Childhood and youth
Adriana Francesca Lima was born in June 1981 in hot Brazil. African, Portuguese, Indian, Swiss and Japanese blood flows in the supermodel's veins. Adriana spent her childhood in the slums of the former capital, the city of Salvador. Parents Maria de Graca Lima and Nelson Torres divorced when their daughter was six months old. The girl was raised by her mother, who worked in social services.
Grandma Julia played a big role in Adriana's upbringing. The fashion model calls her elderly relative the love of her life and does not forget to congratulate her on her birthday. According to Lima’s Instagram account, in April 2021, the centenarian celebrated her 103rd spring.
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Adriana Lima in her youth
Adriana realized her own attractiveness at the age of 13, when she won the title of the main beauty in Salvador. The victory in his hometown was only the first step in Lima’s career. After 2 years, the young star took 2nd place in the prestigious “Supermodel of the Year” competition, where representatives from more than 60 countries participated.
Soon, Adriana Lima's success developed: the 16-year-old Brazilian signed a contract with the American agency Elite Model Management and moved to New York.
Childhood
Adriana was born into the family of Maria de Graca Lima, who was a social worker, and Nelson Torres. There is a real cocktail in the girl’s blood: the blood of the French, Portuguese, American Indians flows in her, a little from the inhabitants of the Caribbean islands, Indians and Swiss.
Adriana's father abandoned the family when the girl was six months old. Very little is known about her childhood, only small details. For example, as a child, she was very shy and afraid of camera flashes, so in most childhood photographs she cries. According to one legend, a scout from a modeling agency noticed Adriana Lima while shopping when she was 13 years old.
Model business
In her youth, Adriana did not speak English, which did not prevent her from rapidly climbing the career ladder. Soon after moving to New York, Lima began appearing on glossy covers of top publications and showing off the clothes of famous couturiers.
Adriana's figure parameters allowed her to work as a catwalk and fashion model. Lima shone in the outfits of Vera Wang, Valentino, Armani and other famous masters of world fashion. The star shone most brightly in 2001 after appearing before the public in Victoria's Secret swimsuits and lingerie. The fashion model becomes an ambassador or, as the brand itself called its representatives, an “angel.”
The Victoria's Secret 2003 season consolidated its success. Adriana, along with the same first beauties Heidi Klum and Laetitia Casta, was henceforth officially called “Victoria’s Secret Angels”. The commercial, in which Lima walks around Venice in the brand's underwear to a Bob Dylan song, brought her worldwide fame.
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Adriana Lima and Irina Shayk
In 2008, Adriana appeared on the catwalk in the Black Diamond Fantasy Miracle Bra, the price of which was $ 5 million. The luxurious bra, embroidered with precious stones, was complemented by a pendant with 2 black diamonds of 50 carats each. In the same year, Lima was included in the top sexiest women in the world. Videos of the Brazilian woman with wings gained millions of views.
At the same time, Lima received a kind of recognition from the music world. The Celebrities released an album of electronic music called Hotties. 10 tracks bear the names of Charlize Theron, Salma Hayek, Keira Knightley and other celebrities whom the creators of the album considered “hot”. One composition is named after Adriana.
In 2010 and 2014, there were again advertisements for fabulously expensive lingerie. In 2014, for the first time in the history of the brand, the Fantasy Bra was shown at a fashion show in London by two models at once: Lima was accompanied by friend and compatriot Alessandra Ambrosio. The Dream Angels piece each wore cost $2 million and included 9 karats of gold, 8,000 rubies or sapphires and diamonds.
Celebrity fees are a source of envy. In 2010, Adriana earned over $8 million. In the 2011 Forbes ranking, the celebrity was ranked 4th among the highest paid models in the world. Only Kate Moss, Gisele Bündchen and Heidi Klum were ahead of Lima. In 2014, the Brazilian signed a new contract with the Maybelline brand, thanks to which she won silver on the list, behind only Bündchen.
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Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima
The supermodel had a chance to walk on the catwalk with Irina Shayk, with whom Adriana is periodically confused. Colleagues participated together in the Givenchy men's collection spring-summer 2015. Lima admitted to reporters that she does not see anything reprehensible in the similarity and considers Irina smart, attractive and cheerful.
