Adriana Lima on Nov. 13.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty
Jon Kopaloff/Getty
Adriana Limais getting candid about how she sees herself.
“It did not bother me at all,” Lima told the outlet. “I’m very strong that way, and honestly, I looked at myself before I stepped out and I was feeling great. I was with my children, and they looked at me and were like, ‘Mom! You look so beautiful!’”
Adriana Lima on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia’s December 2023 issue.Harper’s Bazaar Arabia
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia
“I was like ‘that’s not me,’“ the model recalled. “Everything was strange because I don’t see myself like that. I still don’t see myself like that… you can see yourself differently.”
“I didn’t get offended or anything, though – I was laughing,” she continued. “The point is, I am not 16 years old. I started modeling at 16 but I will never be 16 again. I’m 42 and I’m the happiest I’ve been; the happiest with myself. I embrace my age and I will not change for anyone.”
She echoed the same sentiments on social media last month,clapping back at criticswith a make-up free selfie on her Instagram Story. “The face of a tired mom of one teenage girl, two preteens, a 1-year-old learning to walk, and three dogs,” she wrote over the photo, adding, “Thanks for your concern.”
Adriana Lima from an interview in the December 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia.Harper’s Bazaar Arabia
Elsewhere in her interview, Lima said she believes women “are being celebrated in every stage of our life.”
“I’m happy to see that change because one of my daughters wants to be a model,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar Arabiaof Valentina. “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.”
However, Lima believes the industry is still making changes slowly. “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,” she told the magazine, adding that she believes “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.”
Adriana Lima on Dec. 4.Franziska Krug/Getty
Franziska Krug/Getty
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“I feel that as a woman, and still being in fashion — I’m 42 years old and a mom with five kids, so I feel that I’m still being celebrated in this stage of my life,” she said at a September event in honor of Victoria’s Secret’s The Tour.
“It’s great to see that no matter what stage you are [in life], for my kids and the new models coming up, it’s uplifting.”
source: people.com
