Adriana Lima Interviews

Here you can read interviews with Adriana. They are transcribed from magazine scans as well as video clips. Enjoy!

Currently featuring 12 interviews!
March 03, 2009
El País Semanal, April 2009

"The Sexiest Model"

The date was in the little store the Delicatessen Petressian, next to the luxury restaurant that the brand opened in the 80s in New York. The waiters aren't Armenians, Iranians or Russians, they're Brazilians and this is why fellow Brazilian Adriana Lima feels at home here. The supermodel, one of the most beautiful and best [...]

February 02, 2009
Valentine’s With Valentine (Uhovski)

A Valentine’s Day date at Gemma with two Victoria’s Secret supermodels.

Do you remember your first crush?
Doutzen: I think I was about 10. I used to write letters to boys and leave flowers for my crushes. But nothing would ever happen.
Adriana: My first crush was on the most popular guy in school. I was never the most popular girl. He was very [...]

June 06, 2008
Tearsheet.com Interview, circa 2000

By Jill Johnson, tearsheet.com

It's about time for a new face to usurp the throne of supermodel queen - you know who I mean - and my money is on Adriana Lima. This means the reign will remain with Brazil, of course, but what country stands a chance against a gene pool that is simply swimming with beauteous strokes: the ballerina legs, the plump [...]

March 03, 2008
GQ US April 2008

There’s the assumption—which we can neither endorse nor reject—that extraordinarily good-looking women aren’t like the women you know. The theory is that women who inhabit the uppermost echelon of conventional beauty are so otherworldly, so demanding, so desired, that no ordinary semi-self-respecting man (i.e., you) could ever make them happy. [...]

January 01, 2008
Esquire - February 2008

ESQ: Do you prefer boy shorts and hip huggers to panties?

Adriana Lima: Definitely. It's like you have nothing on. I use them for traveling --

ESQ: Just boy shorts?

AL: You think they'd allow me on a plane with only boy shorts?

ESQ: I don't know, maybe.

AL: I think so, right? You're very creative.

ESQ: Any other benefits to wearing [...]

December 12, 2007
Victoria’s Secret Swim Shoot Interview

Adriana: Aloha!

VO: Shooting for the Victoria's Secret Swimsuit catalogue continues on the island of Maui. Once Adriana's hair and makeup are done, she joins fellow model, Aurelie Claudel, on location.

Photographer: It's a double and you're both in it. (As the models walk towards him) C'mon, keep going. Just a little bit over..

Adriana: (Waves) [...]

December 12, 2007
São Paulo Fashion Week 2002

Adriana: It’s an honour for me to be back in Brazil and being, you know, working here you know? It’s not – doesn’t mean that I won’t be working in the United States and I should forget Brazil, you know? This is where I come from.

The last things I did in America, it was Guess?, uh, Armani Perfume and Armani Jeans and I just signed a contract with [...]

December 12, 2007
With Logan at the Walk of Fame, November 2007

Logan – You can sit down.

Adriana – Are you comfortable there?

L – Yeah, I’m fine. It’s just up to you.

A – As you want.

L – [Laughs] So, are the necklaces new this year? Are they just for the models? Or… ‘Cause I see that everyone’s wearing the ‘Supermodel’ necklaces.

A – Do you like the necklace? I give it to you now. This is a present for [...]

December 12, 2007
With Logan Backstage at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, November 2007

Logan –I wanted to bring you something today, ‘cause, I’m Peruvian and so is my whole family. We believe in, like, good luck necklaces and stuff. And so this is just to void off, um, negative energy

Adriana – Oh my god! Thank-you so much! There is a – oh, I love it! Thank-you.

L – And then this is a good luck charm to put in your purse.

A – Oh, [...]

December 12, 2007
Behind The Scenes at GQ Shoot, April 2006

Adriana: Ok, this is my first day. Ah, we are shooting GQ, we're in the desert, and uh we're gonna have as well some boys in the shot with me as well. And uh, they're really nice.

The drama queen's here!!! (laughs) (Raises hands) It's me!!!

So uh, we're going to our first shot. Now, we have to drive a little bit to the location. Let's SEE! Let's [...]

December 12, 2007
Quem Magazine, July 2005

Note: the below is a general description of the interview, NOT a word-for-word translation.

"AFTER 3 YEARS WITHOUT GOING AT BRAZILIAN FASHION SHOWS, THE NEW INTEGRANT OF FORBES LIST IS BACK FOR THE 10 YEARS OF SÃO PAULO FASHION WEEK"

The magazine starts saying that isn't hard to know why Adriana became in only 10 years one of the most requested [...]

December 12, 2007
GQ USA, April 2006

How old are you, anyway?
Um, my age, I’m gonna leave, like, free for everybody to think about. I’m gonna leave it a secret, so when I get old, nobody will know.

Did you always plan on being a supermodel?
When I started, I was too young to know what I wanted. But today I would like to be a doctor. I want to be a pediatry…how do you call it, [...]