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Adriana Lima : Sexiest Woman of the week |
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Celebrity Watch
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Written by Pujari
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
Why:
Adriana Lima started her career as a junior model, but now she is ranked among top supermodels of the world.
She has also walked the catwalk for designers Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, and Ralph Lauren.
She is also working for the benefit of the Brazilian orphans in her native land.
She is Josh!'s this week's Sexiest Woman of the World.
What:
- Date of Birth: June 12, 1981
- Birth Location: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Nationality: Brazilian
- Languages Spoken: Portuguese, Spanish, and English
And:
- Adriana is ranked #10 in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 (2008).
- Adriana is ranked #53 in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 (2007).
- In 2005, Adriana was named one of Forbes Magazine's most powerful celebrities under 25.
- Adriana is a strict Catholic.
- Adriana's favorite television shows include The Simple Life, Deadwood, Family Guy, American Dad, American Idol, Pop Idol and So You Think You Can Dance.
- Adriana stated that she is of African, Swiss and Indian ethnicity.
- As of 2007, Adriana is Brazil's second highest paid model.
- When Adriana was on the April 2006 cover of GQ Magazine, it was their highest selling issue for the year.
- Adriana was awarded "Hottest Girl on the Planet" in the June 13 Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards. Sadly, this category was not mentioned in the actual show.
- After becoming the face of major Italian cell phone company Telecom Italia Mobile, she became known as the "Catherine Zeta-Jones of Italy."
- Adriana is a spokeswoman for Maybelline cosmetics.
- Adriana is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.
- Adriana Lima does charitable work by helping with an orphanage, "Caminhos da Luz" (Ways of Light), located in her home town. She helps with construction to expand the orphanage, and buys clothes for poor children in Salvador, Bahia.
- Adriana Lima opened the 2003 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Shortly after, Adriana moved to New York City, she eventually moved on from Ford, signing with Elite Model Management.
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