His father abandons him at the age of 6 months, leaving the family home. The starting point of his career coincided with his election as a runner at the international competition of the agency Ford Supermodel, after being elected to the national competition organized by the same agency.
Noticed by the agency Elite of Sao Paulo in Brazil, Adriana Lima moved to New York. It engages in humanitarian efforts by creating several orphanages in Brazil.In 2001, she turns in the BMW Films series produced by the episode in The Hire: The Follow in Wong Kar-wai with Mickey Rourke, Forest Whitaker She was engaged to Lenny Kravitz. She also turned in some of his clips including "Yesterday is gone".
She married 14 February 2009 to Serbian basketball player Marko Jaric playing in the NBA Minnesota Timberwolves. The marriage enabled him to acquire Serbian citizenship It is also the cousin of actress Elissa Sursara. Between 2003 and 2008 she was ambassador Maybelline. She gave birth to a baby girl named Valentina, 15 November 2009 in a private clinic in New York.