Adriana Lima Fan Site

New Adriana Lima Photos

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Sexy Victoria’s Secret Models

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Sexy Victoria’s secret models talk about their first kisses. Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, Izabel Goulart, Selita Ebanks, and Heidi Klum.
with Special Guest Justin Timberlake

Hot Adriana Lima

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Check out hot and sexy video clips of supermodel Adriana lima. From lingerie, bikinis and dresses, this victorias secret model is so hot and sexy.

Beautiful Adrianna Lima on Youtube

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Great commercial featuring Adrianna lima and some old man. Adrianna Lima wears sexy white victoria’s secret lingerie and feathery wings. Hot youtube commercial of her in a pushup bra.

Awesome Adrianna Lima Tribute

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Sexy fan tribute to Adrianna lima, bikini, corsets, maidenform bras, jockey shorts, bathing suits, dresses, boots, garters, miniskirts, gowns and nightgowns, this collage of commercials has victoria’s secret model wearing it all. lingerie to heels and school girl outfits.

Sexy Adriana Lima Video

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New Photos From Askmen

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Adriana Lima Offical Web Site

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www.adrianalima.com

You Can Find Anything...

3 Adriana Lima Photos

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Adriana Lima From imdb

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Date of Birth:

12 June 1981, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil more

Mini Biography:

Adriana Francesca Lima was born on June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil... more

Trivia:

She has helped financially and worked with orphaned children in Brazil... more

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Self, Archive Footage

Actress:

The Follow (2001) .... Wife
... aka The Hire: The Follow (USA: series title)

Self:

Guys Choice (2007) (TV) .... Herself - Hottest Girl on the Planet Award winner
"Videofashion! News" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
- A Male Perspective (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2006) (TV) .... Herself/Model
Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank? (2006) (TV) .... Herself
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2005) (TV) .... Herself (Model)
"The Fabulous Life of" .... #5 / ... (1 episode, 2005)
- Today's Hottest Supermodels (2005) TV Episode .... Herself/#5
"The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka The Late Late Show (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 12 November 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2003) (TV) .... Model/Herself
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2002) (TV) .... Herself (Model)
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2001) (TV) .... Herself (Model)

Archive Footage:

"The Tyra Banks Show"
- Tyra's Last Walk (2005) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Herself

Other Works:

Print ad for Bebe clothing (1999) more

Publicity Listings:

4 Pictorials more

Genres:

Documentary / Action / Biography / Comedy more

Plot Keywords:

Lingerie / Beautiful Woman / Beauty / Fashion more

STARmeter:

29% since last week why?

Adriana Lima

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Adriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian supermodel. She was dubbed as "The World's Most Voluptuous Virgin" by US GQ magazine.^[3] She is best known for her modeling work with Victoria's Secret and Maybelline. According to Forbes, Lima is currently the fourth highest paid top model.^[4]

Early life and family

Lima was born in the northeastern coastal town of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in June 12, 1981^[5] and is an only child to parents Nelson Torres and Maria da Graça Lima, a social worker.^[6] She has stated that she is of African, Indian and Swiss descent.^[7]

When she was 6 months old, her father walked out on her and her mother.^[6] She has since been distanced from him. However, recently, she has been making attempts to reconcile with her estranged father.^[8]

Modeling career

Adriana Lima was discovered while shopping at a local mall at the age of 13. When Lima was 15 years old, 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 second place.^[9] Three years later, she moved to New York City, and signed with Elite Model Management. Lima’s modeling portfolio began to expand exponentially, appearing 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, 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'.^[10]

In 2001, Lima starred in BMW short film, The Follow alongside actors Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, and Forest Whitaker. The film was directed by Hong Kong film director and internationally renowned auteur Wong Kar-Wai.^[11]

Lima continued to build upon her entry, doing more print work for Maybelline, bebe, Mossimo, BCBG and gracing the cover and editorials of more high fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Vogue, GQ, to name a few. Her April 2006 GQ cover was the highest-selling issue of the year. ^[12]Her other notable works include the well-famed Pirelli Calendar 2005^[10] and the face of Italy’s big cell phone carrier Telecom Italia Mobile where she became known as the "Catherine Zeta-Jones of Italy."^[13]

Lima is probably best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. She first graced the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 1999 and has appeared on subsequent shows ever since. Her most notable walk down the runway was in 2003, where she was the show opener. She is currently a contract 'Angel' and spokesperson for the brand.^[10]

She is also a spokesperson for cosmetic giant Maybelline New York.^[2]

According to Forbes, Lima is the fourth world's richest top model with an estimated earnings of $6,000,000 between July 2006 and July 2007.^[12] She has appeared on Forbes' Top 100 Celebrities list in 2005 and 2006.^[13] ^[4]^[14]

Personal life

Lima is fluent in three languages—Portuguese, Spanish and English. In her free time, she loves reading a novel by her favorite author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.^[2] Lima has admitted that she was shy around boys when she was younger. She got her first kiss at 17 years old.^[15] In an interview with GQ April 2006 issue, Lima told the magazine that she is a virgin. “Sex is for after marriage," she says. "[Men] have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me."^[16]

Despite reports, Lima denied ever being engaged to rocker Lenny Kravitz^[17] and said that she and Kravitz are just friends.^[18] She has also been romantically linked to other celebrities in the past, including Major League Baseball player Derek Jeter^[3] and Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein.^[14]

Lima in the media

Since her rise to fame, Lima is often cited by popular media as one of the world's sexiest women. She ranked 7th on FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2007^[19] and was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007.^[20] 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.^[21] Lima was also voted on the Maxim Hot 100 2007 as number 53. She was voted as the Most Desirable Woman in 2005 by visitors of the largest men's lifestyle website, Askmen.com (she placed 4th in 2006 and also 4th in 2007).

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.^[9]