Adriana Lima

**Adriana Francesca Lima** (Brazilian Portuguese: [adɾiˈãnɐ ˈlimɐ]; born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian model best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000 and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009. At age 15, Lima finished first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition and took second place the following year in the Ford "Supermodel of the World" competition before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City.

## Career

### Modeling

Lima never thought about being a model, although she had won many beauty pageants in elementary school. However, she had a friend at school who wanted to enter a modeling contest and didn't want to enter alone, so Lima entered with her. Both sent in pictures, and the contest sponsor soon asked Lima to come out for the competition. Soon after, at the age of 15, she entered and finished in first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" model search. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford "Supermodel of the World" contest and finished in second place.

Three years later, Lima moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management. After acquiring representation, Lima's modeling portfolio quickly began to expand, and she appeared in numerous international editions of *Vogue* and *Marie Claire*. As a runway model, she has walked the catwalks for designers such as Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren and Valentino, among others. Lima became a GUESS? girl in 2000, appearing in that year's fall ad campaign. She also appeared in the book *A Second Decade of Guess? Images*.

Lima continued to build upon her portfolio, doing more print work for Maybelline, for whom she worked as a spokesmodel from 2003 until 2009, the same year she appeared in the company's first calendar, a limited edition run also featuring Kemp Muhl, Jessica White, Julia Stegner, and Anna Wang. Lima has also worked for notable fashion brands bebe, Mossimo, Armani, Bulgari, De Beers, FCUK, Intimissimi, Keds, Swatch, Versace, and BCBG. She also appeared on the covers and in the editorials of other fashion magazines such as *Harper's Bazaar*, *ELLE*, *GQ*, *Arena*, *Cosmopolitan*, and *Esquire*. Her April 2006 *GQ* cover was the highest-selling issue that magazine for the year, while her April 2008 cover brought a record number of hits to the magazine's website. She also appeared in the 2005 Pirelli Calendar and became the face of Italy's cell phone carrier, Telecom Italia Mobile, a move that earned her the nickname, "the Catherine Zeta-Jones of Italy."

In 2006, São Paulo Fashion Week released a calendar featuring twenty-five Brazilian models, including Lima. The calendar was accompanied by a movie containing interviews with the models, which was broadcasted at GNT in Brazil and then hit the shelves as a DVD.

In February 2008, she was featured on the cover of *Esquire*, re-creating the classic 1966 Angie Dickinson cover on Esquire's 75th anniversary along with fellow Victoria's Secret Angels Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, Izabel Goulart and Selita Ebanks. She appeared only in shoes, diamonds and gloves for the November 2007 issue of *Vanity Fair* celebrating 20 years of supermodels with her fellow Angels. In February 2008, she was chosen to be the face of Mexico's Liverpool department store chain and launched the partnership with a press conference, runway show, and summer campaign. Lima returned to the high fashion runway in 2009, walking for Givenchy. That same year, after visiting Turkey, Lima signed a contract with Doritos to appear in print campaigns and commercials which began airing in Turkey in April.

In 2006, Lima ranked as the fifth highest paid supermodel. In 2007 and 2008, she ranked as the world's fourth highest paid supermodel by Forbes Magazine.

### Victoria's Secret

Lima is probably best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. Her first fashion show for the company came in 1999, and since being contracted as an Angel in 2000, she has appeared on subsequent shows ever since, opening the show in 2003, 2007, and 2008, in which she also closed the opening segment. Lima has appeared on several television ads for the brand, including the praised and criticized "Angel in Venice" commercial of 2003 with Bob Dylan and her solo Victoria's Secret's Super Bowl XLII ad, the single most-seen ad of the game, watched by 103.7 million viewers. 2008 continued for Lima with hosting the *What Is Sexy?* program for the E! Entertainment Network and a July tour for the BioFit Uplift Bra launch, with stops in Long Island, Boston, and Miami Beach. She was also featured in November's Miracle Bra relaunch. Topping the year off, Lima wore the "Fantasy Bra" for the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. In 2009, Lima launched the company's new makeup line, "Christian Siriano for VS Makeup."

