Adriana Lima

Non-Public Biography Node
Birthday: June 12, 1981
Age: 30
Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Hometown: New York City, NY
Big Break: Victoria Secret model
Biography
Adriana Lima was born on June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. At the age of 15, Adriana took first place in Brazil's Ford Supermodel of the World Search. Adriana finished in second place in the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the World contest. At the age of 18, Adriana moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management.

Adriana has appeared in numerous editions of Vogue and Marie Claire. In addition, she has worked the runway for designers like Vera Wang, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren as well as many others. Most notably, Adriana is known for her work as a Victoria Secret model. In 2003, she appeared in a Victoria's Secret Angel commercial with legendary rocker Bob Dylan. As of 2007, Adriana is the fourth highest paid supermodel.

Did you know…
  • Adriana is a strict Catholic.
  • She is of African, Swiss and Indian ethnicity.
  • GQ magazine named her the "World's Most Voluptuous Virgin."
  • She's a spokeswoman for Maybelline cosmetics.
  • Adriana had her first kiss at 17.
  • Her nickname is "LimaBean"
  • She is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.
  • She has a pierced belly button.
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In world of sex tapes, salacious music videos, and serial dating, there are still some people who vow to stay virgins.

Call them prude, overly religious, sexually inexperienced—but these people swear they won’t have sex until they’re married. Quite a few celebs have made that vow, too, and we’ll leave it up to you to decide whether they kept that promise. Here are 7 celebs who vowed to stay virgins.

Tim Tebow: Tim Tebow could probably have nearly any woman he wants, but the NFL star has vowed to save himself for marriage. When asked flat out if he was planning to stay a virgin until marriage, Tim said: “Yes, I am.”
Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio is expecting her second child, continues to take modeling gigs even while pregnant, and plans to go straight back to work after popping out the baby – proving that this model mommy is not slowing down.

However, she’s got competition from Adrianna Lima, who just announced she was expecting baby number two and is also no stranger to the Victoria’s Secret catwalk.

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Another day, another Victoria’s Secret model announced she’s pregnant.

Adriana Lima just announced she’s expecting her second child with hubby Marko Jaric, a former NBA player.

Lima is already mom to 2-year-old daughter Valentina and says “the entire family is very excited, especially Valentina. She keeps blowing kisses to my belly and saying, ‘Kisses for the baby.’”
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Does it really hurt us to get in touch with our inner carnivore every now and then?

It seems like more and more stars are cutting meat out of their diets completely.

But meats are high in protein and low in carbs—not to mention they’re tasty as hell! So which is it—to meat or not to meat?

Stars reveal their diet secrets after the jump!
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When regular women give birth it takes months (if not years) to shed the baby weight. When Victoria's Secret models give birth, they shed the weight overnight and put on a bikini. And that’s exactly what they did today. How do they do it? Seriously!

Both Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio have toddlers running around, but fellow VS models Doutzen Kroes and Miranda Kerr literally just gave birth. And everyone is already in tiptop summer bikini shape.

Adriana confessed to Hollyscoop at the Victoria’s Secret Swim 2011 launch party on Wednesday that motherhood has changed her life for the better and if it’s possible, she feels even sexier now.

“It was the best thing that can happen to my life,” Adriana gushed to Hollyscoop. “During pregnancy it was great. Those pregnancy hormones did wonders to me,” she said with a laugh.

Being a Victoria’s Secret model is the sexiest job in the world. But now that she’s a mom (She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl in November 2009), she feels even sexier!

“I feel much more beautiful, sexier, more womanly. I think my hair, my skin is much better now,” added Adriana.

And fellow Super Mom Alessandra agrees! “Motherhood changed my life in that everything I do I think about my daughter. I got to work and when I have a pause I just think about my daughter and what she’s doing,” she confessed.

“I just give more time to be with her and take care of myself to be able to take good care of her,” added Alessandra.

And with a couple of years of experience under her belt, Adriana had some great advice to give to new moms Miranda Kerr and Doutzen Kroes.

“They were asking a few questions,” Adriana confessed. “I think they’re very responsible and very gentle. I’m sure they’re being wonderful mothers!”

Victoria’s Secret model: check. Great mother: check. Amazing body: check! Oooh life is grand when ‘Victoria’s Secret’ is part of your name.
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Gisele Bundchen has definitely slowed down a little since getting married and having her adorable baby boy Benjamin, but that hasn’t changed anything when it comes to her bank account.

