Men would rather watch their team lift the Champions League trophy than go on a date with Lima

Adriana Lima listed in People magazine's 100 most beautiful people in the world,  she also received a star on the Hollywood "Walk of Fame" prior to the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. That same year, she ranked 7th on FHMs "100 Sexiest Women 2007" list.

Victoria's Secret Walk of Fame

Adriana Lima was also voted at the No.53 spot on Maxim's "Hot 100" 2007. She was called No.1 as the Most Desirable Woman in 2005 by visitors of the Askmen.com. She received the award for "Hottest Girl on the Planet" in the 2007 Spike Guys' Choice Awards.

Hottest Girl on the Planet

Since November 2008, Models.com has featured Adriana Lima at No.1 on the list of the "Sexiest Models." As of July 2011, she is also ranked No. 4 in the website's "Money Girls" list. In 2010, she was voted eighth in "FHM's Sexiest Women in the World". FHM ranked her at No. 6 in 2009, No. 21 in 2008 and No. 4 in 2007.

Sexiest Models

In 2010, Adriana Lima was ranked No. 46 on the 50 most popular women on the Web according to Google search results. A results from a market research study in 2011 about the UEFA Champions League released by Heineken showed that 52% of men would rather watch their team lift the Champions League trophy than go on a date with Lima.

Adriana Lima and the Bras

In 2003 Adriana Lima has worked on ads campaign for the brand "Angel in Venice" commercial with Bob Dylan. 2008 continued for Lima with hosting the What Is Sexy? program for the E! Entertainment Network and a July tour for the BioFit Uplift Bra launch. She was also featured in November's Miracle Bra.

Adriana Lima wore the "Fantasy Bra" for the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The bra named  Black Diamond Fantasy Miracle Bra, created by American jewelry designer Martin Katz. Valued at over $5 million, the bra carried more than 1,500 carats (300 g).

In 2010, she again wore the Fantasy Bra, called the Victoria's Secret Bombshell Fantasy Bra. The bra which weighs in at 142 carats with 60 carats of white diamonds and 82 carats of topazes and sapphires is worth 2 million dollars.

Adriana Lima Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Adriana Lima is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. Her first fashion show for the company came in 1999, and since being contracted as an Angel in 2000, she has appeared on subsequent shows ever since, opening the show in 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010.

Adriana Lima opening the Victoria Secret fashion 2003

Adriana Lima opening the Victoria Secret fashion 2007

Adriana Lima opening the Victoria Secret fashion show 2008

Adriana Lima opening the Victoria Secret fashion show 2010

In 2012, she opened the show for the 5th time less than two months after giving birth to her second child. In 2004, she was part of the five Angels promoting Victoria's Secret nationwide in the so-called "Angels Across America"-Tour alongside Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bündchen and Alessandra Ambrosio

Adriana Lima opening the Victoria Secret fashion show 2012

Angels Across America 2004

Adriana Lima on Barcelona Fashion Week Spring Summer '14

Adriana Lima was photographed by artist Richard Phillips on the famed Copacabana sidewalk in Brazil for Visionaire no. 62 which was released in mid-2012. Lima is the subject of a painting by Phillips at Gagosian Gallery's 24th Street Gallery in New York.

In an interview, Phillips talks about Adriana Lima: "She's so powerful,really an entity, in a way". Then added: "You meet her and there's a generosity of spirit and very friendly and easy manner, and then all of sudden, the lights go on, and you realize you're working with this absolutely extraordinary person who's capable of creating these powerful images."

She is – for the second time – featured in the Pirelli calendar by setting a record of being the first pregnant woman to be ever featured in the calendar for the 2013 edition.

In July 2013, Desigual announced that Adriana Lima will be the face of the brand during Barcelona Fashion Week Spring Summer '14, following Bar Refaeli in the same role on January 2013.

Adriana Lima became the face of Donna Karan's spring 2012

Adriana Lima was featured on the cover of Esquire on February 2008, re-creating the classic 1966 Angie Dickinson cover on Esquire's 75th anniversary. She appeared only in shoes, diamonds and gloves for the November 2007 issue of Vanity Fair celebrating 20 years of supermodels with her fellow Angels.

Adriana Lima Esquire

Adriana Lima returned to the high fashion runway in 2009, walking for Givenchy. That same year, Lima signed a contract with Doritos to appear in print campaigns and commercials which began airing in Turkey on April. She was also one of the faces of Givenchy for the Fall/Winter 2009 season. Lima is one of the two faces of Blumarine's Fall/Winter 2011 season.

Adriana Lima Givenchy

Adriana Lima has worked with the most established photographers in fashion such as Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matidin, Vincent Peters, Mario Sorrenti, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott David Sims and Mario Testino. She became the face of Donna Karan's spring 2012 advertising campaign, which was accused of having racist undertones due to a photo featuring Lima posing in front of huddled local Haitians.

Adriana Lima for Donna Karan's spring 2012

Adriana Lima-The World's Most Voluptuous Virgin

Adriana Lima continued to build upon her portfolio, doing more print work for Maybelline, for whom she worked as a spokesmodel from 2003 until 2009, the same year Lima appeared in the company's first calendar. She did an ad campaign for Swatch.

Adriana Lima has also worked for notable fashion brands bebe, Armani, Versace, BCBG and Louis Vuitton. She also appeared on the covers and in the editorials of other fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, GQ, Arena, Vogue, V, Esquire and French Revue des Modes. Her April 2006 GQ cover was the highest-selling issue that magazine for the year. It is also one of the biggest selling issues of the publication ever. The magazine named her "The World's Most Voluptuous Virgin".

In 2008, Adriana Lima again fronted the cover of GQ, this time, attracting a record number of visits to the publication's website. She also appeared in the 2005 Pirelli Calendar and became the face of Italy's cell phone carrier, Telecom Italia Mobile, a move that earned her the nickname, "the Catherine Zeta-Jones of Italy."

Adriana Lima join the modeling's world

Adriana Lima never thought about being a model, although she had won many beauty pageants in elementary school. However, she had a friend at school who wanted to enter a modeling contest and did not want to enter alone, so Lima entered with her. Both sent in pictures, and the contest sponsor soon asked Lima to come out for the competition.

Soon after, at the age of 15, Adriana Lima entered and finished in first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" model search. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford "Supermodel of the World" contest and finished in second place. Three years later, Lima moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management.

After acquiring representation, Lima's modeling portfolio quickly began to expand, and she appeared in numerous international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire. As a runway model, she has walked the catwalks for designers such as Vera Wang, Giorgio Armani and Valentino...

Adriana Lima became a GUESS girl in 2000, appearing in that year's fall ad campaign. She also appeared in the book A Second Decade of Guess Images.

Adriana Lima: Sex is for after marriage

Adriana Lima was born on June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Lima is a devout Roman Catholic, she attends mass every Sunday. In April 2006, she told GQ that she was a virgin. "Sex is for after marriage," she explained. "Have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me."

After nine months of dating, Lima became engaged to Serbian NBA player Marko Jarić in June 2008. The couple married on St. Valentine's Day 2009 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In May 2009, it was reported that Lima had applied for Serbian citizenship. The couple have two daughters: Valentina Lima Jarić (born November 15, 2009) and Sienna (born September 12, 2012)

Adriana Lima 15 years old

Adriana Lima (born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian model and actress who is best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000, and as a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009.
At the age of 15, Lima finished first in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition, and took second place the following year in the Ford "Supermodel of the World" competition before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City.

MTV names Miley Cyrus 2013 Artist of the Year

MTV has just announced that Miley Cyrus has been selected by its music and news teams as MTV's Best Artist of 2013.

The criteria for making the pick included album and single sales, touring, airplay, social media, Internet and overall impact.