In 2021, Adriana announced that she had decided to lay down her angel wings. Following Ambrosio's example, the final fashion show was the Victoria's Secret collection in New York. In addition to Lima, Bella and Gigi Hadid, Candice Swanepoel, Behati Prinsloo and other supermodels appeared on the catwalk.
An integral part of Lima's career was attending dinner parties and parties. In 2019, at an event on the occasion of the Oscar ceremony, the paparazzi caught Adriana in a seductive white dress with a deep neckline and a hamburger in her hands, which had not been seen before. Apparently, freedom from contractual obligations affected the model’s eating habits, and Lima enjoyed what she had previously denied herself, the journalists concluded.
Not all events were purely entertaining. So, in the same year, Adriana Lima shone at the Hollywood For Science gala auction in Los Angeles, the proceeds of which went to fight global climate change.
Adriana Lima: biography
Adriana Lima is a Brazilian supermodel and Victoria's Secret Angel. Lima is included in dozens of tops of the most beautiful models in the world, compiled by glossy magazines and fashion websites. Forbes magazine placed Adriana in second place in the ranking of the highest paid models in 2014.
Adriana Lima in childhood and now
Adriana Francesca Lima was born in June 1981 in hot Brazil. African, Portuguese, Indian and Japanese blood flows in the supermodel's veins. Adriana spent her childhood and teenage years in the former Brazilian capital, the city of Salvador. The parents of the future model, Maria de Graça Lima and Nelson Torres, divorced when their daughter was six months old. The girl was raised by her mother, who worked in social services.
Adriana Lima received recognition for her beauty at the age of 13. The girl attended beauty contests almost more often than school classes. It was at the age of 13 that Adriana Lima won the title of the main beauty in Salvador. Victory in her hometown was only the first step in Lima’s modeling career. After 2 years, Adriana took 2nd place in the prestigious beauty contest “Supermodel of the Year”, where girls from more than 60 countries of the world participated.
Model Adriana Lima
In 1998, Adriana Lima's modeling career continued: the 17-year-old girl signed a contract with an American agency and moved to New York.
Movies
Adriana’s cinematic biography started back in 1996, but the first prominent role went to the fashion model in the short film “Surveillance.” The supermodel portrayed the wife of the main character. The film received many flattering reviews from film critics and brought the creators substantial box office receipts.
In the fall of 2007, Lima, along with other Victoria's Secret angels, received an invitation to the comedy series How I Met Your Mother. The following year, the Brazilian model played herself in the film Ugly Betty. The project was first broadcast only in America, and then gained worldwide popularity.
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Adriana Lima in a swimsuit
2013 brought a new look to Adriana. This time, the fashion model starred in the serial film “Crazy,” starring Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
In 2018, Lima appeared as a cameo in the crime comedy Ocean's 8. The film received lukewarm reviews. On the Rotten Tomatoes portal, the project's freshness rating was 69%.
Appearance and style
In life, the model is completely different from the daring and overtly sexy images that designers create for Adriana. Bright makeup, the nuances of which the media write so much about, is absent in everyday life - only primer, mascara and eyebrow pencil.
Lima's casual outfit is a combination of elegance and comfort. Perhaps that is why, when a fashion model needs to stand on stilettos, Adriana chooses stylish Rupert Sanderson pumps. By the way, this brand of shoes is popular with the undisputed owner of good taste, the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine.
The model prefers to wear muted shades. Among the bright colors that Lima allows in clothes is coral. Thanks to her sense of style, Adriana was awarded the Daily Front Row Fashion Icon Awards in 2021.
Personal life
The personal life of the beautiful Adriana has always been of interest to representatives of the mass media. For some time they wrote about her relationship with musician Lenny Kravitz; Lima even appeared in Lenny’s video for the song Yesterday Is Gone. The young people got engaged in 2002, but broke up in 2003.
In February 2009, Lima married Serbian basketball player Marko Jaric. The lovers got married after a 3-year romance. This union produced 2 children: girls Valentina and Sienna Lima-Jarić. The youngest daughter appeared in 2012. And after 3 years, Adriana and her husband suddenly announced a divorce, which officially ended in 2016.
After leaving the “angels,” Adriana had more time for her daughters: “Every day brings joy simply because, when I wake up, I see beautiful girls. I'm happy if they are happy." However, the celebrity is still not accustomed to a quiet lifestyle and periodically delves into her career.
