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
i love her! shes so beautiful and sexy and has so much respect for herself. she didnt have her first kiss until she was 17, and she saved herself until marriage, i mean how many girls are there like that nowadays? she is my favorite celebrity! she’s also a gemini like me and we have the same birthday lol 12th of june!!!
who the f*ck thumbed me down? what did i say that was so f*cking wrong. i swear people on this site have issues
Adriana isn’t just white. That’s the point she was trying to make in that video! She said herself she considers herself “very mixed” so that’s what she is. I say she’s parda, which doesn’t just mean mulatto in Brazil. Pardo means mixed race in general: white/black, white/amerindian, black/amerindian, white/black/amerindian. Adriana is (from her own words) mixed with white, black, and native with a little japanese tucked in somewhere.
No one said she was just white.
She’s just like Vanessa Hudgens… they have such interesting heritages yet none of that exoticness comes through one bit in their faces; they’re both quite generic looking. Not exotic like people say, at all, but classic. and honestly I think both are rather ugly. Decent bodies but that’s irrelevent.
Jealousy is funny. You’re gonna say that they don’t look exotic compared to the pale, thin blondhaired girls who populate most of the world? Honey, they’re strikingly beautiful. Accept it and move on.
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Are you serious? Blonde people do not populate most of the world. Caucasian people in general are a minority throughout the whole world.
That is the most ignorant comment made on here. You should study before opening your mouth. You might sound more educated.
I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!!!!! SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL,SEXY AND HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She’s Swiss,African,Japanese,and West Indian?!?! In imdb,wikipedia says that she’s Nativee Brazilian,African Brazilian,Portugese,French,Japanese,And Carribean… she’s so HOT! and beautiful! Adriana,favorite supermodel of all times!!!♥