Adriana Lima

Adriana Lima born June 12 1981 Salvador Bahia Brazil is a Brazilian model She was a Victorias Secret Angel from 1999 to 2018 becoming their longestrunning model and named the most valuable Victorias Secret Angel in 2017 She is also known as a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics since 2003 and for her Super Bowl and Kia Motors commercials At age 15 Lima won Fords 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 Since 2005 Lima has ranked in the top five of Forbes lists of the 20 highestearning models in the world and in 2006 ranked No99 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 Since 2014 Lima has been the worlds second highestpaid model Lima made her acting debut alongside Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker in The Follow 2001 a short film in BMWs series The Hire opposite Clive Owen and directed by Wong Karwai She also appeared with her fellow Angels in a guest spot playing herself in the CBS comedy series How I Met Your Mother in November 2007 in the episode The Yips She also played herself along with fellow Victorias Secret Angels in the 2013 series The Crazy Ones alongside Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar In 2008 Lima appeared on the American television series Ugly Betty where she played herself and made friends with the series title character Betty Suarez In 2018 Lima made a cameo appearance as herself in the film Oceans 8 Description above from the Wikipedia article Adriana Lima licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia