alongside Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker, in The Follow (2001), a short film in BMW's series The Hire, starring Clive Owen.
She also appeared with her fellow Angels in a guest spot playing herself in the series How I Met Your Mother in November 2007.
In 2008, Lima appeared on the American television series Ugly Betty, where she played herself.
In 2010 she was represented in New York City and Paris by Marilyn Agency.
Her unique beauty is derived from her Native-Brazilian, African-Brazilian, Portuguese, Japanese, French, Swiss and Caribbean heritage.
She gained recognition as one of the Victoria's Secret's Perfect 10.
In 2015, she came in 2nd place on the Forbes top-earning models list, with earnings of $9 million.
Charity
In her spare time, Adriana dedicates her services to helping orphans in her native Brazil. Lima does charitable work helping with an orphanage, "Caminhos da Luz" (Ways of Light), located in her hometown.
Life:
Origin: She was born on June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She was the only child in her family and raised by her mother, Maria da Graça Lima who was a social worker.
Education: She studied at secondary school, where she had won many beauty pageants.
Career highlights:
Personal life:
Education: She studied at secondary school, where she had won many beauty pageants.
Career highlights:
At the tender age of 13, Adriana entered the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest. At the age of 15, she entered and finished in first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" model search and in 1996 second place in a "Ford Supermodel of the World" contest.
In 1997, Lima moved to New York City and then gained the status of one of the world's top fashion models.
Moving to New York at age 16, Adriana joined Elite Model Management and further pursued her modelling career, landing a campaign for the fashion designer Anna Molinari's clothing line. Her appearance in several Guess campaigns gained her the world’s fame and recognition.
Since then, she has appeared in campaigns for Anna Sui Jeans, Bebe, Gasoline, Mossimo, BCBG, Keds, and XOXO, and has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire.
In 1999 Lima began to participate in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows.
She has appeared on subsequent shows ever since, opening the show in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014.
Later Lima has worked for notable fashion brands Armani, Versace, Prada, Guess?, Bulgari, Miu Miu, Donna Karen, Emporio Armani, Givenchy, Keds, Mossimo, Marc Jacobs, and Louis Vuitton.
She has worked with the most established photographers in fashion and appeared on the covers of most popular fashion magazines.
Lima returned to the high fashion runway in 2009, walking for Givenchy.
In 2015, she became the face of Vogue Eyewear and Marc Jacobs' fragrance Decadence.
Lima is the current brand ambassador for the Barcelona-based clothing brand Desigual.
Personal life:
Lima was shy around boys when she was younger, not receiving her first kiss until she was 17 years old.
In 2003 she was romantically linked to musician/singer Lenny Kravitz and later Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein. She is a devout Catholic who attends church every Sunday. Staying true to her religious roots, she is known for taking a Bible backstage to read.
As of Valentine's Day, 2009, she is married to (6' 7", b. 12 October 1978) Serbian basketball player Marko Jaric, whom she began dating in November 2007. They wed in a private civil ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
On November 15, 2009, Lima gave birth to her first child, daughter Valentina Lima Jarić and on September 12, 2012, her second daughter Sienna. On May 2, 2014, Lima and Jaric announced their separation after five years of marriage.
They finally divorced in March 2016.
In early 2015 she started dating her boyfriend Joe Thomas, a boxing coach and trainer at Miami Beach.
In June 2016 Adriana Lima split with Joe Thomas and became single, free and happy again.