2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.The Armory, New York, NY.November 9, 2011. (Bauer Griffin) more pics Adriana Lima (Bauer Griffin) Adriana Lima looked pretty darn gorgeous during last night's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show . But according to Lima, 30, preparing for the big show is no easy task. The model undergoes an intense regimen of working out and dieting that most people definitely wouldn't be able to handle! Lima told the U.K.'s Telegraph that she works out twice a day and goes on a strict liquid diet before the show. "No liquids at all so you dry out, sometimes you can lose up to eight pounds just from that," she told the newspaper. And during the final 12 hours before the show, the supermodel doesn't put anything into her body, not even water. Naturally, Lima's frankness about her intense regimen had many media outlets wringing their hands over the unhealthiness and unsustainability of a liquid diet. The model was quick to warn that...

By Cavan Sieczkowski | Nov 30, 2011 09:54 AM EDT The world watched as Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima strutted her stuff down the runway at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011, wearing some of the most exquisite boudoir ensembles. Lima is a 30-year-old Brazilian bombshell and mother to two-year-old daugther Valentina; and she worked it like a pro during the Fashion Show broadcast on CBS Tuesday night. The brunette beauty, and one of the most popular VS Angels, wore one of the centerpiece garments from the "I Put a Spell on You" collection. Creative designer for the VS show, Todd Thomas, explained the inspiration behind these looks. "In putting together 'I Put a Spell on You,' we were really trying to creative the idea of steamy, sultry turn-of-the-century New Orleans." The black-wings paired with deep purple lingerie outfit worn by Lima was beloved by the model herself."This is my favorite outfit ever, " she said. She embodied th...

Victoria Secret Fashion Show , dubbed as sexiest night of the year, is finally here! Victorias Secret Fashion Show 2011 features some of the worlds leading fashion models such as current Victorias Secret Angels (billed as the worlds sexiest Supermodels): Miranda Kerr , Alessandra Ambrosio , Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel , Doutzen Kroes , Erin Heatherton , Lily Aldridge , Lindsay Ellingson and many more. This year, Australian model Miranda Kerr was chosen among the VS Angels to wear a $2.5 million worthbejeweled bra dubbed as the Fantasy Bra . Australian model Miranda Kerr donned the Fantasy Treasure Bra worth $2.5 million for the Victoria Secret Fashion Show 2011 Image Credit: Getty According to People magazine , the aqua push-up bra features nearly 3,400 hand-set precious gems, including 142 carats of white and yellow diamonds, pearls, faceted citrines and aquamarines, all set in 18-karat white and yellow gold. Kerr is also expected to wear the bra in the brands Christmas Dr...

Model Adriana Lima walks for Victoria Secret at the Lexington Avenue Armory. (Getty Images) more pics Model Adriana Lima shows us why she's a star for Victoria's Secret. (Getty Images) more pics Angel Adriana Lima walks the runway during the 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory on November 9, 2011 in New York City. (Getty Images) more pics Adriana Lima for Victoria's Secret (Getty Images) Adriana Lima is a Victoria's Secret veteran. She's been a featured model in their annual runway show since 1999! She's now one of the main spokesmodels for Victoria's Secret - but Lima got her first huge break as the spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009. Julia Stegner also sizzled on the runway. Julia Stegner was a sexy flamenco dancer at this year's show. The German model has taken part in the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show since 2005. Victoria's Secret spared no expense and had all of their top ...

WireImage Miranda Kerr remembers her first visit to a Victorias Secret store; she was 16, a foreign exchange student living in Virginia. I was like, Wow! This is like a wonderland. We dont have anything like that in Australia, she recalls to New York magazine . Several years later, she was blown away by the company again but this time, it was because she was the first Australian model to get a contract with the brand. I just remember the first time I met Adriana [Lima] , she was so beautiful, Kerr says. I was like, Why would they want me? I mean, look at her. Shes incredible. And then I met Heidi and Gisele and I was like, What am I doing here? Now one of the companys most recognizable faces and the model who has the honor of wearing the $2.5-million Fantasy Treasure Bra in tonights Victorias Secret Fashion Show Kerr is more confident about her place in the fashion world. I always see myself as, like, equal to everyone, she says of her fellow models. I cant feel bad about being...

