Lima continued to build upon her entry, doing more print work (Maybelline, bebe, Mossimo, BCBG) and gracing the cover and editorials of more high fashion magazines (Harper'sBazaar, ELLE) �
Adriana was chosen as one of Peoplemagazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007. Adriana was voted as the #4 fantasy girlfriend in a poll conducted by AskMen.com for the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2007.... The website asked Voters to consider qualities including sex appeal and beauty, and intelligence, humour, charisma and ambition. Adriana is the 99th highest paid, famous person in the world [2006] Adriana revealed in the April 2006 cover feature of GQ magazine that, per her Catholic beliefs, she was still a virgin, explaining: Adriana: Sex is for after marriage. MEN have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me. Adriana is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Adriana finished 1st place in a Ford Supermodel of Brazil model search. She later followed with a 2nd place finish in the 1996 Ford Supermodel - the World contest. Adriana Lima was discovered at the age of 13, shopping at a local mall. Adriana Lima was one of the mass of Brazilian beauties entering the modeling world in the late 1990s, along with - Gisele B�ndchen, Ana Beatriz Barros, Fernanda Tavares, Ana Hickmann, Isabeli Fontana and Alessandra Ambrosio. Adriana's dress Size is 4 and her Shoe size is 9. (US) Adriana is an only child. Adriana's ethnicity is French, Portuguese, Native-American, Japanese and Caribbean.