Adriana Francesca Lima is a Brazilian model like Alessandra Corine Ambrosio who was born in Salvador, Bahia with the height of 5’10. In addition to her native Portuguese, she speaks English, French and a little bit of Italian and Spanish. Adriana is shy when she’s surrounded by boys when she was younger, not receiving her first kiss at the age of 17. She is a devout Catholic who goes to church every Sunday. This hottie girl is best known as Victoria’s Secret Angel since the year 2000. She is also an endorser of Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009.
At a young age Adriana Francesca Lima never thought of being a model although she had won many beauty pageants in her elementary years. However, she had a friend at school that wanted to enter a modelin g contest and did not want to enter alone, so Lima accompanied her. Both sent their pictures, and the contest sponsor soon asked Adriana to come out for 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 won in second place. Three years later, she moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management. After acquiring representation, Adriana Lima’s modeling portfolio quickly began to expand, and she appea red in numerous international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire.
As a runway model, Adriana Francesca Lima walked the catwalks for designers like Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren, Louis Vuitton and Valentino. She also worked for notable fashion brands such as Bebe, Mossimo, Bulgari, De Beers, FCUK, Keds, Swatch, Versace and among others. Furthermore, she appeared in editorials of other fashion magazine 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. She also modeled 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.”
Adriana 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. She is also seen in television ads for the brand, including the praised and criticized. “Angel in Venice” comme rcial of 2003 with Bob Dylan and her solo Victoria’s Secret’s Super Bowl XLII ad, the single most-seen ad game, watched by 103.7 million viewers and in 2008 continued for her 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. Topping the year off, Lima wore the “Fantasy Bra” for the 2008 Victoria’s Secrets fashion show. Lima skipped the 2009 Fashion Show due of her pregnancy and once again she’s back in 2010 wearing “The Bombshell Fantasy Bra” valued $2 million.
Adriana Francesca Lima has been romantically linked to musician/ singer Lenny Kravitz and Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein. In November 2007, it was confirmed that she was dating a Serbian basketball player Marko Jaric and planned on a large wedding in Salvador. Eventually, they eloped in a private civil ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on St. Valentine’s Day in February 2009 with plans for two separate weddings in their respective hometowns at the end of 2009 and applied for Siberian citizenship.
Adriana Francesca Lima does charitable work helping orphanage, “Caminhos da Luz” (Ways of Light) which is located in her hometown. She helps for the construction of the expansion of the orphanage and buys clothes to the little children. She is a girl who is being admire by most people who has the look, the attitude to help and inspired many people as we live in this kind of world, she’s simply a blessing!