Juliana Martins

sha · December 3, 2004

Juliana Martins was born in 1984, in the town of José Bonifácio, Brazil. Although she always dreamed of being a model, she decided that modeling was out of her reach when she was just 10 years old. But a few years later, at age 12, an opportunity presented itself: she was considered for a commercial campaign. Although she didn't get the job, the opportunity gave her the confidence she needed to enter the Elite Model Look Contest in 1997, in which she became a finalist.

Hailing from José Bonifácio, Brazil, Juliana Martins joins the growing ranks of world-class Brazilian models -- including Isabeli Fontana, Gisele Bundchen, Ana Claudia Michels, and Adriana Lima. But for a while it was doubtful that Juliana would be the next sexy South American export, as she nearly gave up trying to be a model before her big break came in 1997.