Gisele tops the new Forbes list of top-earning super models, raking in $25 million last year. She’s the face of both True Religion jeans and Dolce & Gabbana, and she has her own sandals line called Ipanema by Gisele.

She’s so loaded that she reportedly donated $1.5 million to the Red Cross for Haiti. Another hot mama on the list is Heidi Klum, who nabbed the #3 spot. Check out the top ten below, and visit Forbes to see how these gorgeous girls made last year.

Note to self: come back as a Victoria’s Secret model in next life!
Congratulations to Adriana Lima and husband NBA star Marko Jaric who have just welcomed a baby girl! The Victoria’s Secret model gave birth yesterday.

Her rep released a statement saying, "Adriana and Marco are thrilled to announce they had a baby girl, Valentina Lima Jaric, in New York City on Sunday, November 15. Mother, father and baby are all doing well."

Adriana and Marko got engaged on Lima's 27th birthday in 2008, and then eloped this past Valentine's Day in a small, private civil ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Adriana said she loved ditching the runway to be pregnant. She told Us Weekly over the summer, "I used to love chocolate -- I was such a chocolate lover until I got pregnant! But now it just doesn't appeal to me at all. I haven't really had any [cravings] since I got pregnant. I hope I get my love of chocolate back because I really did enjoy it!"

Even Jaric is excited to be a first-time daddy. He told People, "Even in my wildest days I knew that I wanted to be the ultimate family man. We're ready to settle down."

Congrats to the happy family!
Thanks to the help of private chefs and personal trainers, celebrities tend to lose all their baby weight in the blink of an eye. But Heidi Klum won't be one of them.

The supermodel says she's in no rush to lose the baby weight she gained from new daughter Lou, and is planning on just taking it easy.

"I don't know if I'm going to try to get ready for the show," Klum, 36, told People before the arrival of her and husband Seal's daughter Lou on Sept. 9. "I'm going to totally play it by ear and see what happens."

When Heidi gave birth to her son Henry back in 2005, she got back into top shop in less than two months and walked the runway at the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

"[Victoria's Secret] knows that it's very close after [my due date], and they are not putting any pressure on me, and I'm not putting any pressure on myself!" she said. "It's not a lot of time [to get back in shape]. I think I'm going to take it a little bit easy."

"The most important thing is for our little girl to be happy and healthy," Klum added. "That's the main concern and we'll see what happens after that."

This years show is just a few months away (November) and some of Victoria's Secret's biggest supermodels are still pregnant. Adriana Lima and Karolina Kurkova won't give birth in time, so they'll be watching from the sidelines.
Gisele Bundchen is balllinnnn!

Forbes.com unveiled its list for top earning models in the world and Gisele came in #1 banking $25 million dollars from June 2008 to June 2009. That might seem like a lot of money to us average Joe's but that is actually $10 million less than she earned last year when our economy wasn't in a recession. Ya, we don't feel that bad for her either!

We might be in a recession, but that isn't stopping Gisele from getting ad campaigns. Bundchen has deals with Versace, Dior, True Religion jeans and Ebel watches.

The beautiful and bubbly Heidi Klum came in #2 on the list earning $16 million last year. The recession didn't really impact Klum because she actually made $2 million more than the previous financial year.

Below is the Forbes highest earning models June 2008-June 2009 list:

1. Gisele Bundchen - $25 million
2. Heidi Klum - $16 million
3. Kate Moss - $8.5 million
4.Adriana Lima - $8 million
5. Doutzen Kroes - $6 million
6. Alessandra Ambrosio - $6 million
7. Natalia Vodianova - $5.5 million
8. Daria Werbowy - $4.5 million
9. Miranda Kerr - $3 million
10. Carolyn Murphy - $3 million
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Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima is expecting her first child with her NBA hubby Marko Jaric!

Lima is reportedly 3 months pregnant and according to People magazine, the couple is "overjoyed" about the baby news.

"Adriana and Marko are overjoyed that they are expecting their first child together and are excited to share the happy news and start their family together," say her rep.

Two weeks after she tied the knot on Valentine's Day, Lima had to deny pregnancy rumors after someone posted a blog on a fake Adriana Lima Myspace account.

At the time, a statement from the star read: "I'm not pregnant." Lima's publicist added: "The MySpace page is a fake. Marko and Adriana are very happy, but not with child. They plan on having a family one day in the future. But not now."

Well it looks like the time is now! Congrats to the couple! Can't wait to see her gorgeous baby. What do you think they should name the baby?

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