--- title: Adriana Lima's Body-Positive Message to Young Girls description: Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima has a body positive message to young girls: embrace your individuality. canonical: https://time.com/4598987/adriana-lima-body-positive-message/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-13T15:04:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:05.977Z og:title: Adriana Lima's Body-Positive Message to Young Girls: 'You Have to Be Yourself' og:description: The Victoria's Secret model said women should embrace what makes them unique og:url: https://time.com/4598987/adriana-lima-body-positive-message/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4430e03b76bf66eb/6988b2bf8e06011b7346891d/adriana-lima-body-positive.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Build Presents Victoria's Secret Angels Sara Sampaio And Adriana Lima og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Adriana Lima's Body-Positive Message to Young Girls: 'You Have to Be Yourself' twitter:description: The Victoria's Secret model said women should embrace what makes them unique twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4430e03b76bf66eb/6988b2bf8e06011b7346891d/adriana-lima-body-positive.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Adriana Lima's Body-Positive Message to Young Girls: 'You Have to Be Yourself' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Monica Schipper/WireImage) Model Adriana Lima attends Build Presents Victoria's Secret Angels Sara Sampaio and Adriana Lima at AOL HQ on December 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/WireImage) Monica Schipper—WireImage by [Grace Gavilanes / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Grace Gavilanes / People Contributor Dec 13, 2016 3:04 PM UTC As one of [Victoria’s Secret’s](http://people.com/tag/victorias-secret/) veteran angels, [Adriana Lima](http://people.com/tag/adriana-lima/) is well aware of the annual Fashion Show’s cult status. The yearly event rakes in a record-number of viewers every year thanks to its glitzy ambience, slew of musical performance and, of course, standout lingerie. And Lima — who tells PEOPLE her day-to-day workout and diet regimen are the same as when she is gearing up to strut down the [Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’s](http://people.com/tag/victorias-secret-fashion-show/) glittery runway — reveals the show is just as “fun and unique” as it appears on screen, due in part to the range of models who participate. “\[The show\] is all about embracing women from all over the world,” she said while attending the Sword & Sound event, presented by [Corkcicle](http://corkcicle.com/) (which also happens to be her go-to hostess gift!). “The girls are from all over the world and different ages, and they all show their different personalities.” It’s that diversity, she believes, that should serve as an inspiration for young women struggling with self-acceptance. “You have to be yourself,” Lima says of the advice she’d give anyone who compares themselves to the models on the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway. “Each one of us has our own thing going on that we bring to the runway, and we show it.” “Just embrace yourself,” she continues, “because the minute you try to be something you’re not, you lose your identity.” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/bodies/adriana-lima-body-positive-message-to-young-girls/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4598987/adriana-lima-body-positive-message/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4598987/adriana-lima-body-positive-message/"},"headline":"Adriana Lima's Body-Positive Message to Young Girls: 'You Have to Be Yourself'","datePublished":"2016-12-13T15:04:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:05.977Z","description":"The Victoria's Secret model said women should embrace what makes them unique","url":"https://time.com/4598987/adriana-lima-body-positive-message/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4430e03b76bf66eb/6988b2bf8e06011b7346891d/adriana-lima-body-positive.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Grace Gavilanes / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4430e03b76bf66eb/6988b2bf8e06011b7346891d/adriana-lima-body-positive.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Build Presents Victoria's Secret Angels Sara Sampaio And Adriana Lima","caption":"Build Presents Victoria's Secret Angels Sara Sampaio And Adriana Lima","creditText":"Monica Schipper—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4598987/adriana-lima-body-positive-message/","name":"Adriana Lima's Body-Positive Message to Young Girls: 'You Have to Be Yourself'"}}]}] ```