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
Maybe she doesnt not everybody from brazil has portugese ancestry- Just like not everyone the US has English history, and sometimes people change there names to sound like they are from the country that they are in.
She would have Portugese ancestry also with a name like Lima and coming from Brazil.
If she is exactly those ethnicities, she would have to have white (Swiss) on both her parents sides to get blue eyes. Which is why she probably has French and Portuguese too, considering alot if not most Brazilians are of Portuguese descent.
Also: Are brazilians latinos? I’d say so. That’s just me though. Brazil is a Latin American country and they speak latin derived language (portuguese). I have some brazilian friends who consider themselves latinos and others don’t and it’s all good. I consider myself hispanic and latino. My mom is from Colombia (spanish speaking latin american origin = hispanic/latino).
Mixes like Adriana are not rare in Brazil. Not only is it common, but most Brazilians have mixed ancestry. Even white brazilians have black or indigenous ancestry although limited. I’m half brazilian but on my dad’s side we have west african, angolan, native brazilian, portuguese, italian, and lebanese ancestry.
exactly. that’s why I have no idea why Latinas are considered so exotic. most dont look it at ALL (like Adriana, Vanessa Hudgens, Victoria Justice, Jennifer Lopez, etc.). they all look very classic, often like tanned white women too.
I mean Gisele Bundchen is the only exotic one I can think of but she’s of German blood.
vanessa hudgens is not latina, she is supposedly spanish. latino is only referred to people of latin america
also most filipinos lie about being spanish cause they wanna seem more mixed/exotic, only 3% of them have spanish ancestry, and her mom doesnt exactly look half spanish either, whereas enrique iglesias’ mother does
Vanessa Hudgens is Chinese, Filipino, Spanish, Irish and Native American. So she is multi-racial.
You cant compare Spanish people to Mexicans. Mexicans are exotic because they’re mostly of mixed Spanish, Native American, and even African descent.