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 can definitely see an admixture in her.
I love how mixed and exotic she is and how open she is to all her different races. She may have been born in Brazil but Brazil is a very mixed country also and she says herself she is from:
Switzerland
Japan
Native America
Africa
And you can see that she is from many different continents, Europe, Asia, America and Africa :) she is so pretty and you can see the African Japanese and Native American for sure.
Why would she lie that shes Japanese and Swiss? Shes very exotic anyway. Shes African, Native American, Japanese and Swiss. I can see the Native American, African and japanese in her and the Swiss probably is mixed in there somwhere. She is not a Mestizo Mexican! I think she would now herself what she is and she said in that interview that she is African Native American and Japanese and she knows herself better than anyone else.
did you notice how in the 2nd video, she says “im an afrobrazilian girl”?? i wonder if she considers herself black? if she does, that’s perfectly fine, b/c she’s also proud of her asian/white/american side. most brazilians who are so heavily mixed avoid explaining their racial heritage and just say ‘im brazilian’ so it was really cool of her to be so proud/open of how exotic and diverse she is. every other site says that she’s just native american, Caribbean and swiss (A LOT OF RACIST PPL DON’T WANT HER TO BE ASIAN AND BLACK) that’s so stupid. if she’s proud of who she is, why can’t everyone else be ok with it? they’re all beautiful racial groups. i personally believe thats why she’s so gorgeous. she’s a mix of pretty much every ethnic group. no one else compares. most beautiful woman that’s ever lived, hands down.
lol no she doesnt consider herself just black because thats stupid and should i say rly USA thing to do. the world has much more open view to race and color than most US americans. she only said afro brazilian cuz in brazil that means she has african ancestry somewhere in there too. since 95% of brazilians have euro ancestry in them ppl assume u already are european by blood. so u only say afro or asian or indio if u have some heritage other than caucasian/white what u yanks call it. its more like showing how many ppl in brazil are still unmixed. so its more of a statistical thing. but anyway she is only like 1/4 or 1/8 black and she doesnt even look that black so it would be foolish to call herself that even tho she lives in USA now.
ie. the “one drop rule” (a drop of african ancestry=”black”) is not used outside the US
You are so wrong .Most bRAZIL HAVE about 95 % african in them . Brazil is consider to be the second largest country to have African ancestry next to Africa itself. Even if you go to brazil you statement is false looking at the people .
i would certainly consider she and joana kruppa the most beautiful women in the world. hands down
I know this comment is old but have you seen every woman in the world or something? There’s many incredibly beautiful out there that aren’t famous, there’s no such thing as the most beautiful women in the world.