Lima never thought about being a model, although she had won many beauty pageants in elementary school. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford “Supermodel of the World” contest and finished in second place. After acquiring representation, Lima’s modeling portfolio quickly began to expand, and she appeared in numerous international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire. girl in 2000, appearing in that year’s fall ad campaign. Lima returned to the high fashion runway in 2009, walking for Givenchy. That same year, after visiting Turkey, Lima signed a contract with Doritos to appear in print campaigns and commercials which began airing in Turkey that April.

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As a runway model, she has walked the catwalks for designers such as Vera Wang, Giorgio Armani and Valentino, among others. Images. Lima returned to the high fashion runway in 2009, walking for Givenchy. in 2007 and 2008, she ranked as the world’s fourth highest paid supermodel by Forbes Magazine. Also, she ranked No.99th in the 2006 Forbes’ edition of The Celebrity 100 (Forbes’ Highest Paid and Powerful Celebrities in the World).

Since 2005, Lima has ranked in the top five of Forbes’ lists of the 20 highest-earning models in the world, and in 2006 ranked No.99 on the Forbes Celebrity 100. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford “Supermodel of the World” contest and finished in second place. As a runway model, she has walked the catwalks for designers such as Vera Wang, Giorgio Armani and Valentino, among others. Images. 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.” in February 2008, Lima was featured on the cover of Esquire, re-creating the classic 1966 Angie Dickinson cover on Esquire’s 75th anniversary along with fellow Victoria’s Secret Angels Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, Izabel Goulart and Selita Ebanks. She was also one of the faces of Givenchy for the Fall/Winter 2009 season, alongside Mariacarla Boscono and Iris Strubegger. in 2007 and 2008, she ranked as the world’s fourth highest paid supermodel by Forbes Magazine. 2008 continued for Lima with hosting the What Is Sexy.