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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 |
