Adriana Lima’s Daughter Wants To Be A Model
As one of Victoria’s Secret’s most-valuable models, motherly advice on the industry may carry some more weight for daughter Valentina
As a mother to daughters Valentina, 14, and Sienna, 11, from her marriage to ex-husband Marko Jarić, and son Cyan, who turned one this August with partner Andre Lemmers, along with his two children Miah and Lupo from a previous relationship, Adriana shares her feelings about her eldest daughter, Valentina, expressing a desire to enter the industry that she still loves.
“I think that as women, we are being celebrated in every stage of our life.” she tells Harper’s Bazaar Arabia‘s Devinder Bains, in our December 2023 cover story. Adriana has a vested interest in wanting that narrative to be true – and that extends beyond her own alleged ‘sell-by date’. “I’m happy to see that change because one of my daughters wants to be a model,” she explains of her eldest, Valentina, aged 14. “And I felt very sad that she, as a model, would be celebrated for only a certain time frame of her life. I think that every stage is a beautiful time and I’m loving that fashion is now embracing that.”
So, does she think society is finally changing? Are we moving away from the conventional idea of what models and indeed women should look like? Are we leaving behind the ‘thin, pretty and young’ traditional beauty ideals that have dominated much of her lifetime and career?
Adriana is not so sure. “I don’t think we’re [totally] moving away from ‘thin, young and beautiful’; I think that the world is creating space for everyone – and everyone with their uniqueness is being celebrated. I think there is beauty in every stage of a woman and man’s life and it’s wonderful to see that there can be space for everybody.”
To read the full cover story from our Harper’s Bazaar Arabia‘s December 2023 issue click here.
Photographer: Mattia Guolo. Fashion Director: Anna Castan. Editor-in-Chief: Olivia Phillips. Hair: Eduardo Bravo. Make-Up: Kelly McClain. Senior Producer: Steff Hawker. On-site Producer: Johana Dana. Lighting Assistant: Alessio Spanu. Styling Assistant: Christian Marchesich. Special thanks to Mandarin Oriental Geneva
From Harper’s Bazaar Arabia’s December 2023 issue.