Adriana Lima
Abandonned by her father, Nelson Torres, at her only 6 months of live that left the home were he lived with his doughter and Wife , Adriana Lima, Nelson Torres, was rased only by her mother , Maria da Graça, that always gave her all that she needs. Since little Adriana call people attention with her very lighted eyes and her exotic beaty. In 1996 she took the second place in the final of the competition Supermodel of the wolf promoted by Ford Models.
At her sixteen years old Adriana signed up a contract with Elite Model , a model agency founded in Paris, and she part from brazil to New York. Recently she took the 99º position from Forbes magazine, one of the biggest celebrity magazines from the world.
A simple person and a nature Catholic she loves to read and her favorite writer is Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Adriana is fluent in three languages , Portuguese, Spanish and English. She told co GQ that she is a devoted Catholic who attends church every Sunday and that she is a virgin. Using her own words:
"Sex is for after marriage, They (Men) have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect that means they don't want me."
The GQ of the United States call her "The Worlds Most Voluptuous Virgin".
Lima is often popular in the media and she is refered like the worlds sexiest women. She is top ranked 7th on FHM 100 sexiest Womem 2007 and she was voted as the Most Desirable Woman in 2005 by visitors of the largest men's lifestyle website, Askmen.com (she placed 4th in 2006 and also 4th in 2007).
Adriana Lima constantly helps and orphanage called "Caminhos da Luz" In English "Ways of Light" located in her hometown. She helped the construction and expantion of this orphanage, she also buy clothes for poor children in Salvador , Bahia.
Using one more time her own words: "When I help someone, I lose 0.01% of my ego," she has said of her charity work."