Adriana Lima Quotations

Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be shy. It's cute.

I eat a balanced diet. The secret is to watch your portions, but I also work out a lot. Working out a lot isn't necessary, but I am very active, and my body can endure intense workouts.

I remember Tyra Banks giving me encouraging advice during my first Victoria's Secret commercial shoot. I was so nervous, and she told me to just relax and be confident - that made me feel very comfortable.

Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.

Lingerie is one of the most important pieces of your wardrobe. You can have a wardrobe malfunction if you dont choose the right thing to wear underneath!

Fashion is about good energy. It's about feelings. That's what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings.

From my hair to my toes to my nails. Everything's fake. Everything! Even my heart is fake.

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.

I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile.

If you're nervous, that means you care and you want to give your best.

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

I love old-fashioned manners, as long as it's not forced. I can tell when it's natural or when someone is just trying to impress me.

Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.

I believe love just happens once. You can be mistaken, you can think you are in love, but after a while you discover that youre really not. Real love is different.

I love going to work out now. It gets out aggression and my trainer really shakes it up so I don't get bored.

I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry... how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really.

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.

I've never been to the gym. I do nothing.

I love challenges, I love intensity, and I also like to challenge my mind. Believe it or not, boxing is not only about physical force. You use a lot of concentration; it's really mental.

Coconut water is just the best for you; it's always something we had in Brazil. Since I was a little girl, I've been drinking it.

I love Victoria's Secret and the brand, and I'm passionate about Victoria's Secret commercials, too.

I like presents that a man has spent time on, doing them himself, like a card or anything that is made by hand and from the heart.

I love cakes. Chocolate and coconut cakes. I love that combination!

I like jealous men. I love jealousy. I do.

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.

It's wrong for a guy to have no personality, no heart. Because I don't care about style or money.

Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.

When I get older, I don't think I'll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot have it.

I eat everything I want on Christmas day. I really don't watch what I eat. It's not like you have #‎ Christmas every day!

I would like just one time to be on the cover of Italian Vogue.

In Brazil, we don't have Victoria's Secret, and my family are all Victoria's Secret fans, so I usually bring them back some lovely pieces.

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

Actually, I never really thought I would be a model. I never knew a lot about fashion and magazines, and I never paid attention to it. I was a young girl, though.

I have a great tip - I have a jumping rope in the house, and I just do ten minutes of it whenever I can. You don't need to work out for hours, just ten minutes will do.

I try to work out as much as I can and, of course, eat healthily. Drinking a lot of water, sweating during your work out is good for you, and of course, chasing after your kids!

I'm very simple when it comes to gifts, so the best ones that I've received have love as their main intention. I appreciate everything.

I don't like fights. I don't like aggressive people.

If one day I have a daughter and my daughter wants to be a model, I would never let her!

I love my job and I love my children. It's really about figuring out your schedules and getting everything down that you need to do and sticking to your plan.

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

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.

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.

If you're having dinner with friends and they're always on the phone or always texting, it's just impolite. Unless it's something important - like someone is in the hospital or something - don't do it.

I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top. When I got to the end the top was down

I like to go to the movies or read.

I'm not going to fly a million miles with somebody I don't know.

If I am not moving I get bored very easily.

When I was young, around 5, I was crying in all the pictures of me. I did not like the flash; it scared me!

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.

Every work has the bad side, and people will be mean to you, and when you're young, you don't know how to defend yourself.

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.

I didn't know anything about fashion. I couldn't believe it when I got here. I don't know how I'm sitting here right now speaking English.

Younger guys are just too jealous

Brazilian women are taught to take care of themselves. They start their beauty routine at a young age, which is the key to aging beautifully.

I think everyone is a little egocentric, but when I help someone I lose 0.01% of my ego.

I think I live inside the plane! I never have time to unpack; I'm always leaving in two days again. I travel a lot, and at the beginning it was really fun. The first time I went inside a plane, I was 15 years old and I had so much fun. I like to travel all over the world and learn [about] new cultures. Not that many people have the opportunity to do that.

Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself.

You have to believe in yourself and be strong.

I won`t cry for you, my mascara`s too expensive

If you're comfortable in your own skin, you will feel beautiful - and look beautiful to others, too.

In Brazil, there isn't just one beauty ideal. There's a lot of emphasis on a woman's natural beauty - but of course, Brazilian women love expressing their beauty through makeup.

Fashion is about good energy. Its about feelings. Thats what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings.

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.