Adriana Lima is one of the most influential models in the industry. Her career is astonishing.
Many younger girls wanna be like Adriana Lima when they grow up, not only because of her stunning look but also because of her career and achievements. So let’s dive into Adriana Lima’s life and find out why!
- She was born on June 12, 1987 in Brazil.
- At multiple times, she has claimed to be Native-Brazilian, African-Brazilian, Portuguese, French, and of Caribbean heritage.
- In one Youtube interview, she even said that she was Japanese!
- Her father is European and her mother is Brazilian mixed with African, European and Amerindian.
- Her surname (Lima) is of Portuguese origin.
- She wasn’t interested in modeling even though she won many beauty contests during primary school.
- In an interview during 2006 she mentioned that even though she doesn’t like kids she would like to become a pediatrician.
- She came first in Ford’s “Supermodel of Brazil” model search in 1996.
- She applied only to support her friend who had already applied for it and didn’t want to be alone.
- She again entered in the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the Year contest and finished as runner up.
- Her first modeling agency was Elite Model Management in New York in 1996.
- She became a (Victoria’s) Angel in 2002.
- She has opened the show five times in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012- which is a kind of honor in the modeling world!
- She reads the Bible before her shows.
- She appeared on various Ad campaigns for various brands.
- She appeared in the -much-criticized- Ad campaign “Angel in Venice” in 2003.
- She was chosen to wear the “Fantasy Bra” at the 2008 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The Bra was valued at $5 million and weighed around 300g with 3575 black diamonds, 117 white round diamonds, 34 Rubies, and 2 black diamond drops.
- In 2000, she became a Guess? Girl.
- She was also in the book “A Second Decade of Guess? Images.”
- She began to appear in many international editions including the famous Vogue, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, etc
- From 2003 until 2009 she was the spoke model for Maybelline.
- She was also part of Maybelline’s first calendar.
- Lima also appeared on the cover of GQ magazine in April’s 2006 edition.
- We don’t if her cover was the reason, but it became the highest-selling issue for GQ’s publication E-V-E-R.
- GQ magazine named Adriana Lima as the “World’s Most Voluptuous Virgin”.
- She was a virgin until marriage.
- She is very religious.
- Askmen.com visitors voted Adriana Lima at #1 as the Most Desirable Woman in 2005.
- She was listed at #99 in the 2005’s list of “Celebrity 100” by Forbes.
- The next year, 2006, she was also listed at #99 of “Celebrity 100” by Forbes.
- The same year she was positioned #5 at the Highest-Paid Supermodel list by Forbes.
- She managed to climb up to the 4th position in 2007 and 2008.
- The same year she was at #7 among the “100 Sexiest Women 2007” list by FHM.
- In 2007, she also appeared with only shoes, diamonds, and gloves on the cover of Vanity Fair with her fellow Angels.
- She performed summer campaigns and runway shows for Mexico’s Liverpool departmental store in February 2008.
- During 2002 she dated and got engaged with the songwriter, Lenny Kravitz.
- Before they started dating he was her favorite singer.
- In 2003 they broke up.
- After Lenny Kravitz, she started dating a real prince and more specifically Prince Wenzeslaus of Lichtenstein.
- She married Serbian NBA player Marko Jaric on Valentine’s Day in 2009.
- She was denied a Serbian Citizenship the same year.
- Adriana Lima and Marko Jaric have 2 daughters- Valentina Lima Jaric born on 15th of November 2009 and Sienna Lima Jaric born on 12th of September 2012.
- Before giving birth to her first daughter she claimed she had never been to the gym (!)
- Lima and Jaric got divorced in May of 2014. They were married for 5 years.
- She helped Mavi Jeans to increase their sales by 50% when she became their spokesmodel in 2012.
- The clothing she wore for Mavi Jeans ad campaign were in so much demand that they ran out of stock.
- She first woman who was featured pregnant on a calendar for Pirelli’s 2013 edition.
- Richard Philips had Adriana Lima as his subject of painting at the 24th street Gagosian Gallery in New York.
- Adriana Lima was named on the Forbes Top Earning Models List in 2012 at #4.
- Her estimated net worth was around $7.3 million in a year.
- She was part of the “Angels Across America” Tour in 2004 along with other famous supermodels such as Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen, and Alessandra Ambrosio in order to promote Victoria’s Secret.
- She was the host presenter of a TV program on E! Entertainment Network titled “What is Sexy?”.
- Adriana Lima had also played in the “The Follow” with Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker. This movie was her debut!
- She appeared in the famous TV series “How I met your mother” and she played… Adriana Lima!
- Lima was featured in the Super Bowl XL II Victoria’s Secret Ad in 2008 which was watched by 103.7 million viewers and it became the single most-watched ad of the game.
- Her Italian nickname is “Catherine Zeta Jones” of Italy, because of the appearance as the face of their cell phone carrier “Telecom Italia Mobile.”
- She was firmly criticized widely in 2011 when she revealed her diet plan prior to Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
- Her plan included no liquids in the last nine days before the show and working out twice a day.
- Google revealed in 2012 that her diet plan became one among the top 5 searched diets in the world.
- Due to Lima’s appearance in the ad of Kia Motors, was observed an increase in sales from 31%to 138.6% in just one month (January-February 2012).
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