ADRIANA LIMA [The Victoria's Secret Model 2012]

Adriana Lima ( born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian model and actress who is best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel  since 2000, and as a spokesmodel for Maybeline  cosmetics from 2003 to 2009.
 Lima never thought about being a model, although she had won many beauty pageants in elementary school. However, she had a friend at school who wanted to enter a modeling contest and did not want to enter alone, so Lima entered with her. Both sent in pictures, and the contest sponsor soon asked Lima to come out for the competition. Soon after, at the age of 15, she entered and finished in first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" model search. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford "Supermodel of the World" contest and finished in second place. Three years later, Lima moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management.