Archives for December 2009

The latest celebrities to benefit from Miami Beach’s down market: Brazilian model Adriana Lima and her husband, professional basketball player Marko Jaric.

The couple has bought a home in Miami Beach for $9 million, about 30% less than its original asking price. Lima, 27 years old, has been a Victoria’s Secret model since 2000 and last month gave birth to her first child with Jaric, who is a guard for the Memphis Grizzlies. Their new abode is a 7,500-square-foot Regency-style home on Indian Creek Island, a private 300-acre island with its own golf course and just 32 waterfront residences. Lima and Jaric’s home is on 1.84 acres on the south side of the island and has 200 feet of water frontage on Biscayne Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway. The property first came on the market in April for $12.9 million and was reduced to $10.9 million before Lima and Jaric scooped it up. It’s their first Miami residence.

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30. Adriana Lima The supermodel eloped with journeyman point guard Marco Jaric this February in Jackson Hole, Wyo. It must have been quite a night for the newlyweds, as Lima, a practicing Catholic, has vehemently denied having had pre-marital sex.Recently, Asylum rated the top 100 hottest women on the Internet, based solely on how many times the babe-loving general public enters an attractive lady's name into AOL's search box.

Because we believe this simple metric is the best way to measure true heat.) We've decided to highlight some of our favorites from the countdown again.

Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima and husband NBA Memphis Grizzlies star Marko Jaric welcomed their first child a beautiful baby girl named Valentina Lima Jaric.

Sounds like a fairy tale romance. Marko and Adriana dated for 2 years, he popped the question on Adriana’s 27th birthday and they married on Valentine’s Day 2009. Moving right along, soon after their honeymoon the two announced that they were expecting. At the time, Lima told People, “We are so excited! We wanted this. We were ready.” Marko added, “Even in my wildest days I knew that I wanted to be the ultimate family man. We’re ready to settle down.”

Adriana is not only a Victoria Secret model she is also a spokesperson for Mabelline cosmetics and in In 2006, Lima ranked as the fifth highest paid supermodel. Lima has also appeared in a couple movies and as a guest star on the wildly popular television show Ugly Betty. In November 2008, Models.com featured her at No.1 on the list of the Sexiest Models today.The super hot bilingual model hails from Brazil and speaks her native Portuguese and also English and French.

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It appears to be the year when all the famous Victoria Secrets Angels are busy dishing their glam gal images to embrace the joy of motherhood. As many as four famous Angels from the renowned house of fashion are at various points on their path of discovering the joys of being a mother. Such famous names from the field of fashion, like Adriana Lima and Heidi Klum are showcasing to the world their ‘proud mother’ images. Others, that include the likes of Gisele Bundchen and Karolina Kurkova, are reportedly pregnant and expecting their babies any time soon.

It was only sometime ago that the baby bump had started showing prominently on Victoria Secret Angel model Adriana Lima and it was announced earlier this year that she was expecting her very first baby with her 31 year old Serbian husband, the NBA star Marko Jaric. Just a few days ago, on Nov.15, the 28 year old Lima gave birth to a daughter. According to reports, the baby girl has been named Valentina Lima Jaric.

After the birth of the baby, Lima’s rep. announced to media sources, “Adriana and Marko are overjoyed that they are expecting their first child together and are excited to share the happy news and start their family together.” It has also been delved in the recent days that in light of the new development on her family font, the celebrated beauty has applied for a Serbian citizenship. The couple is said to be extremely excited to start a family of their own and are working on making it large.