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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
Marilyn Agency
Known For
Body, Breasts, Lips, Eyes, Virginity
Status
Established, sexy girl
Friends
Alessandra Ambrosio, Gisele Bündchen, Izabel Goulart, Selita Ebanks, Miranda Kerr, Heidi Klum, Karolina Kurkova, Marisa Miller
Married
Marko Jaric
Interests
Reading novels, charity work for an orphanage in her hometown
Model Turned...
actress

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Adriana Lima's Career Highlights

12 JUN, 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»
16 JUL, 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”
2 OCT, 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
30 APR, 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»
SEP 2008
Featured on the cover of British GQ alongside Victoria's Secret Angels
SEP 2008
Leaves DNA Management in New York, and signs with Marilyn Agency
NOV 2008
Appears in French Vogue editorial, photographed by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzelle
FEB 2009
Makes a runway appearance at the fall Givenchy show in Paris
14 FEB, 2009
Marries NBA player Marko Jaric Story»
26 MAR, 2009
Announces pregnancy with husband Marko Jaric Story»
MAY 2009
Featured in Forbes world's highest-paid models, making an estimated $8 million
2009
Becomes one of the faces of Givenchy, photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott
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