Adriana Lima

Quote: Younger guys are just too jealous. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: When I help someone I lose 0.01% of my ego. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: When I get older, I don't think I'll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot have it. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: Steven Meisel is definitely number one. I also love to work with Albert Watson because his work is a mix of photography and art. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: My best moment was taking the plane when I came to New York. My family was really poor, and we would never have had the money to take a plane. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: If one day I have a daughter and my daughter wants to be a model, I would never let her! [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I've never been to the gym. I do nothing. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I'm from San Salvador. It is small compared to Sao Paolo. We are really slow there. People work half a day and then go to the beach. People have time. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I'm a teenager, but I'm independent-I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I wouldn't say it's competitive. I think everyone has their time. Gisele is having her time, and Shirley had her time, and maybe I will have my time. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I would like just one time to be on the cover of Italian Vogue. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top. When I got to the end the top was down. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. I thought I was too skinny. But I went in and got the job! And that's how I started. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I try to control what I eat, but the truth is I can't. I tried to give up meat last week, but I only lasted three days. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I think I want to be an actress. But first I need to try to get a better accent! [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I live inside the plane! I never have time to unpack; I'm always leaving in two days again. At the beginning it was really fun. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I like to travel all over the world and learn new cultures. Not that many people have the opportunity to do that. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I like to go to the movies or read. [Adriana Lima]

Quote: I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model. [Adriana Lima]

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