Adriana Lima Biography
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Adriana Lima was born on June 12, 1981
in Salvador (da Bahia), Brazil.
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Adriana started modeling at the age of
thirteen. Then in 1996, the beautiful teen entered a contest by the
Ford Modeling company who was conducting a worldwide search for
young models. Even though she was just 16, she came in second
place. She moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model
Management. She was soon appearing in such glamour magazines as
Vogue and Marie Claire.
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In 2000, she hit supermodel status when
she became a Victoria Secrets Angel in 2000. She was soon amazing
fans with her grace and beauty around the world on a grand scale.
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In 2001 she had an appearance in the
movie The Hire: Follow. In 2002 she had a short engagement to
singer Lenny Kravitz.
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She continues to do ads for Victoria
Secrets, but can also be seen in advertisements for Mabeline,
Guess?, XOXO, BCBG, Keds, Mossimo, bebe, Anna Sui and Gasoline to
name a few.
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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