Lima's boyfriends included pitcher of the New York Mets baseball team Matt Harvey, with whom the affair lasted 2 months, and American football player Julian Edelman, who brightened up the model's evenings for six months.
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Adriana Lima and Marko Jaric
In May 2021, the celebrity appeared at a party accompanied by bodyguard Joe Thomas. The paparazzi noticed that the man came to the event more as Adriana's companion than as a security officer. After this release, rumors spread in the press about the birth of a new couple, but Lima did not officially confirm the relationship.
In May 2017, at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monaco, the model surprised fans: journalists captured a ring on her ring finger. While fans were deciding who the beauty’s mysterious husband was, Adriana posted a close-up photo of the jewelry on social networks and in the accompanying text said that she considered the ring to be an engagement ring, but did not receive the jewelry as a gift, but bought it herself.
With this gesture, the supermodel showed that she “married” her dreams and hobbies. Adriana encouraged the girls to follow the example and remain independent and free.
A month later, the celebrity met the Turkish writer Metin Hara. At the beginning of the relationship, Adriana called him the person with whom she would like to spend the rest of her days. But at the beginning of 2019, the couple separated by mutual consent without explanation. According to rumors, Lima was the first to take the initiative to get married, while Metin was supposed to move to America. Hara asked for time to think, and the model took this as a sign that her beloved doubted his feelings.
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Adriana Lima without makeup with her daughters
Soon, Adriana began a short-term affair with another Turk, entrepreneur Emir Uyar. According to rumors, the union broke up because of the Serbian fashion model Sofia Milosevic. The paparazzi even reported that Lima had gained weight due to her experiences after a difficult breakup with her former lover.
In May 2021, Adriana posted a joint photo with friends online, in which she was hugging a mysterious stranger. The model did not explain what feelings she has for the mysterious guy.
But Lima attracts the attention of not only her stronger half. In July of the same year, the fashion model published a collage in which she combined her own portrait with a photo of Megan Fox. In the photo, the celebrities have similar makeup and hair styled in the same way. Adriana emphasized that she could very well act as Megan’s understudy. And in response she received a portion of flirting from the bisexual actress.
Women's happiness of Adriana Lima
The personal life of supermodel Adriana Lima is a dark forest. Almost nothing is known about her young people who were before her marriage. What is known is that she was engaged to Lenny Kravitz and dated Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein II. But about her husband, basketball player Marko Jaric, and their relationship, you can tell a little more than just “they met.” They met, got married and had a beautiful daughter, Valentina, and read how this happened under the cut.
Marko Jaric and Adriana Lima met in 2006 at a charity event held in Los Angeles. Then the sponsor of this event was the Victoria's Secret brand, the face of which is the beautiful model Adriana. At first glance, the incredibly charming and sexy Lima struck the heart of the seemingly unremarkable Jaric, and he decided to act immediately. He made several attempts to talk to the unapproachable beauty, but everything turned out to be much more difficult than he expected. Lima was 25 at that time and, as before, she was very shy in relationships with men. After several unsuccessful tackles, Marco and Adriana finally found a common language.
After several months of communication, Adriana realized that she simply could not live without this brown-eyed basketball player. Well, Marco knew from the very beginning that he would always have warm feelings for Adriana, because, according to him, she is simply a divine woman. For two years, Yarich attended all VS shows with Adriana and participated in all important events in her life, and in July 2008 he decided to propose to Lima.
At a party celebrating Adriana's 27th birthday, Marco confessed his love to her and made a beautiful proposal. Naturally pure and innocent (Adriana kept her virginity before her marriage), the model was very excited, but at the same time happy. The couple got married in February 2009 and the same year Adriana gave birth to a daughter, who was named Valentina. This joyful event happened on November 15, 2009 in New York, and Marco did not forget to notice that Valentina was as beautiful as her mother.
Little Valentine:
And a little older:
Many believe that Serbian basketball player Marko is simply not worthy of such a beauty as Lima, especially since there were rumors that after Adriana’s pregnancy, he demanded that she undergo liposuction. Like, you’re not the same anymore, let’s go under the knife. I don’t know whether this is true or not, but everyone noticed that as soon as Lima got married and gave birth to a daughter, the spark that was in her at the age of 20 completely disappeared - evaporated. It is obvious that she no longer wants to be photographed, but does it because it is NECESSARY. Let's hope that everything is not in vain and their couple will last for many, many years together.
