List Of 38 Adriana Lima Facts:
#1 Lima was born on 12 June 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
#2 Her father, Nelson Torres, left the family when she was six months old.
#3 Growing up, Adriana was fascinated with medicine.
“When I started, I was too young to know what I wanted,” the Brazilian beauty said. “But today I would like to be a doctor. I want to be pediatry…how do you call it, pediatrician?”
#4 She was discovered at a shopping mall when she was 13 years old.
#5 Lima won Ford’s Supermodel of Brazil competition at the age of 15.
#6 She can speak four languages.
Adriana Lima poses backstage at The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at the 69th Regiment Armory November 9, 2005 in New York City – @Getty
#7 She moved to New York in 1997 and signed with Elite Model Management.
#8 In 1997, she walked her first runway in 1997, appearing in Anna Sui’s spring 1998 presentation.
“When I moved to New York, it was 1997 and I stayed at Eileen Ford’s home in New York City,” Lima said in an interview. “I wasn’t in a model apartment because I was so young. I started doing castings right away. I remember my first week having castings all day, from 9 in the morning to 7 or 8 at night.”
Victoria’s Secret
#9 Lima started her Victoria’s Secret career in 1998.
Adriana Lima arrives to the New York Premiere of ‘Perfect Stranger’ held at the Ziegfeld Theater – 2007 – @Getty
“Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls,” Lima once said.
#10 Adriana made her debut in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 1999. She was 17.
#11 In 1998, Adriana landed her first magazine cover, Marie Claire Brazil.
#12 In 2004, she was part of the Angels Across America Tour.
#13 Adriana appeared in her first Super Bowl advertisement in 2008.
#14 In 2008, Adriana wore the Fantasy Bra for the first time.
#15 In early 2017, she was named”the most valuable Victoria’s Secret Angel.
#16 She is the longest-serving Victoria’s Secret Angel (1999–2018).
Adriana Lima attends Sony Pictures’ “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood” Los Angeles Premiere on July 22, 2019 – @Getty
#17 Her retirement was announced with a special video package calling her “the greatest angel of all time.”
“I love Victoria’s Secret and the brand, and I’m passionate about Victoria’s Secret commercials, too,” the Brazilian supermodel confessed.
#18 In April 2024, Lima appeared in a campaign for Victoria’s Secret Heavenly Eau de Parfum.
#19 She made a comeback to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on October 15, 2024.
#20 In 2025, Lima became the new face of the skincare brand Helena Rubinstein.
#21 The star has also worked for Anna Sui, Christian Dior, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Vera Wang, and Giorgio Armani.
#22 She carried the flaming Olympic torch aloft ahead of the historic Rio 2016 Games.
Adriana Lima attends 2016 Fragrance Foundation Awards at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on June 7, 2016 in New York City – @Getty
“I am grateful to experience this incredible honor and dream to carry the Olympic torch, so humbled to be carrying in my home country,” Lima wrote on Instagram.
Wealth
#23 In 2013, Lima became the third-highest-paid supermodel, earning $6 million.
#24 Adriana Lima has a net worth of $100 million.
#25 Lima was a spokesmodel for Maybelline from 2003 to 2009.
#26 Lima is the second-best-paid Brazilian model after Gisele Bündchen.
#27 In 2018, she made a cameo in her first feature film in Ocean’s Eight.
Adriana Lima attends Madonna presents An Evening of Music, Art, Mischief and Performance 2016 – @Getty
#28 Lima became a brand ambassador for Puma in 2018. One year later, Puma and Adriana Lima launched their first collection together.
“My partnership with PUMA has been extremely collaborative, not only being able to be the face of several of their campaigns, but now launching my very own,” Adriana stated in a press release.
#29 In 2023, Lima was named as FIFA Global Fan Ambassador. “When you get to meet Adriana, you feel right away her warmth, kindness, and how approachable and passionate she is about our game,” Gianni Infantino, President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association, said.
#30 She is 5′ 10″ (1.78 m) tall.
#31 She practices boxing.
“My favorite workout is boxing because it helps to keep me in shape both mentally and physically,” Lima wrote on Facebook.
#32 She has her wax figure at Madame Tussauds in New York.
Family
#33 Lima welcomed son Cyan with her then boyfriend, Andre Lemmers, in 2022. The pair began their relationship at the start of 2021.
$34 In December 2024, the fan-favorite Brazilian model married Andre Lemmers.
Andre Lemmers and Adriana Lima attend the 69th Taormina Film Festival on June 27, 2023 in Taormina, Italy – @Getty
#35 She was engaged to Lenny Kravitz.
#36 On February 14, 2009, Lima and Serbian former professional basketball player Marko Jarić eloped in a private civil ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
“I never saw myself being married. But after I met him, everything changed,” she confessed. “I knew he was the one, and I could see myself married with him and with a big family.”
#37 Adriana and Marko divorced on March 14, 2016. The two said in a joint statement: “After long and careful consideration, we have decided to separate after five years of marriage.”
Adriana Lima and NBA basketball player Marko Jaric in the audience at the 2008 ESPY Awards – @Getty
#38 She has two daughters, Sienna and Valentina, with ex-husband Marko Jarić.
“Becoming a mother changes everything,” Lima told Daily Mail in 2020. “Beauty and self-care go out the window sometimes. But as my two daughters have gotten older, I’ve realized that they copy a lot of what I do and my habits, and it’s important for me to make sure they’re copying good ones.”
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