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.adrianafans.com/
Celebrities sharing the same heritage:
yeah man we are black!!! and proud!!!! Were just saying she doesnt look black!!!
Okay, enough of your races comments how do u know if its true or not just like royce said . FYI african isn’t black, what are u ratarted or something !!!!!!!!!!!!!.
To michelle
Well first she said it herself,I doubt she meant anything other than black.Now your right, saying your African does not mean you have to be a black person,just like saying your European,doesn’t mean your a white person.However looking a pictures of ms.lima family,there’s no doubt she meant the black kind of African
To michelle
One other thing,you say that people that say African means black are retarded.Do you say the same thing about people who say European automatically means white,do you call them retarded also?
there are brazillian africans from brazil for the people who say that she can’t have African in here. get real. I think the woman can speak for herself. and if she says that’s all what she is..then it is what it is…I have an ex from brazil and his mother was a black brazillian and his dad was Italian
Shut up bitch!!!! sometimes people lie about there own race!!!
yeah,they go out of their to say their not part black ,not to say they are
If anyone has seen picture of her when she was a young child,it definitely looks like she is partially African.
WOW, ITS FUNNY HOW THEY SAY AFRICAN……… CUZ I SEE EVERYTHING BUT AFRICAN IN HER………!
To creole baby504
I can you one of those Creoles
Shut the hell up she has African so what, Did you know that 75% of brazil is black, HAHAHA shows how much you know!!!!
yea brazilians are black but not all of them!!! theres just like mexican people some are “mexican Eurpeons” WHite! & others NATive Amercicns MExicans……..
To Royce
You seem to be one of those in the north that doesn’t know about Mexico African past,or about the Afro-Mexicans that are there now,or the black indians.Even thou the African bloodlines in the North are getting thin,doesn’t change the fact that they are still there
LMAO REAL TALK SHE LOOKS NOTHING BLACK!!!!
To Royce
This is a trip,that’s what bothers you,that she’s part black.Something is really wrong with people like you,also there’s no fixed a black person looks
shut the fuck up!!!! what kind of name is fuzzy bear by the way? your a guy right? seriously why do you talk if you dont even know? I am black!!! im just saying she doesnt look black simple as that!!! Its kool if she is no prop! but to me she just doesnt look black!!!!! she looks more japenesse or european decent.
To kees
Fuzzybear is good name,and yes I am a man.I could ask you what kind of name is kees.I could say a lot of crazy thing back to you but I want.Next,you didn’t Id yourself as black,so how am I to know what you are.Also where did I comment to you at,I was talking to someone named royce,unless that’s you also.Next,what is a black person supposed to look like,there are many different combos that don’t fit the stereotype,even in Africa.To tell the turth most Africans don’t even call themselves black,they go by their tribial name or just call themselves African.So again I ask what does a black person look like,plus she’s not full black.So it’s no telling what she could have grow up to look like.I could show people that don’t fit the stereotype at all.Plus Lima stated like most brazilians,she only part black.So she wouldn’t look like the stereotype
SHUT UP GAY PERSON!!! I am black and proud!!!!
What i didn’t know was that she was part Japanese..
Everybody knows everything, when nobody knows shit. Nelly Furtado is Lusophone. She also told tyra, she can speak spanish because she hung out with alot of hispanics. Hispanic means of Spain, which means spain conquered and possibly raped and mixed in with other places in latin america. Spain also conquered some countries in the carribean and gave some carribean countries their last names and told them you must speak their language. Puerto Rico is Taino indian, Spaniard and African for the most part. The Dominican Republic is the same although, no matter how light or dark a lot of hispanics may not want to admit it. Even with their hair texture. Secondly, Portugal is 300 years older than Spain, so how did spain dominate Portugal. They are both on the Iberian Peninsula, but totally different countries. My Portuguese elders schooled me on this. And so did books. I am mixed also. just like Adrian. just because a country is in latin america, doesn’t make that whole country “LATINO”. Haiti and Guyana are also in latin america. There are 5 dialects in latin. Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, and Romanian. Although they’re all beautiful countries. they may sound a little similar, all are very different in language, culture, and background. Those European countries, are the true latins. Everyone else is just watered down. There is a difference between Latino and hispanic. Brazil may be a latino country just like haiti and guyana, but none of them are spanish speaking or of Spain wether anyone likes or not. Its ok to be proud of your cultures, but stop stealing others, especially when it was here 300 years before Spain.