And who had bigger impact on MTV and the music scene this year than Miley?

In addition, according to traffic data from music discovery site Artists.MTV.com, Cyrus had the year's most visited artist page, while her medley of We Can't Stop/Blurred Lines with Robin Thicke from the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards tops the list as the most watched video of 2013.

Look for MTV to roll out year-end "Best Of" lists in movies, songs and movie characters later this week.

MTV's Best Artist of 2013:

1. Miley Cyrus
2. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
3. Justin Timberlake
4. Kanye West
5. One Direction
6. Katy Perry
7. Drake
8. Bruno Mars
9. Lorde
10. Lady Gaga

Artists.MTV.com's Top Artists (ranked by overall fan visits)

1. Miley Cyrus
2. Lil Wayne
3. Taylor Swift
4. Rihanna
5. Justin Bieber
6. Eminem
7. One Direction
8. Bruno Mars
9. Nicki Minaj
10. Beyonce

Artists.MTV Most Watched Music Videos (ranked by overall fan visits):

1. Miley Cyrus/Robin Thicke We Can't Stop/Blurred Lines, live from the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards
2. Bruno Mars, When I Was Your Man
3. Bruno Mars, Locked Out of Heaven
4. T.I. feat Lil Wayne, Wit Me
5. ENUR feat Nicki Minaj, I'm That Chick
6. Justin Timberlake/NSYNC medley, live from the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards
7. Linkin Park, Burn It Down
8. Taylor Swift, Red, live from the 2013 CMT Music Awards
9. Bruno Mars, Treasure
10. Taylor Swift, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, live from 2012 MTV EMA.

Miley Cyrus and The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards

In the 2011-2013, Miley Cyrus focused on her acting career with several television and film appearances. After signing with RCA Records, Cyrus released her fourth album, Bangerz, in 2013. Its singles "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball" were promoted with provocative music videos.

"Wrecking Ball" was featured close-up scenes of a nude Cyrus swinging on a wrecking ball. Critics were divided in their opinions of the music video; some appreciated its diversity from Cyrus' previous single "We Can't Stop", while others felt it was more provocative than its predecessor. "Wrecking Ball" currently holds the Vevo record for the most views in the first 24 hours after its release, and the record for being the fastest clip to reach 100 million views on the service. Cyrus has performed "Wrecking Ball" during several live performances, including the iHeartRadio Music Festival and an episode of Saturday Night Live.

Miley Cyrus was additionally performed during a controversial performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, while the latter became her first number-one hit in the United States. Miley Cyrus is recognized as among the most successful artists to originate from Disney. She ranked number thirteen on Forbes' 2010 Celebrity 100. For the 2011 Guinness World Records, Cyrus was named the “Most Charted Teenager” following her 29th US Billboard Hot 100 chart entry on November 7, 2009 with "Party in the U.S.A.". By the age of 18, she had seven top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and had four RIAA certified albums. As of October 2013, Cyrus has nine top-ten hits on the Hot 100.

Miley Cyrus sexually-themed performances

Miley Cyrus developed an adult image and mainstream pop sound with her extended play The Time of Our Lives (2009). Peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, its track "Party in the U.S.A." became her highest-peaking single on the chart up to that point.

Miley Cyrus' maturing image progressed with the film The Last Song and her third album Can't Be Tamed in 2010. The latter project featured more prominent dance elements than her earlier releases, and was promoted through sexually-themed performances.

Miley Cyrus and adult contemporary markets

Miley Cyrus' second album, Breakout (2008), was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments exceeding one million copies, and featured the successful track "7 Things".

That same year, Miley Cyrus launched her film career as the voice actress for Penny in the animated film Bolt. She earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her performance of its theme song, "I Thought I Lost You". In 2009, Miley Cyrus starred in the feature film Hannah Montana: The Movie, whose soundtrack and lead single "The Climb" introduced her to country and adult contemporary markets.