Date of Birth: 12 June 1981
Birthplace: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Age: 29
First Name: Adriana
Middle Name: Francesca
Last Name: Lima
Build: Slim
Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown - Dark
Star Sign: Gemini
Claim to Fame: Brazilian supermodel
Occupation: Victoria Secret Model
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation Category: Model
Nationality: Brazilian
Alternative Names: The Goddess of Miami, The World`s Most Voluptuous Virgin, Lima Bean
Biography for Adriana Lima
Adriana Francesca Lima (born Jun. 12, 1981 (31 years ago)) is a Brazilian model best known as a Victoria's Secret (26 walls) Angel since 2000 (12 years ago) and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 (9 years ago) to 2009 (3 years ago). 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.
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 (16 years ago) 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 (12 years ago), 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 (9 years ago) until 2009 (3 years ago), 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 Apr. 2006 (6 years ago) GQ cover was the highest-selling issue that magazine for the year, while her Apr. 2008 (4 years ago) cover brought a record number of hits to the magazine's website. She also appeared in the 2005 (7 years ago) 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 (6 years ago), 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 Feb. 2008 (4 years ago), she was featured on the cover of Esquire, re-creating the classic 1966 (46 years ago) Angie Dickinson cover on Esquire's 75th anniversary along with fellow Victoria's Secret (26 walls) Angels Alessandra Ambrosio (113 walls), Karolina Kurkova (18 walls), Izabel Goulart (9 walls) and Selita Ebanks. She appeared only in shoes, diamonds and gloves for the Nov. 2007 (5 years ago) issue of Vanity Fair celebrating 20 years of supermodels with her fellow Angels. In Feb. 2008 (4 years ago), 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 (3 years ago), 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 (3 years ago) season, alongside Mariacarla Boscono and Iris Strubegger
In 2006 (6 years ago), Lima ranked as the fifth highest paid supermodel. In 2007 (5 years ago) and 2008 (4 years ago), she ranked as the world's fourth highest paid supermodel by Forbes Magazine. source :
