Name: Adriana LimaBirth name: Adriana Francesca Lima
Date of birth: June 12, 1981
Birthplace: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Blue
Adriana Francesca Lima was born on June 12, 1981. She is a Brazilian model best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000 and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics. 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. 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.