What are you talking about? Nelly is Portuguese! she was born there and who said Spain dominated Portugal? Portugal is the head of Brazil! Spain and Portugal are like sisters but Portugal is the oldest! Brazil is a Latin country and Nelly did tell tyra that she was Portuguese aka “Hispanic” why do guys get mad over that? Its not a big deal!!! But really, thats was so stupid to say that just because a country is in Latin america doesn’t mean your Latin? um OK dumb-ass real fuckin smart!!! if your born in a Latin country then you are Latin! if your parents are half Latin then your Latin! even if your grandparents are Latin then your Latin too! And we all know “Hispanic” and “Latino” is not the same! For example Im a Cuban American born in the USA but both my parents are Cuban then i am Hispanic! Because i was born in the USA and my parents were born in Cuba, they’re origin birthplace they’re Latin which makes me Latin to because i am Cuban making that Cuba is a Latin country!
THANK YOU.
Yesss my ethnic background is similar to hers. My family is form Bahia and Nigeria. She doesn’t need to lie about her ethnicity in Bahia there are plenty of Brazillians with her features. And we speak portuguese there….we are not hispanics we don’t speak SPANISH.Get it straight I find it slightly insulting as well
honey im portuguese i consider my self hispanic jst like nelly furtado said she is hispanic!=) my boyfriend is brazilian and black and he says he’s hispanic and black. theres nothing wrong with being called hispanic! Lets get it straight portugal my country is the head of brasil!!! we concured you so please i know more than you do=)
me 2, anonymous!
Look andrelis, nelly furtado was born in Canada, she lost contact with the portuguese culture and she doesn’t even speak proper portuguese. Nothing wrong with her considering herself hyspanic (of course she does, she even made a whole album in SPANISH.)
im brazilian and i consider myself HISPANIC is that a propblem?? not to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get over the terms!!! at the end were all going to die anyways!!!! were all gods children so some how were all one race united but yet in denyl
she is soo pretty she is wayy prettier than gisele bundchen!
To izzy
That’s right,tell it like it is
HISPANIC means from SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES, it’s not an ethnicity! Get that straight, please!
If you think everyone from the Iberian Peninsula and South America is Hispanic, then you are wrong. Adriana is NOT hispanic, because she comes from a Portuguese speaking country, she’s Lusophone. And this has nothing to do with ethnicity, it shouldn’t even be discussed in this site -.-
… DUDE YOUR FCKNI STUPID!!!!!!!!!! ONCE AGAIN IM PORTUGESE FROM PORTUGAL OK AND PORTUGAL IS THE HEAD OF BRAZIL!!!!!!! WE BOTH SPEAK PORTUGESE AND WE CONSIDER OUR SELFS HISPANIC NOT WHITE OR LUSOPHONE DUMBAZZZ!!!!! EVEN NELLY FURTADO SAID SHE CONSIDERS HER SELF HISPANIC AND SHE’S FRM PORTUGAL TOO!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT IM THE ONE WHO SHOULD KNOW COMING FROM THT I AM PORTUGESE AND YOUR NOT!
exactly!!! italysdivine has a point! i didnt know adriana was afro???? but it wasent unexpected knowing she is from brasil. but back to the point! portuguese people are considerd hispanic still jst like brazilian people and spaniard people!!!! dont get mixed up…….. POrtugal&Brasil= HISPANIC!!!!!!!! stop being so ignorent i should know i was bron there! =)
PORTUGAL IS *NOT* HISPANIC. what do you consider hispanic? The only thing portugal and spain have in common is that both languages came from latin and we are geographically close. Everything else is bullshit from uninformed people.
portugal and spain do dnt share the same language dumazz!!! we speak portuguese and they speak spainsh! Im portuguese and so is my family and we all consider ourselfs as HISPANIC!!!!
