Adriana Lima

Infobox Model
name = Adriana Lima

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caption = Adriana Lima, April 30, 2007
birthname = Adriana Francesca Limaimdb name|0992596]
birthdate = birth date and age|1981|06|12
location = Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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haircolor = Brown" [http://www.dnamodels.com/ DNA Model Management] Retrieved on 2007-06-15]
eyecolor = Blue-green/ Blue
measurements = 34-23-33 in
(86-58-84 cm)
weight= convert|59|kg|lb st|abbr=on(formely convert|52|kg|lb st|abbr=on)
dress size = 34 (EU); 4 (US)
shoesize = 9 (US)
agency = Marilyn Model Agency" [http://www.marilyn-ny.com/index.php Marilyn Model Agency] ] Lumiere Models in BrazilVIVA Models in Europe
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Adriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981cite episode|title=2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show|episodelink=Victoria's Secret#Victoria's Secret Fashion Show|network=CBS|airdate=2007-12-04] ) is a Brazilian model known for her work with Victoria's Secret and Maybelline cosmetics. Lima was discovered at age 13, and entered and finished first in Brazil's "Ford Supermodel of the World" competition at 15, finishing second the following year before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City.

Early life and family

Lima is of African, Native South American and Swiss descent. [ [http://www.tv.com/adriana-lima/person/333447/summary.html Adriana Lima Photos - Adriana Lima News - Adriana Lima Information ] ] [ [http://celebritiescoop.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/adriana-lima-biography-and-videos/ Adriana Lima biography and videos « Celebrity Exposed: Pictures, Gossip, News, Movies ] ] She was born in the northeastern coastal town of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on June 12, 1981. Her father, from whom she was estranged for most of her life, is Nelson Torres, and her mother, Maria da Graça Lima, was a social worker who gave birth to Lima at the age of 18.Fact|date=September 2008 Lima revealed that her father walked out on her family when she was six months old,Fact|date=September 2008 but has been making recent attempts to reconcile.Fact|date=September 2008 In late 2007, Lima revealed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame that although she is her mother's only child, she has two half brothers, aged 7 and 11, from her father's second marriage. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO8p6YBvBPI YouTube - Logan and Adriana at the Walk of Fame ] ] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIN6r8VyPI0 YouTube - Graca's only child ] ] Coming from a poor family, her first time leaving her country and first time on a plane was when she was 15. [http://www.superiorpics.com/adriana_lima/interview.html From limited means] accessed 2007-06-23] She was raised mainly by her mother and grandmother.Fact|date=September 2008

Career

Modeling career

Lima never thought about being a model. 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. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27GS6l59LEM Adriana discovered] ] Soon after, at the age of 15, she entered and finished in first place in Brazil's Ford Supermodel of the World Search. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the World contest and finished in second place. [http://www.maybelline.co.uk/about_us/l282l291l339.htm Adriana Lima biography] , Maybelline, accessed August 28, 2005] Three years later, Lima moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management. After acquiring representation, Lima's modeling portfolio began to expand by leaps and bounds, and she appeared in numerous international editions of "Vogue" and "Marie Claire". As for fashion shows, she has walked the catwalks for big-name designers such as Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren and Valentino, among others. Lima then became a GUESS? girl appearing on GUESS?' Fall 2000 ad campaign. She also appeared in the book "A second decade of Guess? Images". [http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Adriana_Lima Adriana Lima Profile] in the [http://fashionmodeldirectory.com FMD] database. Accessed 2007-06-23.]

Lima continued to build upon her portfolio, doing more print work for Maybelline, as well as bebe, Mossimo, Armani, Bulgari, De Beers, FCUK, Intimissimi, Keds, Swatch, Versace, and BCBG. [http://adrianalimafan.net/adriana/career/ AdrianaLimaFan.net Advertisement Campaigns] ] She also appeared on the covers and in the editorials of other fashion magazines such as "Harper's Bazaar", "ELLE", "Vogue", "GQ", Marie Claire, Arena, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and many more. [http://adrianalimafan.net/adriana/covers/ AdrianaLimaFan.net Magazine Covers Overview] ] Her April 2006 "GQ" cover was the highest-selling issue that magazine for the year. 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 February 2008 she was featured on the cover of Esquire magazine, re-creating the classic 1966 Angie Dickinson cover on Esquire's 75th anniversary along with fellow Victoria's Secret Angels Karolina Kurkova, Izabel Goulart and Selita Ebanks. Model.com featured her at No.3 on the list of the hottest models today. She graced the cover of GQ Magazine April 2008 issue (which brought a record number of web hits for GQ onlineFact|date=September 2008) and appeared only in shoes, diamonds and gloves for the November 2007 issue of Vanity Fair celebrating 20 years of supermodels with her fellow Angels. Lima was chosen to be a part of People magazine's 100 most beautiful people in the world, sharing that space with her fellow Angels, with whom she also received a star on the Hollywood "Walk of Fame" prior to the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. 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.

Victoria's Secret

Lima is probably best known for her work with Victoria's Secret, beginning in 1998. Her first fashion show for the company came a year later, and since being contracted as an Angel in 2000, she has appeared on subsequent shows ever since, with her most notable walk in 2003 as the show opener. Lima has appeared on several television ads for the brand, including the praised and criticized [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-05-bob-dylan_x.htm Dylan appearing in Victoria's Secret ad] accessed 2007-09-19.] [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,438213~4~0~bobdylansingsforvictorias,00.html 'Lovesick' and Attired] accessed 2007-09-19.] "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. [http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/2008-02-07-super-bowl-ads_N.htm Close Super Bowl puts even more eyes on late-airing ads] accessed 2008-08-07.] 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 will also be the face of the famous Miracle Bra [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/demi-ashton-green-project.php Adriana shoots Miracle Bra] accessed 2007-09-19.] [http://www.ecorazzi.com/category/thegreenpicture/ Adriana shoots Miracle Bra 2] accessed 2007-09-19.] scheduled to launch in November. To top the year off, Lima will wear the "Fantasy Bra" for the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4k2zX8XScc Adriana wears the Fantasy Bra] accessed 2007-09-19.] In early 2008 Lima renewed her contract with Victoria's Secret, along with Maybelline for 5 more years. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D8SQTzGlRI Adriana renews her contracts] accessed 2007-09-19.]

