Adriana Lima
Birth Name:
Adriana Francesca Lima
Birth Place:
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Date of Birth:
June 12, 1981
Ethnicity:
Swiss, African, Japanese and Native American Indian
The Brazilian-born model is of mixed ethnicity. In an interview on Fashion TV she stated that she is of Swiss, African and Native American heritage. While on another interview she mentioned that she also has Japanese heritage. These clips can be seen on Youtube at the links below.
Incidentally, Brazil has a large Japanese community that has been established there since the early 1900s.
Some sites say that Lima has Portuguese and French. She married Serbian basketball player, Marko Jaric in 2009.
Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0UPv8gNHXU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXZdkNAx6sE
http://www.adrianafans.com/
Celebrities with similar heritage:
December 1st, 2008
And she is very very pretty. You can tell she is mullato. I honestly thought she had some Spanish in her but I guess not.
December 4th, 2008
Actually last person to comment u are a little bit correct about thinking she had spanish in her but just 1 country away off, this source is wrong she has stated once herself that she is of Portuguese, French, Carribean, & Native South American. Although it has also been said she has some Swiss in her too. But they are majorly off about leaving out her being portuguse because the last name Lima is portuguese & she has said she is mostly portuguese.
February 22nd, 2009
actually adriana said herself that she is african,swiss,and native american on imdb you should check it out
February 23rd, 2009
yeh thanks mrp, she also mentioned it on Youtube at the link above.
Ethnic
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April 20th, 2009
she’s incredibly hot, almost perfect.
June 16th, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXZdkNAx6sE
She also mentioned shes Japanese
So shes exactly:
Born and raised in Brazil which makes her a Brasilian citizen, but not in the blood. But her heritage is African, Swiss, West Indian, and Japanese.
June 16th, 2009
thanks for the link Guy.
June 26th, 2009
You can tell she is a mulatto? I never could, but it’s a good thing to know. The one drop rule applies here.
July 16th, 2009
Haha truth, thanks for expressing my sentiments exactly. I could never tell she was mulatto, but i always could tell that she was hot.
October 5th, 2009
she looks more mestizo than mulatto.
October 5th, 2009
If you watch those youtube interviews above you can see that her face looks somewhat Mulatto.
November 27th, 2009
Im mulatto, and its kind of a shared thing, you know em when you see em. the first time i opened a victoria secret magazine i knew she was mulatto. Jus like i knew Gisele Bundchen wasn’t. Shes very beautiful and apparently doesnt embarass herself every other day, so big ups to her.
November 27th, 2009
Myesha thanks for the comment. Lol
December 6th, 2009
ADRIANA IS BRAZILIAN NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! WHICH WE PORTUGESE PEOPLE STILL CONSIDER THAT BEING LATIN. WE BOTH SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE. JUST LIKE NELLY FURTADO IS PORTUGESE, STILL HISPANIC CASUE THATS WHAT SHE CALLS HER SELF. CHECK IT OUT ON TYRA BANKS PAGE. ADRIANA LIMA IS CERTAINLY NT AFRICAN. IF SHE DID SAY THAT SHE’S LYING TO HER SELF.
December 16th, 2009
yea right, no way shes just fake baked .she used to be sooooo pale.
December 16th, 2009
shes west indian from india not america
December 17th, 2009
OMG she is so beautiful so she cant have any black in her and I saw her pale before so there is no way she has any traces of black in her….SMH at you superficial, uneducated, closed-minded buffoons
December 17th, 2009
By the way, if anyone would know if she has African…wouldn’t it be her…not you(people who have never met her, her parents, or examined her family tree).
December 17th, 2009
Brasil is a mix so I wouldn’t think shes lying by saying shes partially African. In fact Brasil is the country after Nigeria with the most people of African descent.
December 17th, 2009
I agree with you, Osaru. Why would she lie? She looks exotic. And she’s definitely not pale as some people say.
