Adriana Lima (June 12, 1981, Salvador, Brazil) is an international supermodel photography, runway, commercials and one of the faces of Victoria's Secret.
It is one of the members of the group of Brazilian models that entered the fashion world in the late 90s, among which are also Gisele Bündchen, Ana Beatriz Barros, Fernanda Tavares, Ana Hickman, Isabeli Fontana, Alessandra Ambrosio. With its 1.78 m tall and old brown hair, Adriana Lima rose to stardom from a modest family situation.
Adriana is the only daughter of Maria da Graça Lima and Nelson Torres, who left the mother of Adriana when it was only 6 months old.
Lima was discovered at age 15 when he finished first in the competition for the modeling agency Ford Models, Supermodel Brazil, which came to accompany her friend as this would not go alone. Lima continued in this race, and came in second in the same competition in its international edition in 1996.