Adriana Francesca Lima Türkçe Biyografi

Adriana Lima (Tam adı: Adriana Francesca Lima) (Doğum Tarihi: 12 Haziran 1981, Doğum Yeri: Bahia, Brezilya) Brezilyalı süpermodel. Victoria's Secret için çalışmalarıyla tanınır.
Adriana Lima, 13 yaşındayken bir alışveriş merkezinde keşfedildi. 15 yaşında iken Ford süpermodel Brezilya yarışmasında 1. , 1998 yılında da; uluslararası Ford süpermodel yarışmasında 2. oldu. Daha sonra New York City'e taşınan Lima; Elite Model Management ile sözleşme imzalar ve kariyeri çıkışa geçti. Vogue, Marie Claire'de kapak olmasının yanı sıra; Christian Lacroix, Valentino, Ralph Lauren, Armani ve Christian Dior gibi markaların da başmodeli oldu. 2000 yılında Victora's Secret mankeni olmasıyla ününü dünya çapına taşıdı. 2001 yılında; The Follow isimli filmde Mickey Rourke ve Cliwe Owen ile oynadı. 2003 yılında Lenny Kravitz ile nişanlanan Lima; 2003 yılında Beyzbol oyuncusu Derek Jeter ile çıkmaya başlayarak ilişkisini sonlandırdı. 2006 Nisan'ında yaptığı konuşmada koyu bir katolik olduğunu söyleyen Lima; bakire olduğunu ve cinselliğin evlilik sonrasında yaşanması gerektiğini belirtti.
Portekizce, İngilizce ve İspanyolca konuşabilen Lima; bir çok kez bir çok forum tarafından dünyanın en güzel kadınları arasında gösterildi.

Adriana Francesca Lima English Biography

Adriana Lima
Adriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian supermodel. She was dubbed as "The World's Most Voluptuous Virgin" by US GQ magazine.She is best known for her modeling work with Victoria's Secret and Maybelline.
Early life and family
Lima was born in the northeastern coastal town of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in June 12, 1981 and is an only child to parents Nelson Torres and Maria da Graça Lima, a social worker.She has stated that she is of African, Indian and Swiss descent.
When she was 6 months old, her father walked out on her and her mother.She has since been distanced from him. However, recently, she has been making attempts to reconcile with her estranged father.
Modeling career
Lima was discovered while shopping at a local mall at the age of 13. When Lima was 15 years old, she entered and finished in first place in Brazil's Ford Supermodel of the World Search. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the World contest and finished second place.Three years later, she moved to New York City, and signed with Elite Model Management. Lima’s modeling portfolio began to expand exponentially, appearing in numerous international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire. As for fashion shows, she has walked the catwalks for big-name designers such as Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren, Valentino, among others. Lima then became a GUESS? girl appearing on GUESS?' Fall 2000 ad campaign. She also appeared in the book 'A second decade of Guess? Images'
In 2001, Lima starred in BMW short film, The Follow alongside actors Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, and Forest Whitaker. The film was directed by Hong Kong film director and internationally renowned auteur Wong Kar-Wai.
Lima continued to build upon her entry, doing more print work for Maybelline, bebe, Mossimo, BCBG and gracing the cover and editorials of more high fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Vogue, GQ, to name a few. Her April 2006 GQ cover was the highest-selling issue of the year. Her other notable works include the well-famed Pirelli Calendar 2005 and the face of Italy’s big cell phone carrier Telecom Italia Mobile where she became known as the "Catherine Zeta-Jones of Italy."
Lima is probably best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. She first graced the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 1999 and has appeared on subsequent shows ever since. Her most notable walk down the runway was in 2003, where she was the show opener. She is currently a contract 'Angel' and spokesperson for the brand.
Lima is also a spokesperson for cosmetic giant Maybelline New York. She is the world's fourth highest paid supermodel as of 2007.

Personal life
Lima is fluent in three languages—Portuguese, Spanish and English. In her free time, she loves reading a novel by her favorite author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Lima has admitted that she was shy around boys when she was younger. She got her first kiss at 17 years old. In an interview with GQ April 2006 issue, Lima told the magazine that she is a virgin. “Sex is for after marriage," she says. "They have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me."
Despite reports, Lima denied ever being engaged to rocker Lenny Kravitz and said that she and Kravitz are just friends. She has also been romantically linked to other celebrities in the past, including Major League Baseball player Derek Jeter and Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein.
Lima in the media
Since her rise to fame, Lima is often cited by popular media as one of the world's sexiest women. She ranked 7th on FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2007 and was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007. On June 13, 2007, she was awarded as "Hottest Girl on the Planet" at the first Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards but the category was not mentioned in the actual show. Lima was also voted on the Maxim Hot 100 2007 as number 53. She was voted as the Most Desirable Woman in 2005 by visitors of the largest men's lifestyle website, Askmen.com (she placed 4th in 2006 and also 4th in 2007).
Charity
Lima does charitable work helping with an orphanage, "Caminhos da Luz" (Ways of Light), located in her hometown. She helps with construction to expand the orphanage, and buys clothes for poor children in Salvador, Bahia.

Adriana Francesca Lima Enlish Biography

Adriana Francesca Lima was born on June 12, 1981 in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. She is now best
known as one of the faces of Victoria's Secret. To begin her career she, at the age of
thirteen, had finished the first place in a Ford Supermodel of Brazil model search before she
finally won the second place in the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the World contest. Following her
"victory," Adriana soon moved to New York City, and eventually moved on from Ford, signing
with Elite Model Management.