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Adriana Lima

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Nationality:
Brazilian
Birthday:
June 12, 1981
Born in:
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
DNA
Known for:
My body, my breasts, my lips, my eyes, my virginity
Status:
Established, sexy girl
Dated:
Marko Jaric (2008), Lenny Kravitz, Derek Jeter, Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein
Friends with:
Alessandra Ambrosio, Gisele Bündchen, Heidi Klum, Izabel Goulart, Karolina Kurkova, Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr, Selita Ebanks
Model turned…
Actress (The Follow, 2001)
Interests:
Reading novels, charity work for an orphanage in her hometown

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Career

Victoria’s Secret, 2005

Jun 12, 1981
Born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
1987
Father leaves Adriana and her mother
1992
Enters the Ford Supermodel of the World contest, wins second place
1997
Moves to New York, signs with Elite Model Management
Sep 1997
Debuts at the spring Anna Sui show in New York
1997
Becomes the face of Anna Molinari
1999
Starts modeling for Victoria’s Secret
2000
Models for Victoria's Secret summer catalog
Feb 2000
Walks the fall Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, Emporio Armani, Fendi, and Valentino shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
2000
Becomes the face of Guess?
2001
Stars in the short film The Hire: The Follow, directed by Wong Kar-Wai, alongside actors Mickey Rourke and Clive Owen
Nov 2001
Walks in the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show
2002
Rumored to have become engaged to Lenny Kravitz
Mar 2002
Walks the fall Alexander McQueen and John Galliano shows in Paris
2003
Signs cosmetics contract with Maybelline Video »
Mar 2003
Appears on cover of Elle
Jul 2003
Closes the fall Versace couture show in Paris
Nov 2003
Opens the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show Video »
2004
Co-stars with Bob Dylan in a Victoria’s Secret commercial set in Venice, wearing nothing but lingerie, heels, and a pair of wings Video »
2005
Becomes the face of Italian cell-phone giant Telecom Italia Mobile; becomes known as the “Catherine Zeta-Jones of Italy”
2006
Claims she is a virgin
Apr 2006
Featured on the cover of GQ, becoming the best selling issue of the year Video »
Apr 2007
Named by People magazine as one of the 100 Most Beautiful People in the World Video »
Jul 16, 2007
Named one of the world’s highest-paid models by Forbes
Sep 2007
Appears in Vanity Fair’s style-issue spread “Blame It on Brazil”
Oct 2, 2007
Featured in Vanity Fair's preview of the Victoria's Secret fashion show Video »
2008
Dates basketball star Marko Jaric of the Minnesota Timberwolves Story »
Jan 2008
Stars in Victoria's Secret television commercial during the Superbowl Video »
Feb 2008
Appears on the cover of Esquire magazine alongside Selita Ebanks, Karolina Kurkova, and Izabel Goulart under the headline "75 Years of Women" Video »
Apr 2008
Featured on the cover of GQ, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Apr 30, 2008
Named the world’s fourth highest-paid model by Forbes, having made a reported $7 million in the past year Story »
Jun 2008
Gets engaged to basketball player Marko Jaric Story »

Quoted

“You think they'd allow me on a plane with only boy shorts?”

Esquire magazine (February 2008)

“Life without a father was confusing at times, I didn't know if I was to blame and I didn't know anything about him...but I love my mother and I have a bond with her that most people don't share with their own mothers. It all worked out.”

AdrianaLimaFan.net

“You have to be very secure about yourself, very confident.”

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