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How can we get a photo of her on here without infringing on any copyrights? MDesigner 20:21, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)

Ahhh, I found a site that says that its photos are "believed to be from the public domain." That works for me. I'll dig up a nice face shot and post it up, as well as a link to the site which has a ton of photos of her (yum). MDesigner 06:08, Dec 18, 2004 (UTC)

well, it doesn't seem like it is: it's clearly a VS pic. in fact, i wonder if that claim isn't just the site owners' way of covering their butts in case they're caught (after seeing that on several sites).Frencheigh 06:16, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

    I'm pretty sure that photo is of Alessandra Ambrosio, not Adriana Lima.

I believe that her official "comp card" falls in the official promotional picture category of fair use, and have uploaded that. Source [1] Calwatch 10:55, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This hand wringing about infringing on copyrights is silly. There are photos of her all over the internet that have been placed "Without Express Written Permission", and a quick click over the Wiki page on Victoria's Secret shows her on the magazine cover. That is the image that should be used here

Whether it's fair use actually depends which article it's used in. (That's the general agreement anyway.) See the text of Template:Magazinecover and the associated discussion page. Frencheigh 01:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

the most famous thing about her is she has super eye, best looking eye in the world and it should be posted here

That's not what she is known for, besides it's not NPOV to state it as an encyclopedic fact. She is famous for being a VS model.

Wouldnt it be fair to describe her eye color as silver? Seems more shiny greyish than bluish to me

Wasn't she also in Aerosmith's 'Girls of Summer' video? PerlKnitter 21:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No i don't think so.

Hmm, I have seen several references to Jaime Pressley and Kim Smith as two of the three. I thought I had seen somewhere that Adriana was the third. If not her, then who is it? PerlKnitter 20:16, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

no.. it doesn't really look like her. adriana has blue/green eyes not brown and her face is rounder. so i don't think its her.

Adriana is only of Native Indian, African, and Swiss descent. Wrong info. You can watch this video of her at youtube mentioning her ethnic background....No where does she says anything about French,Portguese,Japanese, or "Afro Brazilian"...BTW-Nor is she "Native American"...More like Native Brazilian Indian...Was she born in America? No, so how in the world is she half "Native American"?Cococanelle 05:21, 23 August 2006 (UTC) Youtube Interview[reply]

Yes, i realized something was wierd about it.. Japanese?!

Afro-Brazilian is the same thing as African, in this case. 24.186.192.247 16:08, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone keeps taking out her African heritage, although she herself has specifically said on numerous occasions that she IS of African descent. These racist revisions on certain people's pages are unfounded and need to stop.

I have reverted the edits from User:68.13.145.189 because it looked like sneaky vandalism, which was also a little apparent from the user contribution. I don't know of other contributions though. Others may look into the matter.-- Anupamsr|talk |contribs  15:37, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to the imdb, her favourite musician is really Lenny Kravitz. So, I think it´s a correct information. User:Mistico

Wait a minute cause i'm confused is she or isn't she a virgin? i read an interview that she goes to church every sunday too.

She claims to be a virign during an intview with gq which i wrote and provided the link to prove it which I thought was enough, if someone disagree's, prove it. -j

--Thedigger 06:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC) Definitely NOT. She's the latest celebrity to have a leaked sex tape. Perhaps this should be added to the main text?[reply]

Definetly not Adriana's secret sex tape read this and everything will be clearer http://fleshbot.com/sex/celebrity/definitely-not-the-adriana-lima-sex-tape-241972.php and she is the only person (except maybe her ex boyfriends or current boyfriend) who knows the answer to the question "is Adriana Lima a virgin?" Ringwraith46 02:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please if you are going to write something like this - "However, in the June 2006 issue of the Italian GQ, Lima told reporters that she was in fact no longer a virgin, and that she had just been mistaken because her English is not the best. She went on to say that although it would never apply to her, she believes it is a good example for teenagers." Please provide a reliable source!

Funny how no one has proof of her stating her own ethnic background, But I listed the three (African, Indian, and Swiss) from her interview. I will state again she is not a mix of Portuguese, French, or Japanese. --Cococanelle

African is not an ethnicity. In actuality, neither is Amerindian. According to Ethnicity, ethnicity is defined as:

An ethnic group or ethnicity is a population of humans whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry (Smith, 1986). Ethnic groups are also usually united by certain common cultural, behavioural, linguistic and ritualistic or religious traits.

There are too many variations in the cultural, behavioural, linguistic and ritualistic/religious traits of the different peoples of Africa to call Africa an ethnicity. Same goes for Amerindian. One cannot say the Inuit of Ellesemere Island are the same ethnic background as the Mapuche of Argentina.

