Adriana Lima
Lima in 2010, Anton Oparin / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Date of Birth: 12 June, 1981
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, Indigenous, Swiss, African, Japanese]
Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model and actress.
She stated on Fashion television that she is of Swiss, African, and Native American 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 that has been established there since the early 1900s.
Some sites say that Adriana also has French ancestry.
A picture of Adriana’s father, Nelson Torres, can be seen here. A picture of Adriana’s mother can be seen here.
Adriana has two children with her former husband, Serbian professional basketball player Marko Jarić.
Adriana’s maternal grandfather was named Bertoldo Fontes Lima.
I wonder why she straightens her hair but calls herself an Afro Brazilian? She looked more exotic with curly hair it sets her apart from the stereotypical “European/white features”
Obviously she is white, mestiza, like typical people in Brasil
In Brazil we have several whites with all kinds, it’s a diversity
I’m white, but I have straight hair, but I certainly don’t have only European blood
She surely is a Pardo or mix-race women. But I doubt she has Japanese heritage. Her ancestry is mostly European, but with significant African admixture and minor Indigenous ancestry. Most Japanese Brazilians live in Sao Paulo and not Bahia which is where Adriana is from. Bahia has the most Afro-Brazilians and overall people of African ancestry.
@TB I mean, she told that by herself, and you’re denying that! You know her better than herself? Seriously?
Ok just because that’s what she claims her heriatge to be,doesn’t mean it’s True. Many celebrities and people in general lie about their ethnicity to sound more exotic .She already has an exotic look though. This cite undercovers celebs who lie about their ethnicity when having the proof about their actual heritage. An example is Meagan Good who claims to be Jewish, Puerto Rican, Cherokee Indian, and Barbadian. But they found proof that’s she’s only African American. They’ll say that it appears to be false when giving the right info about they’re ethnicity.
She is white mestiza.
Adriana’s maternal grandfather was named Bertoldo Fontes Lima.
https://www.correio24horas.com.br/noticia/nid/coluna-vip-livro-com-cartas-de-jorge-amado-para-gattai-sera-lancado-em-2012/
she considers herself afro brazilian
https://youtu.be/sXZdkNAx6sE