November 29, 2011 6:58 AM Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima and Candice Swanepoel answer viewer questions on topics ranging from how to ask out a Victoria's Secret model, to how do they maintain their bodies.

Adriana Lima embraces her sexy imperfections. The 30-year-old Victorias Secret model does not find her flaws unattractive. Adriana is empowered by what she believes are her physical shortcomings. I think to feel sexy you should embrace everything about yourself, sometimes even laugh about your mistakes, Adriana told OK! magazine. I think its so attractive, your imperfections, if you laugh about it and dont get insecure. I think thats what being sexy is about. Adriana finished taping the 2011 Victorias Secret Fashion Show earlier this month. She hopes to grace the runway for the lingerie company for several years in the future. My plan is to be the longest-ever Victorias Secret Angel walking the runway. So hopefully I can be there until Im 50 with my wings! she laughed. Adriana is not a fan of being nervous before sashaying on the catwalk. A peaceful state of mind is essential before she struts. I get into the Zen zone. I listen to my music, and I meditate, Adriana explained. Right befo...

By Cavan Sieczkowski | Nov 17, 2011 11:48 AM EDT Puerto Rico has been touched by Angels. Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio and Erin Heatherton landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in a bright pink VS helicopter to attend the grand opening of Puerto Rico's first Victoria's Secret store. All three supermodels were dressed in skin-tight black dresses, looking gorgeous as ever, as they posed for pictures on the tarmac upon arrival. The new VS boutique is located at Plaza Las Americas in San Juan. Doors open Thursday at 9:00 a.m. and Adriana Lima will be there to meet with fans from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Lima tweeted: "GOOD MORNING SAN JUAN!! ITS A BIG DAY TODAY!! THE OPENING OF THE FIRST VICTORIA SECRETS STORE IN PUERTO RICO!!! EXITING:))" The Angels were very excited to give this piece of paradise their kiss of approval. They sashayed around the island, making various media stops along the way to promote the big grand opening. Lima, Ambrosio, and Heatherton went to Flashazo VIP...

Adriana Lima went on an all-liquid diet for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. (PHOTO: AP) Adriana Lima consumes no solid foods and follows weeks of physical training before going down the catwalk, reported The International Business Times (IBT). Limas diet entails nine days of protein shakes and water only with no solid foods. The protein shakes are made of powdered egg and taken with a gallon of water. Twelve hours until show time, water consumption is completely banned, saying you can lose as much as eight pounds by abstaining from all liquids, she told The Daily Telegraph. But the Victoria Secret model also stressed that her extreme, no-solid food diet is done only once a year in preparation for the much-anticipated annual lingerie fashion show. She recently made a public service announcement on ET Canada to warn teens from trying her specific diet without the guidance of a professional dietician. Its not that I do crazy diets throughout the year. I just do it for this partic...

Want to have a rockin' hot bod like a Victoria's Secret model? Adriana Lima said it's not as easy as walking down the catwalk, as she revealed her diet secrets and regiment which take weeks of preparation and discipline before the annual fashion show. What's her secret to look so stunning? No solid foods and oodles of water. According to Lima, she begins working out with a personal trainer months beforehand and commits to twice-a-day workouts three weeks leading up to the Victoria's Secret fashion show. "I know it's very intense but ... I just have an athlete's mind and I appreciate doing this thing," she revealed to the Telegraph. While that seems pretty typical for a 30-year-old mother of one to require, Lima said she doesn't eat any solid food nine days before the show, instead opting for protein shakes and water. Her nutritionist prescribes her the shakes, comprised of powdered egg, which she drinks daily along with a gallon of water per da...

