Adriana Lima

CTL-E-6139 · Person · other · 1981–present

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Combined Graph record U-07354 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6139.

Adriana Lima, born 12 June 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, is a Brazilian model. Raised in Salvador's Castelo Branco neighbourhood by her mother, Maria das Graças Lima, a social worker, she won Ford's Supermodel of Brazil search at fifteen and placed second in the Ford Models Supermodel of the World contest in 1996, then moved to New York and signed with Elite Model Management. She made her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show debut in 1999 and was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2000 to 2018, the longest-running Angel in the brand's history, opening the show five times and wearing the Fantasy Bra three times. Named the most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel by D'Marie in 2017, she was a Maybelline spokesmodel and an ambassador for Desigual, Calzedonia, IWC, Puma and Chopard. In 2023 FIFA named her its first Global Fan Ambassador. She was confirmed in September 2026 for the Victoria's Secret 2026 Fashion Show.

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 6 — 747 Program, Wave 12; 27-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Adriana Lima entity in the live graph at 3,843 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-6139 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1789 (Models list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Brazilian model who personally identifies as Afro-Brazilian in her own words: the self-identification document is her own mixed-heritage interview statement, 'Adriana Lima talks about her mixed heritage' (interview video, 18 Nov 2018; cited as ref. 19 in Wikipedia, 'Adriana Lima'), in which she calls herself Afro-Brazilian and describes her family as mixed with Japanese, Black and West Indian heritage, as transcribed by EthniCelebs, 'Adriana Lima'. The build rests on that individual-level self-identification, not on Brazilian nationality alone. Vital status: LIVING — confirmed on 28–29 Sep 2026 as a returning model for the Victoria's Secret 2026 Fashion Show on 18 Oct 2026 (Just Jared, 29 Sep 2026, reporting People / Victoria's Secret) and photographed at a Paris Fashion Week event on 29 Sep 2026. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Victoria's Secret Angel 2000–2018, the longest-running Angel, with five show openings and three Fantasy Bra appearances (Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-16); named most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel by D'Marie in 2017 (Wikipedia); FIFA's first Global Fan Ambassador, appointed Feb 2023 (Associated Press via ESPN, 1 Mar 2023). MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons photograph of Adriana Lima in 2023; no file page read at file-page level in this pass, so no image is cleared — CTL-PHOTO-001; a CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-6139-adriana-lima.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked by name and variants — no matching-entity CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging.)

Sources

• Associated Press via ESPN, 'FIFA's choice of Adriana Lima as ambassador called tone deaf' (1 Mar 2023) — Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima was appointed by FIFA as its first global fan ambassador ahead of the Women's World Cup, to develop, promote and participate in global initiatives — https://www.espn.ph/football/story/_/id/37636734/fifa-choice-adriana-lima-ambassador-called-tone-deaf (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, 'Adriana Lima' — born 12 June 1981, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Victoria's Secret Angel 2000–2018 after a 1999 show debut, the longest-running Angel; named most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel by D'Marie in 2017; of Portuguese, Native Brazilian, African, Japanese, Swiss and West Indian descent and personally identifies as Afro-Brazilian, citing her own mixed-heritage interview (ref. 19) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriana_Lima (build store)
• EthniCelebs, 'Adriana Lima' — transcription of Lima's own statement of self-identification as Afro-Brazilian and of her family as mixed with Japanese, Black and West Indian heritage; also records her statement on Fashion Television that she is of Swiss, African and Indigenous heritage — https://ethnicelebs.com/adriana-lima/comment-page-46 (build store)
• Just Jared, 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2026: Performers Lineup Revealed, 10 Models Confirmed' (29 Sep 2026), reporting People and Victoria's Secret — Adriana Lima is confirmed among the returning models for the 2026 Fashion Show on 18 October 2026 in Los Angeles — https://www.justjared.com/2026/09/29/victorias-secret-fashion-show-2026-performers-lineup-revealed-10-models-confirmed/ (build store)

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