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 just White to me. She’s pretty. I like her better than Rosie and Candace.
Candice*
also it pisses me off when always says ohh he/she doen’t look like whetever their ethnicity is. and they ought of look like african ,asian ,or hispanic is plain stupid or whatever ethnicity should look like. people needs to learn we are not the same people we all are different in our ways. some people may look like that ethnicity and may not even remotely have it…. ugh get a lifee in this world there are many people who might look alike and relate or even have the background.
she’s such an exotic beauty. that’s why i love her she and Rihanna. they’re all are mixture of everything into one. i hate ignorant ass people judging then by their looks. not every body can be the same ughh
This is how Adrianna Lima really looks without straightening her hair.Some people say she may be as much as 50% black
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/380413499744331704/
So what? Looks like she’s a 3A to me. Lots of Brazilian girls are 3A. She is very far from being African.
Adrianna straightens her hair. Her real hair is very thick curly bushy and very African influenced. Google the pics.