Adriana Lima

Adriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian model best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000 and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009. At age 15, Lima finished first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition and took second place the following year in the Ford "Supermodel of the World" competition before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City.

Birth name	Adriana Francesca Lima
Date of birth	June 12, 1981 (1981-06-12) (age 28)
Place of birth	Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Measurements	86-61-89 (34-24-35)
Dress size	4 (US)
Shoe size	8.5 (US)
Agency	Marilyn Agency
Spouse(s)	Marko Jaric (Feb 14, 2009–present)

Lima never thought about being a model, although she had won many beauty pageants in elementary school.However, she had a friend at school who wanted to enter a modeling contest and didn't want to enter alone, so Lima entered with her. Both sent in pictures, and the contest sponsor soon asked Lima to come out for the competition. Soon after, at the age of 15, she entered and finished in first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" model search. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford "Supermodel of the World" contest and finished in second place. Three years later, Lima moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management. After acquiring representation, Lima's modeling portfolio quickly began to expand, and she appeared in numerous international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire. As a runway model, she has walked the catwalks for designers such as Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren and Valentino, among others. Lima became a GUESS? girl in 2000, appearing in that year's fall ad campaign. She also appeared in the book A Second Decade of Guess? Images.