I did not say we speak the same language XD Of course we don’t! Both our languages have common roots, that’s it! They both came from Latin, and so does French, Italian and Romanian. If you call us “hispanic” then Romanians, Italians and French are too. That’s ridiculous.
In America there is a huge mistake and many people are ignorant about this stuff. Portugal is OLDER than Spain. The ancients used to call our little peninsula the “Hispanic” península. If that’s your definiton of Hispanic, then YES we ARE hispanic. But if your definition includes South American countries, then you can not include Portugal. “Hispanic” means either from the Hispanic península OR spanish speaking countries. Make up your mind, you can’t mix both.
Tygas, you said you were portuguese thanks to your grandpa, then I am portuguese because ALL of my family is, I was born here and never lived anywhere else than in Portugal! People here don’t consider themselves “hispanics”, because it’s an ancient word and almost none in Europe even gives a s*. That’s all American bull. And yes I have a myspace (were you asking me or the other one? xD), but I don’t give it to strangers, sorry. feel free to put yours here, though.
hey do you have a myspace??? please tell me you do!
myspace is lame.
your caps lock has a problem.
I am 100% portuguese and I do NOT consider myself hispanic. I feel ofended actually, because it’s like you’re taking away my culture and replacing it with spanish and/or south american (which is absolutely amazing, of course, but it’s not mine).
I am 100% white (pale skin, blond hair, green eyes). And it doesn’t matter because if you come from a spanish or portuguese speaking country you can still be white, black, yellow, blue, whatever. If you really are portuguese then you know that.
Se tu te consideras hispânico podes juntar-te à querida Nelly Furtado e começar a falar em espanhol. A península ibérica nunca será uma, nem as nossas culturas.
ok so am i!!!! pale, natural black hair, blue green eyes thank you!!!! italian& portuguese still consider myself HISPANIC! do you have a myspace?? Look at me im gorgeous!!!!!! =)
lê isto, e informa-te! http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071105150955AAOTQjD
“hispanic” is an american term and it’s not even used in europe. Never in Portugal I’ve ever heard someone saying they’re “hispanic”.
e isto -.- http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060913192930AAtKO2K
tchau
OMG look on the tyra banks show when nelly furatdo says shes HISPANIC! “portugese” and calling me hispanic does not take away my herritage its nothing! its the true we are hispanics!
Nelly said i am Hispanic, Portuguese!!! Don’t get mad because she called herself Hispanic!!! And everyone here that says they’re “Portuguese” are full of shyt! they’re probably trying be white!!! I am Portuguese thanks to my grandpa. Let me see a Picture OF YOU GUYS!!!! PORTUGUESE MY ASS! FUCKIN LIARS!!! WHO HERE HAS A MYSPACE BECAUSE I WANT EVERY ONE TO SEE A REAL PORTUGUESE BEAUTY WHICH IS ME!!!!
“trying to be white” wth? xD I am white, but what does that even have to do with this? I’m not mad at Nelly, of course! She can be whatever she thinks she is! It’s her right to decide which word she uses to identify herself! But do not put us all in the same bag.
She’s better looking then fucking megan fox n she’s natural beauty she never did any plastic surgery that what u call a natural beauty n that’s adriana lima.
This girl is GORGEOUS I have never seen anyone so pretty in my life
First of brazlian is a mutt some of u people need to stop saying that she’s lieing about her background we are all mutt such as dominican puerto rican and americans n etc ur background is what u really are.and latin is a meaning of mutt mixed races that’s all.this woman is naturally beautiful n mixed.so some of u people need to stop judging n start knowing ur history.for example I thought I was fully quote puerto rican happen to find out that my father descent is spaniard n italian n my mother is italian spaniard n corsican.
Portuguese speaking people enslaved Brazil which explains why Portuguese is the official language of the country. English is the official language of the states and black people in America speak English. Your language does not equal to your ethnicity automatically.
Thank you anthony! im half portugese!!!!!