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
She looks 90% Black.
Really guys? You’re not very smart at all.
I do samba dance and afro-brazilian dancing. One of our teachers is from Salvador Bahia and we have plenty of drummers coming from that area. I can vouch and say that the majority of the population in Salvador Bahia are of African-Descent. Brazil has the 2nd largest African population next to Africa itself.
You all need to pick up a book and read it. Slavery wasn’t just in the US, it was all over the Islands and Latin America. Educate yourself please.
Adriana Lima has African ancestry….shes just like 90% of Brazilians, shes fucking mixed. Get over it.
Brazil is around 40% White, so no.. it’s not 90% mixed.
she is not your typical white girl. she doesn’t represent Sanderd white European Aryan beauty. she look Brazilian. and exotic.
nothing black about her.. she doesn’t look black or white. there are others race besides white and blackss.
noo African. nothing white
if you wants to claim her. and feel good about yourself so you can do that…
It was found out she lied about her heritage and she has zero African or Japanese blood, and that there is a chance she has no Native Brazilian blood. She is pretty much a white girl.
Adriana is from Salvador, BA. A place with strong Africa-American, Native-American and Portuguese roots. She’s probably descended from the three, like most of the brazilians
pure assumptions. prof it.
American Also have black but are all American mixed?
she is as black as charlize thereon. south African actress.
she doesn’t look typical white and black.
anything exotic some people happy to claim.
Portuguese mixed with native.
Dude you’re dumb…
Wtf is that supposed to mean? Adriana Lima does have BLACK AFRICAN DESCENT! go read up the history of Brazil before you start spitting that nonsense.
She has African ancestry believe that. With all of this racism no one would lie about African admixture. If anything they would hide that fact.