Adriana Lima was born on June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. At the tender age of 13, Adriana entered the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest, where her unique beauty, derived from her Native-Brazilian, African-Brazilian, Portuguese, French, and Caribbean heritage, won her second place. Moving to New York at age 16, Adriana joined the Elite Model Management and further pursued her modeling career, landing a campaign for the fashion designer 'Anna Molinari' 's clothing line. However, it was her appearance in several Guess? campaigns that gained her the recognition that catapulted her to her status as one of the world's top fashion models. Since then, she has appeared in campaigns for Anna Sui Jeans, Bebe, Gasoline, Mossimo, Victoria's Secret, BCBG, Keds, and XOXO, and has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire. She consistently appears in the hyped Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows, gaining recognition as one of the Victoria's Secret's Perfect 10. In her spare time, Adriana dedicates her services to help orphans in her native Brazil. She has appeared in the Italian TIM mobile Commercials.
Spokesmodel of Guess?.
Spokesmodel of Victorias Secret.
Ranked #57 in Maxims Hot 100 2003, ahead of Naomi Watts and behind Salma Hayek.
Ethnicity is Native-Brazilian, African-Brazilian, Portuguese, Swiss, Japanese and Caribbean.
Ranked #1 on Askmen.coms Most Desirable Women.
Ranked #33 on Askmen.coms Most Desirable Women.
Ranked #75 on Askmen.coms Most Desirable Women.
One of the worlds top fashion models.
A favorite model of photographer Ellen Von Unwerth , she appears prominently in Von Unwerths 1998 book "Wicked."
Chosen as the most desirable woman by AskMen.com, leaving behind such starts as Angelina Jolie (#9), Halle Berry (#10), Monica Bellucci (#2) and Charlize Theron (#3). [2005]
Her favorite musician is Lenny Kravitz. She has also appeared in one of his music videos, "Yesterday Is Gone".
Ranked #1 on Askmen.coms 99 Most Desirable Women.
She has helped financially and worked with orphaned children in Brazil for several years.
Ranked and Voted #4 by AskMen.coms Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006
Named #39 in FHMs "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
Named #27 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement..
Shes the second best paid Brazilian model. The first is Gisele Bndchen.
She was raised by her mother, Maria da Graa Lima (social worker).
Her father, Nelson Torres, abandoned his wife and Adriana when she was 6 months old.
Ranked #53 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
She lists West Side Story and Central do Brasil (aka "Central Station") among her favorite movies.
According to People.com, Lima secretly married NBA player Marko Jaric in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Valentines Day, 2009.
[2010] Represented in New York City and Paris by Marilyn Agency.
Applied for Serbian citizenship in 2009.
Married Serbian basketball player Marko Jaric in a private ceremony on Valentines Day in 2009.
Ranked #14 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Ranked #8 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Second cousin of Kathleen Mackey.
Voted #71 on Ask mens Top 99 most desirable woman of 2012 list.
Gave birth to her first child at age 28, daughter Valentina Lima Jaric on November 15, 2009. Childs father is her now ex-husband, Marko Jaric.
Gave birth to her second child at age 31, daughter Sienna Lima Jaric on September 12, 2012. Childs father is her now ex-husband, Marko Jaric.
On May 2, 2014, she separated from her husband of five years, Marko Jaric.
Is the longest-running Angel in the history of Victorias Secret, first posing for them in 1999 at age 18.
Ranked #2 on Forbes The Worlds Highest-Paid Models list [2014].
Appeared in three of of the most watched Super Bowl commercials of all time. Her Kia Motors commercial promoting the new Optima sent sales to their highest mark since the design debuted, up 31% from January 2012 and 138.6% from February 2012. The commercial was also voted #3 out of the 55 commercials on USA Today and Facebooks Super Bowl Ad Meter.
Has worn Victorias Secret famous million-dollar "Fantasy Bra" three times: in 2008 ("The Black Diamond"--$5 million), in 2010 ("The Bombshell"--$2 million) and in 2014 ("The Dream Angels"--$2 million) alongside Alessandra Ambrosio , it was the first time the fashion show had two models wearing the Fantasy Bra. She is tied with Heidi Klum as the models who have worn the bra the most.
Attended the closing ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and was one of the few people to touch the World Cup trophy--only FIFA World Cup champions and heads of state are allowed to touch it, but Germanys midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger let her hold the trophy,. She took a picture and published it on her official Instagram on July 13, 2014.
Practices boxing.
Speaks four languages: her native Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian.
Loves to read.
Ranked #46 on the "Most Popular Women on the Web" per Google Search Results. [2010].
Face of Marc Jacobs s fragrance Decadence. [2015].
Was the first pregnant woman who appeared in the legendary Pirellis Calendar.
On October 6 2015, it was announced that Adriana will have her own wax figure at the Madame Tussauds New York. Shes the first Victorias Secret Angel and the second Brazilian figure to join the Tussauds star lineup after soccer star Pel. Adrianas wax figure was unveiled on November 30, 2015.
Had a Maltese dog, Ivy, for seven years. She lost him in Miami (FL) on August 28, 2012, and hasnt seen him since.
Face of Vogue Eyewear. [2015].
If she didnt become a model, she would have gone on to be a pediatrician.
Her name is pronounced AH-driana, though most people still say AY-driana.
As of July 2017, she has over 20 million followers on social media (Instagram, Twitter and Facebook).
Considers herself Afro-Brazilian first.
Is a fan of the Brooklyn Nets and the New England Patriots (she attended Super Bowl LI in Houston where her former boyfriend Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman played).
She contends that her eyes are green, not blue.
Tattoos: Snake on left foot.
Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts,a damper on your perspective of other girls.
I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry. . . how do you call it,pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really.
Boxing is my exercise, my passion.
I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.
I like jealous men. I love jealousy. I do.
I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile. .
