* Vogue (Italy) 1998.
* Vogue (US) 1999
* Vogue (Brazil)

Runway

* Ralph Lauren
* Armani
* Luca Luca
* Baby phat
* Valentino
* Christian Dior
* Christian Lacroix
* Victoria's Secret

Print

* GUESS?
* Maybelline
* Victoria's Secret
* Telecom Italia Mobile
* Luca Luca
* BCBG
* XOXO
* bebe
* 2005 Pirelli Calendar
* 2006 VS Show

Lima has dated celebrities in the past, including an engagement with rocker Lenny Kravitz that ended in 2003 and Major League Baseball player Derek Jeter. She is currently dating Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein.

Lima revealed in the April 2006 cover feature of GQ magazine that, per her Catholic beliefs, she was still a virgin, explaining:

"Sex is for after marriage. [Men] have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me."

This shocked many people because she has often said that her relgion never influenced how she lived, she had not been to church in many years and that people immediatly assume she is heavily religous because she went to catholic school when she was younger and wears a scapular around her neck.

After the magazine was published Adriana publically said that the journalist who interveiwed her did not speak portuguese well and translated what she was saying wrongly. The journalist says he made no mistakes but Adriana stands by what she said.

Lima does charitable work by helping with an orphanage, "Caminhos da Luz" (Ways of Light), located in her hometown. She helps with construction to expand the orphanage, and buys clothes for poor children in Salvador, Bahia.

Adriana Lima rose to stardom out of less than glamorous conditions. Lima was discovered while shopping at a local mall at the age of 13. At the age of 15, she finished 1st place in a Ford Supermodel of Brazil model search. Lima later followed with a 2nd place finish in the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the World contest.

Shortly after, Lima moved to New York City, and eventually moved on from Ford, signing with Elite Model Management. Her early career consisted mostly of fashion editorial work (with early appearances in international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire in 1997/1998), as well as runway work (Christian Lacroix, Valentino, and others). Lima's first big break came when she was featured in a Vassarette billboard in Times Square. Her print career followed, and like many other famous names (Claudia Schiffer, Laetitia Casta, Eva Herzigova), Lima became a GUESS? Girl in their 2000 Costanoa campaign.

Lima continued to build upon her entry, doing more print work (Maybelline, bebe, Mossimo, BCBG) and gracing the cover and editorials of more high fashion magazines (Harper's Bazaar, ELLE). Probably best known for her Victoria's Secret work and Angel status (along with Heidi Klum and Gisele), Lima first graced the VS runway in 2000, and was the show opener for the 2003 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

In 2001 Adriana Lima starred in BMW Films short, "The Follow" alongside actors Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, and Forest Whitaker. In the film, Owen's character is hired to follow Lima's, who is suspected of cheating on her famous husband, played by Rourke. The film had a runtime of 8:47 including credits, was written by Andrew Kevin Walker, and directed by Wong Kar-Wai.

Lima is currently represented by New York's DNA Models.