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Opinion: The Angel's Back: Adriana Lima goes back to Victoria's Secret after six years

After six years away, the iconic supermodel Adriana Lima has decided to renew her partnership with Victoria's Secret, the lingerie and fragrances brand she worked with from 1999 to 2018. As many have said, the model decided to get her wings back after so many years, also attending the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2024. Thanks to Adriana being a fashion icon for so many years, the news has sparked utmost excitement and moving for the fans.


Who is Adriana lima? 


Adriana Lima is a Brazilian supermodel, born in 1981, in Salvador, Bahia. She always won beauty pageants and participate in small  modeling programs. When she was young, however, she officially started her official career at the age of fifteen, being recognized for winning Ford Models' “Supermodels of Brazil". Adriana continued to grow in her career by winning second place in the following year in another Ford competition for “Supermodels of the World”. After that,she started to build her ground, getting her first partnership, signing with Elite Model Management in New York City. Adriana has been a supermodel with many partnerships, such as with Maybelline,where she worked with cosmetics, and did commercials for  the Super Bowl, and Kia Motors— winning multiple agencies' hearts. After establishing a strong  reputation, Adriana signed her contract with Victoria's Secret in 1999. After familiarizing herself with the brand and working on her body and walks, she signed up to be an official angel (most important supermodels in VS) in the year 2000, only one year following her signing with the brand. After that she opened many shows in 2003, 2007, etc. Gathering millions of dollars through her journey in modeling. 


Adriana & VS


As previously stated, Adriana Lima joined Victoria's Secret in the year 1999, at the age of 17. She walked her first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, making her debut with tropical-inspired headgear that same year. But it wasn't until the following year (2000) that she became a Victoria Secret angel, meaning that she was one of VS' official faces, which gave her a lot of recognition as she attended multiple events for  the company and fronted campaigns for both print and television. In 2008, Adriana  wore the Fantasy Bra for the first time, an honor, since the piece contains black diamonds, 3,900 gems, including 177 white diamonds and 34 rubies. She wore the Fantasy Bra two more times, in 2010 & 2014, being one of these times in a VS show; this made her join Kate Moss in the group of models who wore the Fantasy Bra three times. In the year 2008 she  starred in a Super Bowl commercial for Victoria's Secret. The video clip was watched by 100 million people, becoming iconic.  In 2016, Adriana appeared in the Rio Olympics with Alessandra Ambrosio and Gisele Bündchen, other remarkable Brazilian fashion icons.


Angel gets her wings back


After six years without it, Victoria's Secret announced the return of their Fashion show, which, in many's opinion, is one of the most iconic fashion shows of all time. VS is not only bringing back Adriana Lima, but there are also rumors that they will be starring Gigi Hadid, Taylor Hill, Candice Swanepoel and many more icons. As the second highest paid model in the world, Adriana's comeback is at least epic.  Known as the icon, the face, the angel,Adriana has gathered recognition throughout the world for her career.  It is going to be incredible to see one of the most famous models of all time walking back on stage. Adriana is going to be featured in the show, but the public is asking for the comeback of other idols, such as Gisele, Alessandra, Karolina and many more. Now there is the question: will the Brazilian supermodel be the only featured model in the fashion display? It will only be answered this fall, in the Victoria's Secret 2024 fashion show.

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