Birthdate: June 12, 1981
Birth location: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Birth name: Adriana Francesca Lima
Measurements: 85-58-90 (EU)
Height: 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Eye color: Blue-Grey (Sometime appears green)
Hair color: Dark brown
Ethnicity: Portuguese, Amerindian, Afro-Brazilian

Adriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) is a Brazilian supermodel, best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels.

Adriana Lima rose to stardom out of less than glamorous conditions. Lima was discovered while shopping at a local mall at the age of 13. At the age of 15, she finished 1st place in a Ford Supermodel of Brazil model search. Lima later followed with a 2nd place finish in the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the World contest.


Adriana Lima was born in Salvador, Brazil. She is sexy and strikingly beautiful at five foot ten with chocolate brown hair and steel blue/grey eyes she can attribute her exotic good looks to her French, Portuguese, Native-American, and Caribbean heritage. Did you know that she’s fluent in three languages—Spanish, Portuguese and English? That she’s bookish? Or that she’s deeply committed to her charitable work for “Caminos Da Luz,” (Ways of Light) an orphanage in her hometown of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, raising awareness and money for the shelter.


Facts and stats

1. Height: 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
2. Measurements: 85-58-90 cm
3. Dress Size: 4 (US); 34 (EU)
4. Shoe Size: 9 (US); 41 (EU)
5. Eyes: Blue-Grey [2] (sometimes described as green)
6. Hair: Dark Brown
7. Ethnicity: African, Native American, Swiss.
8. Nationality: Brazilian
9. Languages Spoken: Portuguese, Spanish, and English [3]
10. Religion: Roman Catholic.
11. Ranked #97 in Forbes.com's Highest Paid Celebirties list (2006)
12. Ranked #99 in Forbes.com's 100 Most Powerful People list (2006)
13. Ranked #57 in Maxim's Hot 100 (2003)
14. Ranked #1 in AskMen.com's Top 99 Women (2005) [4]
15. Ranked #4 in AskMen.com's Top 99 Women of 2006
16. Spokesmodel of XOXO, Armani Jeans, GUESS? [5] and Victoria's Secret
17. Ranked number 97 on Forbes "Highest Paid Celebirties" List
18. She has a pierced navel.
19. Whenever she gets signed to a company their sales increase at least 30%.
20. She is a Gemini
21. After she was spotted carrying a Luca Luca handbag the company sold over 50,000 versions of the bag. It was renamed the "Leah" bag after a name close friends call her.
22. Adriana's nickname is 'LimaBean'.
23. She is said to be "the easiest person in the world to make laugh."
24. She owns a bar in Mexico.
25. She is bookish : her favourite author is Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
26. She would like to pursue acting or photography.
27. Close friends call her Leah.
28. She does not like to travel.
29. She is very religious and wears a scapular around her neck.
30. She is an only child.
31. She is trained in Capoeira and Mixed Martial Arts
32. She is always listed as one of the top five models in the world.
33. She never leaves the house without sunglasses.
34. She is known to get shy around people.
35. She is the favourite model of famed photographer Ellen von Unwerth who specializes in erotic feminity editorial photography.

Quotes

1. Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.
2. Every work has the bad side, and people will be mean to you, and when you're young, you don't know how to defend yourself.
3. Fashion is about good energy. It's about feelings. That's what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings.
4. For makeup, I love Shu Uemura. For my skin, I don't like to use much lotion or any soaps. I just let mother nature do her job.
5. For the moment I like my body. I don't think it's the best one, but I don't have anything I don't like about it-yet.
6. Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.
7. I didn't know anything about fashion. I couldn't believe it when I got here. I don't know how I'm sitting here right now speaking English.
8. I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model.

More quotes @ brainyqutoe.com.
Find more about Lima @ adrianaunlimated.tk.

What is there to say about her? Her visual speaks for her. Model is definitely the right job for her, she does it great. Go girl! I have loads of images to paste of her, so entry after entry, expect it.