.. and why insane !? it's a sin to express an opinion about my idol ? I only said what I liked in her in these years and that I would review ..no insanity

Wow, whoever thought a General Clothing thread could be so contentious!

.. and why insane !? it's a sin to express an opinion about my idol ? I only said what I liked in her in these years and that I would review ..no insanity

It's a sin not to expect somebody to change after 10 years & specially, after a baby. Everyone knew she was going to change with the years, that's called nature

even after 10 years, she is still very attractive. But at the same time, you can't stay on top forever. Eventually someone will become the new face of VS. With the publicity Rosie is getting, my money is on her.

It's the same with Kate Moss or Heidi, because of their high profile, they still get booked.

Because, honestly I don't think that Heidi is the hottest or most talented model right now.

Just like Heidi, after working with VS for years Adriana got associated with them, with their brand, and I think that's the reason they keep on using her.

If she hadn't worked with them before? Well, they would be far from booking her, as her VS-shoots turn out to be the worst of all angels IMO.

Eh, a little. But also the fact VS keeps around her because they adore her work...believe me they wouldn't have just signed her to a beauty campaign..and don't you think dear that if they felt she was so horrid looking they wouldn't be publishing anything and letting her go? Yes.

Also again with the

her VS-shoots turn out to be the worst of all angels IMO

I'm sorry but maybe you are seeing something I don't....

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Because all the above were taken in late 08' early 09 before she took a leave for pregnancy and she looked IMO just like she did back in her "prime" years, these were gorgeous, and back in 08, she was back to her old self (with a bit of aging of course) after a couple years of bad vs shoots and etc (2006-2007) and then she left to have Val...and some are judging on THESE recent vs pics...come on people! They were shot to soon after she had Val, her face was still puffy from weight gain and the makeup wasn't done right. I mean look at the comparison. She looked perfect in 08, and early 09, she's looking great in her recent editorial work (that was shot way after these) and we are judging these as a comparison...wow.

This is the way it's coming off. She looked great in 08 thru early 09, PREGNANCY, then return to work, all her eds look great, vids look great (most people think she looks better than ever) and one set of vs pics come out that aren't very good that she shot several months ago (BEFORE more of her recent work came out...they were shot before her come back video...and everyone raved how good she looked there) I don't think is a fair comparison to her.

Yes she has aged, and everyone is allowed to have an opinion and Angie I respect yours. But my point is, to judge her on a set of photos that were obviously one of her worst, in a group of great photos the last few months is unfair to Adriana. Think of the things that she has looked great(back to the regular Dri, or even to the 08 year which you yourself said she started to look like her old self) The comeback video, her announcement videos, her Nomad live shoot, the Nomad Ad, the Loewe Ad, the Vogue ed, the Hola Ed,

like I said I look at these which were all shot very recently this year and I don't see how people say she looks so bad...I just don't see it. Maybe she doesn't look 20 anymore, but it's not like all of a sudden she turned horrid.

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Like I said in the above photos it's like having the old Dri back IMO, the new VS pics suck yes, but most of these photos were taken AFTER those were taken...so I think it's safe to say it was just a bad shoot.

Like I said everyone has their opinion and I respect everyone's I just don't think it's fair to judge her on a bad VS shoot when she's done brilliant work since then, where she has looked back to her fab self. But we'll have to agree to disagree.

i think adriana is as beautiful as before.

the BIG BIG ISSUE - her hair. seriously the hairstylist is making her hair into a giant tangled mess in the recent vs photos.

and what's up with not photoshopping her eye bags (please she has 2 layers... can't those photoshop people do something right?)

and the makeup really doesn't bring her eyes out at all. why? she just needs basic eyeliner and eyelashes...

u know i keep thinking to myself, why is it that in candids Adriana i so much more beautiful than when VS takes photos of her?

so i've concluded, VS is just good in taking photos of young girls. even doutzen is suffering from their complacent styling and photography and photoshopping.

plus i like my adriana with pale-ish skin or darkish skin but with killer eyelashes and eyes. adriana has never worn entire outfits well. because of her awesome shoulders she looks great in swimwear and lingerie but maybe too bulky in long sleeve shirts. but too bad cause VS is dumb enough to think she's too big for revealin clothes. please i'd rather see adriana's womanly body instead of sticks in underwear. give me my adriana back.

@ lost soul:

Sigh.

First of all, I didn't know that saying her vs shoots are the worst of the angels right now is equal to "looking horrid". I didn't say that.

I agree with Meryl that her hair and makeup for VS is not flattering at all, but I also say it MIGHT be due to the fact that she aged.

I don't see why I shouldn't conclude that it's also partly due to the aging process. You admitted yourself that she's changed, so why

do we have this conversation anymore?

The pictures you picked are beautiful without doubt. But there HAVE been very mediocre pictures of her, from 2007-2009, this last set kind of

hits rock bottom.

