Adriana Lima
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
yea right, no way shes just fake baked .she used to be sooooo pale.
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.
Myesha thanks for the comment. Lol
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.
If you watch those youtube interviews above you can see that her face looks somewhat Mulatto.