Adriana Lima
Lima in 2010, Anton Oparin / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Date of Birth: 12 June, 1981
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, some Indigenous, Swiss, African, and Japanese]
Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model and actress. She was a Victoria’s Secret Angel from 1999 to 2018. She has also worked for Maybelline cosmetics, clothing brand Desigual, the Beachwear collection of Italian brand Calzedonia, the ready-to-wear collection of Italian brand Sportmax, IWC, Puma, and Chopard. She has been the world’s second highest-paid model. She is 5′10″.
Adriana is the daughter of Maria das Graças Lima, a social worker, and Nelson Torres, a carpenter. She was raised in Castelo Branco, Salvador, by her mother. She speaks Portuguese, English, Italian, and Spanish. A picture of Adriana’s father can be seen here. A picture of Adriana’s mother can be seen here.
She stated on Fashion television that she is of Swiss, African, and Indigenous heritage. She has also said:
I’m [an] Afro-Brazilian… and my family [is also] mixed with Japanese, Black… and West Indian.
Her surname, Lima, is Portuguese. Brazil has a large Japanese community, established there since the early 1900s. Some sites say that Adriana also has French ancestry.
Adriana has two children with her former husband, Serbian professional basketball player Marko Jarić; and a son with her partner, film producer Andre Lemmers.
Adriana’s maternal grandfather was named Bertoldo Fontes Lima.
One of Adriana’s grandmothers is named Julia.
A DNA test that Adriana appeared to post on her Instagram stated that her genetic ancestry includes:
*63.5% European
——–*30.6% Spanish & Portuguese
——–*24.8% Broadly Southern European
——–*2.9% Broadly European
——–*2.2% Broadly Northwestern European
——–*1.8% British & Irish
——–*0.6% Italian
——–*0.5% Ashkenazi Jewish
——–*0.1% Greek & Balkan
Portugal like Spain, Italy and Greece have dark complected “white” folk but they are indeed white. Alot of the world is mixed however, especially south america. Brazil was/is heavily populated with Europeans and Africans. Many Brazilians are very dark and i am sure she does have some African in her but she is very mixed so who cares ! She is beautiful!
It’s funny to me that you guy feel you need prove that your white.I forever see or hear the screams,were white.As if your insecure about how other white people see you.Now no one get mad or start any nonsense,I’m just saying
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.