December 17th, 2009
If you ask a lot of Brazilians, they would tell you that a they are so mixed they dont know exactly what heritage they have. It could be all of the races stated above.
Adriana definitely stated that she has African heritage so you gotta take her word for it.
December 23rd, 2009
She is beautiful.
December 23rd, 2009
she is quite stunning isnt she :)
December 28th, 2009
I find the comments on here racist. So you have to be dark to be black? You cant be pretty to black? Take it from Mj he said “Us colored people are known as colored because we come in all colors [just like the dark of your shirt, to the light of my hand]“
January 3rd, 2010
west indies people, in the caribbean!
January 19th, 2010
I’m pretty sure her mom is half black. There are not many pics of her parents, but her dad looks white with blue eyes, and her mother looks tan with dark brown hair and light brown eyes. Just type in google Adriana Lima pics and there should be a fan website with like more than 1000 pics of her! :)
January 22nd, 2010
She’s probabily much more famous abroad than in Brazil.Funny thing:P
January 22nd, 2010
Where can we find pictures of her parents?
January 22nd, 2010
Id like to see them too
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January 29th, 2010
ethnic if im portuguese does tht make me mulato?
January 29th, 2010
huh?
January 30th, 2010
No. Portugual is a European country, with dark features. Mulatto is strictly a person with on black parent or white parent.
January 30th, 2010
what is metzito?
January 30th, 2010
Mestizo is American Indian (ingenious people of North, South, Central America) and European mixed person
January 30th, 2010
Thanx lauren:)
January 30th, 2010
ur welcome
February 7th, 2010
This is to Lauren,
Actually back in the 1700’s,it meant (Spanish,Indian and African)or any combo of the Three.
February 7th, 2010
This is to Sydnie,
Your right they are
February 7th, 2010
this is to Osaru,
Your right she wouldn’t lie,there’s no point to.If she was going to lie,she would say she wasn’t black,because most of the people down there go out there way to say they are not black;they have a 136 different shades before they get to black.
February 7th, 2010
This is to hellokitty,
Does this man look like he’s black to you(Anatole Broyard):
http://wrightswords.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/broyard_anatole_head_300.jpg
But guess what
February 8th, 2010
This is 2 Fuzzy bear
Well it don’t mean that anymore
February 8th, 2010
This is to Lauren,
Don’t bite my head off,I was just saying!!!!! meanie
February 8th, 2010
i love her, she is so beautiful.
February 9th, 2010
shes just playing around fuzzybear:)
February 9th, 2010
yea im just kidding im not mean, im fuzzy like u!
February 9th, 2010
This is to Lauren
It’s to late,my feeelings are hurt,I need time to heal……OK all better now
February 9th, 2010
This is to Anonymous,
It’s,a good thing you said something,because I swear some people on this site sound like they would eat their own young
February 13th, 2010
OH THT EXPAINS WHY I LOOK SO DIVERSE!!! thanks Lauren!!!!
by the way ive never seen a dark portugese???? i mean all my family are light pale with blue or green eyes!!!!!!! well……. were not fully portugese!!!!!
February 13th, 2010
What did I do to deserve a thank you?
February 22nd, 2010
She’s also portuguese, guys!
March 9th, 2010
She’s so beautiful !!!!! she looks like a doll, so cute !!
But (i know i’ve already said that before) i don’t like the term mulatto at all. I know it presents the persons who are half black half white, but it’s an old term use by the slave masters to discriminate mixed slaves away from black slaves. (”divide for better power”)
Ithink this term is reducing and pejorative, doesn’t it ??
Mulatto come from mule, a sterile animal which is a mixture of a horse and a donkey !!!!
I can’t accept that human beings can be called by an animal’s name !!!!!
March 9th, 2010
It is not used to mean an animal.
March 9th, 2010
You’re sure about that TJ ??? Do you think that the term mulatto is an “innocent” term ??