Adriana Lima
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Lima at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2015
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| Born |
June 12, 1981 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian, Serbian |
| Spouse(s) | Marko Jaric (m. 2009; div. 2016) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hair color | Dark Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
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Adriana Lima (Brazilian Portuguese: [adɾiˈãnɐ ˈlimɐ]; born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian model and actress, best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 1999 (being their longest-running model and named "the most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel" in 2017), as a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics since 2003 and for her Super Bowl and Kia Motors commercials. At the age of 15, Lima won Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition, and took second place the following year in the Ford "Supermodel of the World" competition before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City.
Since 2014, Lima is the world's second highest-paid model. In 2012, she came in 4th on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $7.3 million in one year. In 2013, she came in 3rd place and in 2014 she came in 2nd place with earnings of $8 million. In 2015, she came in 2nd place with earnings of $9 million. In 2016, she kept the 2nd place with earnings of $10.5 million.
Lima is the current brand ambassador for the Barcelona-based clothing brand Desigual, and for the Beachwear collection of Italian brand Calzedonia.
Lima was born in June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Brazil. The surname "Lima" is of Portuguese origin. Many sources state that "Francesca" is her middle name, but Lima herself denied this in an interview to W Radio Colombia in 2010, and confirmed that her name is only Adriana Lima. Her parents are Nelson Torres and Maria das Graças Lima, a social worker. Her father left the family when she was only six months old, and Lima was raised only by her mother.
About her ethnicity, Lima identifies herself as Afro-Brazilian and stated that she is of Indigenous, Swiss, African, Japanese and West Indian ancestry.
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