Adriana Lima at 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Lexington Avenue Armory, New York City on November 9, 2011. Photo Credit: Janet Mayer / PR Photos by Ruchira Haldar November 13, 2011, ( Sawf News ) - Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima dropped jaws at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show November 9, 2011. The show, held this year at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City, featured many top models performing to the music of Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Adam Levine, and rapper Jay-Z. Adriana, 30, brought the sexy back dressed in a red and black lace pushup bra with matching low-rise panty with thigh-high sheer stockings and towering black heels. Matching the stockings was a black floral lace shrug and a statement necklace. The look was elegant, and the heels made her gams appear even longer than usual. Hair was parted to one side, and makeup was fairly low-key with neutral blusher and pout to allow her outfit to take center stage. Of course, in an outfit like this, one wo...

Adriana Lima at the 2011 Victoria's Secret show © Rex Features ADRIANA LIMA has defended herself after reports suggested that she may have taken her Victoria's Secret pre-show diet too far. SEE HER DIET HERE Dubbing the "crazy diet" a "misunderstanding", Lima was keen not to give a bad impression to teenage fans. "Those teenagers out there, don't go starving yourself or only drinking liquids. Don't do that please," she told E! Online. "It's not that I do crazy diets throughout the year. I just do it for this particular thing. After this show, I become normal again!" Lima even claimed that she had eased off her strict exercise regime prior to the show. "This year, even though my diet was intense, I took it a little bit easier on the working out so I won't be as muscular," she said. Meanwhile, Lily Aldridge admitted that she struggled against the temptation of the backstage buffet, which included bagels. "I ha...

Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima got herself in a bit of a jam last week when she was asked what she does to prepare for a fashion show. Why? Because she revealed just how extreme her regimen really is. The 30-year old said she's been working out with a trainer since August, and for the past three weeks she's been exercising twice a day. In the 9 days prior to the show she abstains from eating all solid foods and only drinks protein shakes. 12 hours before the show she'll stop drinking entirely, just to get rid of any extra water weight she's carrying. The whole diet seemed a bit like starvation to most people, and so she was forced to address the issue with E! Canada. She said the details of her diet are a misunderstanding. “I have my Starbucks coffee right there…" she told E! "It was a misunderstanding. You can’t eat everything, of course… I eat healthy and work out a lot. “Those teenagers out there, don’t go starving yourself or only drinking liqu...

Adriana Lima Explains Extreme Leading up to the show, Lima, 30, revealed that she went through a strict regimen of twice-daily workouts and absolutely no solid foods. Model Adriana Lima is taking some heat for talking about her extreme diet leading up to the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, which features the worlds top models in fanciful lingerie. Twelve hours before the show, she even forgoes all liquids. “Sometimes you can lose up to eight pounds just from that,” she told the London ’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. The 5’8″ Brazilian model touched off a Internet storm with her comments, forcing her to qualify her remarks and backtrack a bit on her claims. “I just have an athlete ’s mind and I appreciate doing this thing,” she told E! Online . She insisted that her “crazy diet” wasn’t as intense as it sounded. “It’s not that I do crazy diets throughout the year. I just do it for this particular thing. After this show, I become normal again!” She was even filmed backstage at the show las...

Adriana Lima walks in 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Jennifer Graylock/INF Facebook Tweet Model Adriana Lima has some advice for anyone planning an extreme diet to imitate her slim physique when she struts on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway: Don't try this at home. "Those teenagers out there, don't go starving yourself or only drinking liquids. Don't do that please," she told ET Canada Thursday. Lima's plea comes after she was quoted Monday saying that in the run-up to the annual shows, she works out twice a day and drinks only protein shakes for nine days. She indulges in "no solids" for those days, and then, for 12 hours before the show, "No liquids at all so you dry out, sometimes you can lose up to eight pounds just from that," Lima, 30, told the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph . But, she says now, her regimen is not as extreme as it seems. At the show on Wednesday, Lima – mom to 2-year-old Valentina with husband Mar...