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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/
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I agree with you, Osaru. Why would she lie? She looks exotic. And she’s definitely not pale as some people say.
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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.
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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).
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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
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shes west indian from india not america
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yea right, no way shes just fake baked .she used to be sooooo pale.
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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.
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Myesha thanks for the comment. Lol
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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.
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If you watch those youtube interviews above you can see that her face looks somewhat Mulatto.
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