Adriana
Lima Biography
Adriana
Lima was born in 1982, in Salvador, Brazil. The blue/gray-eyed beauty
can attribute her exotic good looks to her French, Portuguese, Native-American,
and Caribbean heritage.
While
her heritage may be a mix, her beauty and success are crystal clear.
Like her Brazilian counterparts Gisele Bundchen and Ana Beatriz
Barros, Adriana hails from a small town, a far cry from the glamorous
life she inhabits today. Her climb from obscurity to glam girl occurred
after placing second in the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest
(after having won the 1996 Ford Supermodel of Brazil Contest).
Adriana
signed with Elite Model Management at the age of 16, and moved to
one of the fashion centers of the world, New York. Once there, her
modeling portfolio only began to expand exponentially, after appearing
in Vogue (Italy) in 1997, as well as Vogue (UK), I-D (UK), Marie
Claire (Brazil), and Vogue (Italy) in 1998. Adriana has also appeared
in Vogue (US, Germany, UK), and Marie Claire (Italy) all in 1999.
As for
fashion shows, the Vogue girl has walked down the runway for the
following designers: Cynthia Rowley, Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix,
Emanuel Ungaro, Betsey Johnson, Girls Rule, Richard Tyler, Emporio
Armani, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Randolph Duke, Ralph Lauren, and
Valentino, just to name a few. But one of Adriana's most notable
catwalk appearances was in the Victoria's Secret Summer 2000 Swimwear
Catalogue (shot in Cannes), where the Brazilian beauty shared the
spotlight with a bevy of supermodels such as Heidi Klum and Laetitia
Casta.
Those
who have not had the pleasure of seeing Adriana in a magazine fashion
spread may have caught her in advertisements for Anna Sui Jeans,
Bebe, Gasoline, Mossimo, Victoria's Secret, BCBG, Keds, XOXO, and
Guess?.
Before
her modeling days, Adriana always hoped to help children, and thanks
to her new found popularity, she is able to work with orphans in
Brazil. Whether you have seen her in an ad, on the runway, or photographed
by some of the world's greatest photographers -- such as Steven
Meisel, Peter Lindbergh or Ellen von Unwerth -- Adriana's beauty
speaks volumes.
Adriana
Lima Filmography
The Victoria's Secret
Fashion Show (2001) (TV)--Herself (Model)
The Follow (2001)--The
Wife
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