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Exactly. She has IT and transcends generations and different types of people. Thats how exceptional she actually is. Yeah thats why she is considered "timeless" IMO. It doesn't matter how much it changes, she is always looked at as a blue print for beauty and models. The time changes doesn't stop people from loving her MASSIVELY

I was just about to post something like this except because of this video I saw: The fact that young youtubers and content creators are making POSITIVE videos about her as a good person who also happens to be a highly successful "sexy" model is so great. You have to be pretty big to inspire content creators to do that. And it was such a positive video and people in the comments all said the same things. That she is beautiful inside and out and there is more to her than her looks. Thats another reason why she is so big, people have gotten to truly know her even without the help of social media and they love the idea that they have of her. And honestly VS was the job that made people look at her beyond her looks to be honest The above video was uploaded December 8th and this video below, making some of the same points was also posted last week. IDK but for some reason everybody has Adriana on the brain right now lol. And its all about how despite being a model and known to be sexy, she is more than that

Her followers went up some more to 12.7 million..., it wasn't long ago when she went to 12.6

Yeah, I remember being naive and thinking I wanted to see Adriana with a high end makeup brand like Givenchy, Chanel, Marc Jacobs. But those contracts simply do not last nearly as long (and I don't think they pay as much). In my opinion her being able to stay with Maybelline as long as she already has is another bragging right for her. Only the better models can keep those beauty contracts like that. Adriana's extensive list of work AND memorable work shows that she is an exceptional model.

While I think Adriana did great for herself thus far, she became iconic and not every top model does no matter how much work they book. Even Adriana herself said during that Vogue Arabia interview that she did make some mistakes on her choices for her career. Like, she rejected certain opportunities earlier on that now she realizes she should have taken. Atleast she is aware, she does not lack self awareness and she does have alot of drive. She just likes to handle things her own way still. Like you said, she gonna be for herself. I don't care how much a model benefits from their relationships, it just takes you down some notches, ESPECIALLY when you can see in their work that without their famous partners, they would not be getting the opportunities. Gisele is the only one who actually has the talent to back up all she benefited from (I honestly feel like even without Leo and Tom, she would still be highly highly successful) Barabra.... She's a pretty girl and has a refreshing full figure. But I don't even know much about her. I think thats how far under the radar she is in terms of career. IDK why because I never looked much at the work that she did get much, so I can't judge if she just isn't talented enough but I do think she isn't the biggest model.

Exactly. Adriana is seen as actually Iconic. She just isn't a successful model, she actually made her mark. And @lucyford is right that it wasn't until covid, she slowed up. Which is understandable because for some reason Adriana just has to live in Miami. The others made sure to live in NYC, thats where you have to be. Also, Irina would be out in NYC with no mask during its shut down, so she didn't take it as seriously as Adriana clearly was. The pandemic has shifted things for alot of people, but Adriana is clearly motivated and I think she is trying to make some moves. We will see later, as we always do. Adriana always drops new work when we don't expect it.

I agree with this. I don't care what Irina does, at the end of the day she clearly needed those relationships. Not only because it changed her career but I am not impressed by her actual work. She is far from the best model. She had to rely on everything BUT talent and what not to get where she is. She will never be comparable in my eyes. And to me she is still a model who just books. She hasn't gone all out to break records and make history with her work like Adriana or Gisele or Tyra. These are models who have REAL bragging rights because of how they sell or what they managed to achieve with their work. Irina's career isn't like that, she just gets an opportunity any model who tries HARD ENOUGH will also get. But sometimes she blows those chances because she isn't that talented. I also agree with @Marsnoop another thing is they aren't even the same ages. Irina eventually will come to a point where her work slows down too, and honestly will she be known as iconic as Adriana for her actual work, I don't see that yet. She would be just another top model who has her successful run. Plenty of models have had those and will have those. but not plenty of models have down what Adriana managed when she was around the ages of Irina and Candice, especially Candice. She has been booking more but Adriana still has her beat in terms of over all career. I would be surprised if she surpasses her because Candice seems more like an Adriana than Irina, she doesn't kiss up nor does she get involved in high profile relationships.

