Adriana Francesca Lima

Birthdate: June 12, 1981Birth location: Salvador, Bahia, BrazilBirth name: Adriana Francesca LimaMeasurements: 85-58-90 (EU)Height: 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Eye color: Blue-Grey (Sometime appears green)Hair color: Dark brownEthnicity: Portuguese, Amerindian, Afro-BrazilianAdriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) is a Brazilian supermodel, best accepted as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels.Adriana Lima rose to distinction out of beneath than alluring conditions. Lima was apparent while arcade at a bounded capital at the age of 13. At the age of 15, she accomplished 1st abode in a Ford Supermodel of Brazil archetypal search. Lima afterwards followed with a 2nd abode accomplishment in the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the Apple contest.Shortly after, Lima confused to New York City, and eventually confused on from Ford, signing with Elite Archetypal Management. Her aboriginal career consisted mostly of appearance beat plan (with aboriginal appearances in all-embracing editions of Vogue and Marie Claire in 1997/1998), as able-bodied as aerodrome plan (Christian Lacroix, Valentino, and others). Lima's aboriginal big breach came if she was featured in a Vassarette advance in Times Square. Her book career followed, and like abounding added acclaimed names (Claudia Schiffer, Laetitia Casta, Eva Herzigova), Lima became a GUESS? Girl in their 2000 Costanoa campaign.Lima connected to body aloft her entry, accomplishing added book plan (Maybelline, bebe, Mossimo, BCBG) and gracing the awning and editorials of added top appearance magazines (Harper's Bazaar, ELLE). Probably best accepted for her Victoria's Secret plan and Angel cachet (along with Heidi Klum and Gisele), Lima aboriginal graced the VS aerodrome in 2000, and was the appearance opener for the 2003 Victoria's Secret Appearance Show.In 2001 Adriana Lima starred in BMW Films short, "The Follow" alongside actors Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, and Forest Whitaker. In the film, Owen's appearance is assassin to chase Lima's, who is doubtable of cheating on her acclaimed husband, played by Rourke. The blur had a runtime of 8:47 including credits, was accounting by Andrew Kevin Walker, and directed by Wong Kar-Wai.Lima is currently represented by New York's DNA Models.Personal lifeLima has anachronous celebrities in the past, including an assurance with rocker Lenny Kravitz that concluded in 2003 and Major League Baseball amateur Derek Jeter. She is currently dating Prince Wence.Lima appear in the April 2006 awning affection of GQ annual that, per her All-embracing beliefs, she was still a virgin, explaining:Adriana LimaSex is for afterwards marriage. [Men] accept to account that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that agency they don't wish me.This abashed abounding humans because she has generally said that her relgion never afflicted how she lived, she had not been to abbey in abounding years and that humans immediatly accept she is heavily religous because she went to all-embracing academy if she was adolescent and wears a scapular about her neck.After the annual was appear Adriana publically said that the announcer who interveiwed her did not allege portuguese able-bodied and translated what she was adage wrongly. The announcer says he fabricated no mistakes but Adriana stands by what she said.Lima does accommodating plan by allowance with an orphanage, "Caminhos da Luz" (Ways of Light), amid in her hometown. She helps with architecture to aggrandize the orphanage, and buys clothes for poor accouchement in Salvador, Bahia.Facts and stats* Height: 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)* Measurements: 85-58-90 cm* Dress Size: 4 (US); 34 (EU)* Shoe Size: 9 (US); 41 (EU)* Eyes: Blue-Grey [2] (sometimes declared as green)* Hair: Dark Brown* Ethnicity: African, Native American, Swiss.* Nationality: Brazilian* Languages Spoken: Portuguese, Spanish, and English [3]* Religion: Roman Catholic.* Ranked #97 in Forbes.com's Highest Paid Celebirties account (2006)* Ranked #99 in Forbes.com's 100 Most Powerful Humans account (2006)* Ranked #57 in Maxim's Hot 100 (2003)* Ranked #1 in AskMen.com's Top 99 Women (2005) [4]* Ranked #4 in AskMen.com's Top 99 Women of 2006* Spokesmodel of XOXO, Armani Jeans, GUESS? [5] and Victoria's Secret* Ranked amount 97 on Forbes "Highest Paid Celebirties" List* She has a broken navel.* Whenever she gets active to a aggregation their sales access at atomic 30%.* She is a Gemini* Afterwards she was spotted accustomed a Luca Luca backpack the aggregation awash over 50,000 versions of the bag. It was renamed the "Leah" bag afterwards a name abutting accompany alarm her.* Adriana's appellation is 'LimaBean'.* She is said to be "the easiest being in the apple to accomplish laugh."* She owns a bar in Mexico.* She is bookish : her favourite columnist is Gabriel Garcia Marquez.* She would like to accompany acting or photography.* Abutting accompany alarm her Leah.* She does not like to travel.* She is actual religious and wears a scapular about her neck.* She is an alone child.* She is accomplished in Capoeira and Mixed Martial Arts* She is consistently listed as one of the top 5 models in the world.* She never leaves the abode after sunglasses.* She is accepted to get shy about people.* She is the favourite archetypal of acclaimed columnist Ellen von Unwerth who specializes in amative feminity beat photography.Quotes* "Modeling is a boxy job, your co-workers are your rivals, it absolutely puts a damper on your angle of added girls."* "Fashion is about acceptable energy. It's about feelings. That's what I accept to accord the people, acceptable activity and acceptable feelings."