I'm too tired to post photos so you can pick on them and say "that's just because of the angle". I could also say that she looks better

on the photos you posted because they were highly photoshopped.

There's no sense in all of that!

I love Adriana, think that she is awesome and always has been, BUT I do not agree when you say that she looks "looks her best" and "better than ever" now.

Because I think that's just not true. Like sheepsbag said I think that's an offence to how special she was.

I honestly think that if they would give her the same make-up look she had here:

and here:

and here:

She would look almost as great as she did back then. To me, aside from aging, the most changes that I think made her look less good then she should is make-up and hair. Not to mention the lack of tan.

She's been vampiric white before:

And back then, it didn't look good either.

So if she would get her tan back, and get hair like this:

I think she would look about as good as before. Sure, everyone ages. Adri is no different. But I think that with the right hair and make-up, she could look as smashing as she did before. If you notice in the first 3 pictures she has almost the same make-up look in them. This is what suits her best. They should stick with the tried and true.

For example, compare either of those great pics with this one Lost Soul posted:

See the difference in make-up and tan?

I honestly think that if they would give her the same make-up look she had here:

She would look almost as great as she did back then. To me, aside from aging, the most changes that I think made her look less good then she should is make-up and hair. Not to mention the lack of tan.

So if she would get her tan back, and get hair like this:

I think she would look about as good as before. Sure, everyone ages. Adri is no different. But I think that with the right hair and make-up, she could look as smashing as she did before. If you notice in the first 3 pictures she has almost the same make-up look in them. This is what suits her best. They should stick with the tried and true.

For example, compare either of those great pics with this one Lost Soul posted:

See the difference in make-up and tan?

I agree completely ..her face is supernatural like always ! it's only a metter of make up and hair ..do you imagine guys, if she will appear like that pic at the VSFS , with this hair, this make up, this skin ...................really spectacular !

hey check out the stills playgirl posted in advertisements and misc threads. i think she looks pre-pregnancy there. in fact she looks... 23 again.

but i do dislike her new brand of false eyelashes. she doesn't need the winged end. she needs the more natural equally spaced out one because her eyeshape is long enough. she needs an eye widening eye lash, not lengthening. to help ensure she doesn't look too wide and squinty.

but i totally adore those caps.

Don't care about this, she is the best and we love her, that all we need !! ><

adriana is best and nothing will change that,love you adriana<3

I agree with Lost and MissLimaVzla, Lima has gotten better with age, i like her at any point in her modeling career, i think the Vogue Espana was very Old hollywood looking, and I LOVED IT. I adore her old photos as well as her new ones, we all grow up & change. To keep your fave celeb frozen in time is just unrealistic, and to dislike slightly because there age is really unfair, heck for example, look at Monica Belluci, she was beautiul in her younger years, but with age, i think she is even MORE stunning, and i think the same with LIMA, SO VIVA LA LIMA

Model mom Adriana Lima shows off her gorgeous family in the new issue of Hello! Canada magazine. In the issue, the 29-year-old Victoria's Secret star and her handsome hubby Marko Jaric talk about their marriage and their beautiful baby girl Valentina, now 8 months.

On her pregnancy: "I was very sick for five months. And then I had pre-eclampsia, so Valentina was born earlier because of that. But thank God, she was healthy and everything was fine."

Adriana on Marko: "He's been the greatest. I'm so lucky. After the birth, he helped me so much. He would help me feed her, change the diapers - actually, he was better than me at changing her! He's still great. He's always there and he loves Valentina so much. I can see it in his eyes every time he looks at her. He's so happy."

Marko on Adriana: "At first, she was saying, 'She's so small, I don't know how I'm going to be able to hold her.' Two days later, nobody else could touch Valentina except her! We were begging her to let us change the baby, to feed her, but Adriana became so protective that she was like a lioness. I had to tell her, 'Adriana, baby, it's natural that you're so protective of Valentina - but you're going to start killing people!"

Marko on their relationship: "We're opposite in some things, but that's good. There's a sparkle in our marriage.... We match unbelievably well and we have a great adventure together."

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just saw a preview of Lima's shot in Vogue, with the rest of the VS girls and she looks absolutely terrible! her smile, her whole face, and body!

the rest look good, miranda looking the best out of the whole group.

Angie honney, you better get outta here fast! lol

There cant be a sensilble discussion in a thread occupied by mostly insane fanatics. They just wont let it happen. You see, if you say anything that doesnt CHERISH Lima, then you 're wrong.

This is why many lima fans are ex-lima fans nowadays!

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Sadly i have to agree, this is NOT limas best, but heck even Alessandra looks alittle plump here, and she is rail thin. The outfit makes lima look Plump, and her face almost looks manish to me here, and im a DIE HARD LIMA FAN, but again NOT SHINING moment for her, but im sure the next picture will be a 360 from this

yes hope that for the show she'll be fantastic

i think ale looks great.