### Acting

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 and made friends with the series' title character, played by America Ferrera. According to her publicist, Liza Anderson, "Adriana has always been a huge fan of Ugly Betty and is thrilled for the opportunity to make a guest star appearance."

## Personal life=

In addition to her native Portuguese, Lima speaks English, French, and a bit of Italian.
Lima was shy around boys when she was younger, not receiving her first kiss until she was 17 years old. Afterwards, he went directly to her mother to ask if he could marry her. She is a devout Catholic who attends church every Sunday. In April 2006, she told *GQ* that she was a virgin. "Sex is for after marriage," she explained. "They [men] have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me." When she was younger, she studied to become a nun and often takes a Bible backstage to read.

She has been romantically linked to musician/singer Lenny Kravitz, Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein, and Denny of Timbalada. In 2009 she married Serbian basketball player Marko Jarić; they wed in a private civil ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Valentines Day.

In May 2009, it was reported that Lima had applied for Serbian citizenship, but it was never granted to her. Jarić and Lima have two daughters. On May 2, 2014, Lima and Jarić announced their separation after five years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in March 2016.

### Charity

Lima does charitable work helping with an orphanage, "Caminhos da Luz" (Ways of Light), located in her hometown. She helps with construction to expand the orphanage, and buys clothes for poor children in Salvador, Bahia. She appeared on *Var mısın? Yok musun?*, the Turkish version of *Deal or No Deal*, where her prize money went to a hospital in Istanbul for children fighting leukemia .

## References

1. ↑ Adriana Lima Signs With Creative Artists Agency. *WWD* (August 7, 2019). Retrieved on December 31, 2019.
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3. ↑ "Adriana Lima: rica, linda e poderosa". Correio da Bahia (December 8, 2008).
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15. ↑ Dylan appearing in Victoria's Secret ad accessed 2007-09-19.
16. ↑ 'Lovesick' and Attired accessed 2007-09-19.
17. ↑ Close Super Bowl puts even more eyes on late-airing ads accessed 2008-08-07.
18. ↑ Adriana shoots Miracle Bra. Accessed 2007-09-19.
19. ↑ From tv.hollyscoop.com (September 4, 2008)
20. ↑ Victoria Secret Models Talk About First Kiss. Buzzhumor.com. Accessed April 22, 2009.
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Adriana Lima: Our favorite... virgin?" *GQ* (April 2006).
22. ↑ "Tom Cruise Proposes to Katie Holmes; Angelina Jolie's Personal Life Full of Drama; Picks and Pans of New Movies". Showbiz Tonight (June 17, 2005).
23. ↑ "Lima's choice". Vogue.co.uk (March 16, 2006). Accessed April 22, 2009.
24. ↑ Adriana Lima elopes!. People.com (February 29, 2009). Accessed April 22, 2009.
25. ↑ Adrijana Lima želi državljanstvo Srbije (Serbian). *Radio-televizjia Srbije* (May 27, 2009).
26. ↑ Adrijana Lima nikada nije uzela srpski pasoš!. Alo (May 8, 2014). Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved on April 1, 2015.
27. ↑ Adriana Lima Gives Birth to Daughter Sienna!. *UsMagazine.com* (September 12, 2012).
28. ↑ Lee, Esther (May 2, 2014). Adriana Lima Splits From Husband Marko Jaric After 5 Years of Marriage: Supermodel Announces Separation From Former NBA Player. *Us Weekly*. Retrieved on August 13, 2018.
29. ↑ Johnson, Richard (March 15, 2015). Adriana Lima is divorced. *Page Six*. Retrieved on September 26, 2019.
30. ↑ Adriana helping her charity "
31. ↑ http://www.tarakash.com/josh/20080712421/Celebrity-Watch/Adriana-Lima-World-s-Sexiest-Woman.html
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## External links

* Adriana Lima Biography
* Adriana Lima links at FreeOnes
* Adriana Lima at Babepedia