Acting

Lima has always had an interest in acting, but knows she has to study quite a bit before booking any major spots. She plans to take lessons and act full time after her modeling contracts are up, several years from now.

Her first acting role was the wife, alongside Mickey Rourke, Forest Whitaker in The Follow, one of BMW's short films series titled The Hire, starring Clive Owen.

Lima 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 will make her second television acting appearance, appearing on the American television series "Ugly Betty," where she will play herself and make 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. [ [http://tv.hollyscoop.com/ugly-betty/adriana-lima-to-join-cast-of-ugly-betty_1170.aspx From tv.hollyscoop.com (September 4, 2008)] ] "

Endorsements

Lima is also a spokesperson for cosmetics giant Maybelline New York. She is the world's fourth highest paid model as of 2007. [http://www.forbes.com/2007/07/09/models-media-bundchen-biz-media-cz_kb_0716topmodels1_slide_5.html?thisSpeed=30000 Forbes Top Fifteen Models] Forbes. Retrieved on 2007-06-16.] " [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/C3P8.html Adriana Lima, Forbes Top Celebrities] ", Forbes. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/16/wforbes116.xml Forbes Top Fifteen Models] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/16/wforbes116.xml. Retrieved on 2007-06-16.]

Public image

Personal life

Lima is fluent in Portuguese, English, and French, and also speaks a bit of Italian. In her free time, she loves reading novels by her favorite author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. [http://www.maybelline.co.uk/l99l331l333.htm Maybelline] accessed 2007-06-23.] Although she has appeared in a few commercials with cars, she has admitted that she has yet to learn how to drive and receive her driver's license. [http://youtube.com/watch?v=P_Fht8CGArM Adriana Lima Says That She Does Not Drive] accessed 2008-07-15.]

Lima was shy around boys when she was younger, not receiving her first kiss until she was 17 years old. They were watching a movie during the kiss. Afterwards, he went directly to her mother to ask if he could marry her. [ [http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/5287/Victoria_Secret__Models_Talk_About_First_Kiss Victoria Secret Models Talk About First Kiss] ] In an interview with "GQ" in the April 2006 issue, Lima told the magazine that she is a devoted Catholic who attends church every Sunday and is 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." [ [http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_4255 Adriana Lima: Our favorite... virgin?] , Style.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-21] US "GQ" dubbed her as "The World's Most Voluptuous Virgin." When she was younger, she studied to become a nun and often takes a Bible backstage to read. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/17/sbt.01.html Little Bible backstage] ]

She works out regularly. She jumps rope, does cardio, and has a custom-tailored boxing routine. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84vhU8dNrSI "Adriana's workout routine"] ] Although she admits to eating healthfully and in the past being on low carb diets, her weakness is meat. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_AOTZtG0Yc Adriana likes to eat...] ]

She has been romantically linked to rocker Lenny Kravitz, [http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=33766 Adriana Lima's new title is "the world's most voluptous virgin"] ] Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein, [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/C3P8.html Top 100 Celebrities 2006] "Forbes". July 26, 2007.] and Denny of Timbalada. She is currently engaged to Serbian basketball player Marko Jarić of the NBA Memphis Grizzlies, [ [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20206509,00.html Supermodel Adriana Lima Engaged to Basketball Star] ] with the wedding planned for June 2009. [ [http://www.mtsmondo.com/entertainment/gossip/text.php?vest=103971 Wedding Date"] ]

Lima plans on having four children some day. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_AOTZtG0Yc Lima's plan for children] ]

Her inspirations are Bettie Page and Marilyn Monroe. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrCw1NE8hBg Inspiration"] ] She often gets inspired by Sophia Loren as well. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt9gpNr63PE Inspiration2"] ] [http://i37.tinypic.com/28kudz8.jpgSophia2"] ]

An adorer of classical music, as well as black and white films, she cites Beethoven as her favorite composer [http://i37.tinypic.com/28kudz8.jpgclassical music"] ] and the piano sonata as her favorite sound. [http://i36.tinypic.com/mvgu3n.jpgPiano Sonata"] ]

Reception

Since her rise to fame, Lima is often cited by popular media as one of the world's sexiest woman. She ranked 7th on FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2007" [http://www.fhmonline.com/girls_100_sexiest_2007.asp?cnl_id=1&stn_id=136&p=48 #7 Adriana Lima and #6 Jessica Biel - 100 Sexiest Women 2007] ", "FHM". Retrieved on 2007-05-21.] On June 13, 2007, she was awarded as "Hottest Girl on the Planet" at the first Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards but the category was not mentioned in the actual show. [http://www.spiketv.com Spike TV] accessed 2007-06-18.] Lima was also voted on the "Maxim" Hot 100 2007 as number 53. She was voted # 1 as the Most Desirable Woman in 2005 by visitors of the men's lifestyle website, Askmen.com (she was placed 4th in 2006, also 4th in 2007 and 10th in 2008).

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 also stands for animal rights.

References

External links

* [http://adrianalima.com/ Adriana Lima's Official Site]
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NAME = Lima, Adriana Francesca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Brazilian fashion model
DATE OF BIRTH = June 12, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH = Brazil
DATE OF DEATH =
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