“Fashion is
about good energy. It’s about feelings. That’s what I have to give the people,
good energy and good feelings.” -Adriana Lima.
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.
Lima was
born in Bahia, Brazil, to Nelson Torres and Maria da Graça Lima. Adriana Lima’s
mother was a social worker. She has announced the existence of two half
brothers, aged 7 and 11, to the media. Her early childhood was not easy, with
her father leaving her and her mother, when little Adriana was just six months
old. After years of estranged relationship with her father, she is now
reportedly making attempts to reconcile. Adriana Lima claims a family lineage
of Native South American, African and Swiss descent!
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
girls 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 her career working for Maybelline, for whom she was as a spokesmodel
from 2003 until 2009. Lima has also worked for famous fashion brands bebe,
Mossimo, Armani, Bulgari, De Beers, FCUK, Intimissimi, Keds, Swatch, Versace,
Loewe and BCBG. She also appeared on the covers of fashion magazines such as
Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, GQ, Arena, Cosmopolitan,V Magazine, Vanity Fair and Esquire.
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. She is also one of the faces of Givenchy for the Fall/Winter
2009 season, alongside Mariacarla Boscono and Iris Strubegger.
Carlos Jereissati Filho, Adriana Lima, Marko Jaric
In 2006,
Lima became the fifth highest paid supermodel. In 2007 and 2008, she ranked the
world’s fourth highest paid supermodel by Forbes Magazine.
Victoria’s
Secret
Adriana
Lima is 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
and directed by Wong Kar-wai. 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. Afterward, the boy 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.” Staying true to her
religious roots, she is known for taking a Bible backstage to read.
Marko Jaric (Serbian)
She has
been romantically linked to musician/singer Lenny Kravitz and Prince Wenzeslaus
of Liechtenstein. On Valentine’s Day 2009, she married Serbian basketball
player Marko Jarić, whom she began dating in November 2007. They wed in a
private civil ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The couple originally planned
on a large wedding in Salvador in June 2009, but the couple decided to opt for
a wedding in each of their hometowns; both are scheduled to take place at the
end of 2009.
The couple
had their first child, a daughter named Valentina Lima Jarić, on November 15,
2009. Lima’s representative told People magazine: “Adriana and Marko are
overjoyed that they are expecting their first child together and are excited to
share the happy news and start their family together.” She has also recently
applied for Serbian citizenship.
Adriana
Lima debuts first pics of her baby Valentina
Adriana Lima & Valentina Lima Jarić
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.
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