Well either way she went from 12.5 to 12.6 this year

No actually she gained followers more than she ever has recently. She was on 12.5 since she retired from VS. She only just went up to 12.6 recently. And she is actually staying there. Maybe if you check the numbers they shift up and down but obviously nothing significant for her to be on 12.6 when for the first half of the year she had 12.5

Yeah Puma, is not a long term kind of thing. Thats basically just a clothing line. Models don't stay with those for long term, its usually just a season. The fact that she worked for Puma for more than year was rare itself. Something like Maybelline, they offer long term contracts, a model can still with a beauty brand for like 15 years. Look at Eva Longoria and lorreal.

she could be accidentally photographed lol. She has started to show herself again recently. Adriana was around during Lais birthday, she just wasn't seen. But she was there because lais thanked her for those cookies. So its not just marko taking the children to events. Adriana just isn't shown in every documentation

So much better. Not that stupid filter that makes her skin paler and her lips look thinner and she looks good and like herself, not russian lol (I have no problems with Russians btw, its just crazy how adriana resembles them with those filters at times-because she is actually a multiracial brazilian )

^ If I recall you are one of those people who think she doesn't look good on candids at all and looks better in selfies and what not. I think its the reverse. Adriana doesn't typically look like her usual self in selfies because she is weird about taking them lol. She does herself no favors with them. The angles and the filters make her look unrecognizable at times. Which isn't the case in real candids, you would actually recognize her in her real life and when she is out and about. Her face may look bigger in those older candids because she probably gained weight, or for some reason is carrying more weight in her face (hopefully not from anything like fillers that will make her face big initially). But we have seen she does tend to use more filters if she gained weight and it shows in her face. She also hasn't been posting herself much which is another thing she does when she gained weight. It happened in 2018. So she probably has gained more weight while being at home. But hopefully by now she has rid of it, it happened to alot of people. But hopefully thats not the case anymore and she stop using those filters that make her look russian. Why do that when you look like Adriana Lima lol

I think her eyebrows are finally starting to look normal again after that terrible job but I wish she'd stop using those filters that make her look russian. She keeps using filters that do her no favors, I wish she knew she is better off without all that crap

I hope so too but Adriana doesn't always wish the family happy birthdays on SM, and she hasn't been posting much on her feed lately.

Maybelline just sent her something more recently and promoted it.. I don't think it would make sense for Maybelline to not have her under contract anymore but then send her something RIGHT after her contract was over. Thats like VS sending her something in 2019 (something they was doing), after she retired from them in 2018. Like why do that if you let the person go. But it does make sense to send her stuff and she truly does promote it. With the Ilia, all she did was show what she got. She does that often, even with clothes, it was probably thought less. But Adriana put on what maybelline gave her and showed/displayed exactly what product she wore, that is def promoting what she did with maybelline

This was sweet

No I feel like they have been gone for awhile. And adriana told the full story of how she got with miu miu it was def more personal and through kegrand, and kegrand actually commeneted under her post out of support

I agree. And even if it doesn't go as planned, she can always just go back and sign up to another agency guys. This something completely reversible if need be. Not like she did something permanent, its something that can be fixed if it needs to be Also, in her caption she mentioned the work she has gotten from 2018 up to this point, was actually by HERSELF. And thats good because thats more than 2 Vogue covers and campaigns with miu miu, BCBG, and MaxMara. So its not like it hasn't worked out before. Lets hope it continues to. And even if not, it takes nothing for her to sign up to another agency again as I said.

Its obvious from her last interview with Vogue Arabia and her IG posts, she hasn't quit modelling nor does she want to. First, it would be "retiring" and if she did decide to retire its not gonna be just sudden and without an announcement/statement. Ya'll gotta remember this covid stuff has changed things around for some people for different reasons. We don't know exactly how this has affected her and her plans. Also, at the end of the day we NEVER know about Adriana's work and what she is doing until the actual work comes out. Its been that way for years. Most of the work that comes out, we have no idea when it was shot. Ya'll should be patient, its not like its a regular year for everyone. She literally had a campaign and a Vogue cover come out right before covid

@Wicked Game is right. She did dump him very quick. Like literally one night they were in Cannes at the amfar party, where she had on that big black dress, very covered. They went there and the next day (literally) Adriana unfollowed him, removed pics and she even followed a domestic violence account afterwards as well. And yes he actually left miami right after that. We don't know why or what happened, but it had to be huge and bad for things to change literally over night and then he left the state of Florida