Either her actual, specific ethnicities should be listed or the category be changed from "Ethnicity to something else. --Kmsiever 04:27, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The trivia section is too long, self-contradictory, and unverifiable. It requires major cleanup, with some information being incorporated into the main article text, and other info being removed outright. -Porlob 14:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What I don't understand is why can't we keep her heritage to Swiss, African, and Native Indian? There has been no proof of her stating otherwise. She is a mixture of all three from the above stated youtube video.

yeah i dont know who keeps changing it.

Can we get a reference where Lima's father supposedly walked out on her?

Yes. I don't know who wrote that and were they got it from!

She was really offered roles in those two films ? Since she only had yet a role on cinema, I find hard to believe. User:Mistico

How could she have Iraqui heritage? her last name is "Lima" that can be a word of portuguese or spaniard origin.

Does she? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.119.45.169 (talk) 23:09, 1 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

No she doesn't have one. It was said on an official forum in which Lima is part of.[fashionmodeltalk] Same goes for Alessandra Ambrosio and Ana Beatriz Barros. They have their own site.

178 cm would make her 5'10, not 5'11.

no 179cm is 5'10.

isnt she 5ft 10 anyways???

5'11 = 180cm 5'10 is closer to 178cm. mirageinred 17:29, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i dont know some people say shes actually 5ft 7inches, as managers of models usually just add a few inches to their height making them look bigger.

Please do not put links to myspace profiles in the article or source information in articles with myspace links, please see WP:RS#Self-published_sources_as_secondary_sources. - Ocatecir 09:24, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No. The page says myspace should be avoided "except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or an official page of the article subject." mirageinred 19:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is undisputed that myspace should NOT be used as a source. If the information is pertinent to an encyclopedia it will have a third-party reliable source about it. There is discussion, however, if myspace should be allowed in the external links. No consensus has been reached yet, so for the time being it should not be added. - Ocatecir 20:06, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not being used as a source. That was her own myspace and the WP:EL says it can be added. mirageinred 20:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The message you were responding to was added because people were adding information from myspace pages. Also, WP:EL does not say that anywhere on the page. #10 under "Links normally to be avoided" says "Links to social networking sites (such as MySpace), discussion forums or USENET." Read it yourself. - Ocatecir 20:12, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did read it. The reason why it says "links normally to be avoided" is because there is an exception. (..."Except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or an official page of the article subject"). The myspace in this case links to the subject (Adriana Lima) and it is only an external link, not a source. mirageinred 20:16, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm quoting directly from WP:EL. 20:17, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Again, the myspace debate has not reached a consensus, read Wikipedia_talk:External_links#MySpace_Ban_revisited. Until it has, myspace links should not be added. Because what you quoted does not mention myspace, and #10 under "Links normally to be avoided" explicitly mentions myspace, that is the official policy. Should the debate prompt wiki admins to change the policy, then myspace links may start to be added. The point is that myspace is self-published. If they contain pertinent information for an encyclopedia, then that information would be published by a third party. - Ocatecir 20:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The debate is only taking place in the talk page, so it's not an official policy yet. Until then WP:EL states that Lima's myspace falls under "links normally to be avoided" "except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or an official page of the article subject." mirageinred 20:25, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The talk page gives you an idea of where the debate currently is at. If you read it, you see that most still regard myspace as illegitimate. If myspaces were allowed, that debate would not be occuring. Also, if myspaces were allowed #10 would not exist to prohibit them. - Ocatecir 20:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know myspace is debatable. but the WP:EL (which is part of Manual of Style, which the talk page is not) currently says there is an exception in which the myspace can be listed as external link if it links to the subject of the page. mirageinred 20:44, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is a connection you are making. The sentence does not mention myspace. If it considered myspace to be exempt, it would not mention it in #10. - Ocatecir 20:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why does it say "links normally to be avoided?" Before it lists the sites normally to be avoided (which includes myspace, USENET and such), it says "except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or an official page of the article subject" directly under "links normally to be avoided," which means that the list of sites mentioned are "links normally to be avoided" unless it links to the subject of the article or an official page of the article subject. Thus, Lima's myspace is an exception. mirageinred 20:55, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why revert? must have been a mistake. mirageinred 20:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

it was. rv back.-Ocatecir 20:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've tried to add an external link to Adriana Lima's profile on the Internet Fashion Database to this articles External Links section, and twice it has been removed. I don't understand how the link violated the external links policy.

The Internet Fashion Database's purpose is to collect and catalog information about the fashion industry: models, agencies, clothing labels, designers, photographers, etc and show the relationships between them.

How is linking to Adriana Lima's profile not acceptable?