Adriana Francesca Lima was born on June 12, 1981 in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. At the tender age of 13, Adriana entered the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest, where her unique beauty, derived from her French, Portuguese, Native-American, and Caribbean heritage, won her second place. Moving to New York at age 16, Adriana joined the Elite Model Management and further pursued her modeling career, landing a campaign for the fashion label Anna Molinari. However, it was her appearance in several Guess? campaigns that gained her the recognition that catapulted her into supermodel status. Since then, she has appeared in campaigns for Anna Sui Jeans, Bebe, Gasoline, Mossimo, Victoria's Secret, BCBG, Keds and XOXO, and has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire. She most recently appeared in the hyped Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, gaining recognition as one of the Victoria's Secret's Perfect 10. In her spare time, Adriana dedicates her services to help orphans in her native Brazil.

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