Yeah, she is def rubbing alot of real fans the wrong way with it. I know of a former fan account of Adriana, they just changed it. They had been a big fan for years, and had like 80K followers for their fan account. I do know this fan was progressively getting annoyed with Adriana's antic sometimes, and they started to question what she is really about. And after adriana's last IG story stunt posting that conspiracy, they just decided to unfollow her and turned that big account into a gisele fan account instead and only follow Gisele and Alessandra. Its sad because that was a big fan, she was even concerned for Adriana when Adriana was dating Metin. So, its not like they were only fans because of what Adriana looked like, but because of Adriana's personality as well. I think all these wack and bad conspiracy posts was the last straw. THAT is why fans try to warn Adriana and her people because, its important to know how the public conveys these things. I don't care how much Adriana says she doesn't care if people misunderstand her, you have to think about these things. If you want people to continue to support you and hire you, put money in your pocket, put food on your table- don't do things that will piss alot of people off. Don't do things that will turn people off. Its not gonna be the vaccine that take away Adriana's job but those IG stories. Thats the thing. Nobody is really gonna get in the way of Adriana and her career, but HERSELF. She has to be smarter and more open-minded

True, it could be hard to change her beliefs. But it should not be hard, if she is so "passionate" about it, to actually do the educating herself outside of an social media. Like instead of watching those movie all the time, read a book or something on that stuff. Read research articles that actually explain these things. If adriana feels that strongly about this, that should be no problem. I know for a fact she has actual friends who don't even believe that stuff. Her friend Tina Brady made an IG story, that I am sure Adriana saw, that debunked that stupid doctor shit. So, no, not all her friends believe that stuff. She has friends who actually take their time to educate themselves on it. Also, even if her mind doesn't get changed, it shouldn't be hard for her to understand to not constantly post that stuff. Its nonstop, thats why its damaging and reckless. It would be nice for her opinion to change but even if it doesn't- atleast remind her that she is a public professional and she has to act that way accordingly. She wouldn't go to an event rambling on and on about what she has seen on social media conspiarcy thought. So she shouldn't keep using her public profile to do it. She can think that way privately but using her public account where everybody is watching, especially since people are at home- thats the most damaging part.

Quoted for emphasis, especially as a person who actually STUDIES science and had to do a year long project in college for Vaccines. IDK what is more infuriating, Adriana refusing to put her phone down and to stop using her platform to spread uneducated things through random ass instagram accounts or the fact that not even her team will do anything about. Because trust me, people have noticed it. Adriana has had a 20+ years of a good career and reputation and she's shattering it because of instagram accounts, INSTAGRAM accounts. That is just... How can her PR not do something about this?? Adriana is uneducated and that has yet to change. She has not had an education outside of social media about this shit. Which is not good enough.So yeah we look to people who are smarter about these things to tell her to be smart about the shit when it comes to social media. Seems to me she just has a team of enablers who won't are discouraged to help her. Adriana, her friends, and her team won't be satisfied until they have to learn the HARD way. The year 2020 is too crazy to be pulling this stuff and her to be putting this shit out there. If Adriana finds herself in some deep shit, and it affects her career and her money- they will give a damn then but its gonna be too late. Thats the sad part, they not even trying to prevent it

No whats pointless is you cursing and continuously quoting something but then want to tell THEM to chill out. You're the one thats cursing and calling people overly defensive. Don't tell me to chill when you are doing all of that. I don't need to do anything. I can say what I want to say, you got a problem with it, stop quoting me because I didn't quote you first. I don't post to please you. You keep making the decision to quote me. Its as simple as that. And dropping F bombs, again doesn't help. I need to chill but you're cursing. Want to act as if you're innocent and peaceful but you're dropping f bombs and putting things in equation marks when you could have simple typed it out. I am sure you are the one who misunderstood since both me and @lucyford had to tell you nobody even called anyone an idiot. This whole message is hypocritical and defeats whatever point you called yourself making. I have a huge problem with hypocrisy. So do me and yourself a favor and stop talking to me