Adriana Lima used to be simply as stunned as lovers when she noticed the footage of herself on the Los Angeles premiere of The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes in November.
After to start with shutting down claims of cosmetic surgery and clapping again at lovers who stated her face regarded “swollen” and “unrecognizable,” Lima, 42, admitted in a contemporary Harper’s Bazaar Arabia interview that she used to be shocked by means of her look.
“I was in shock when I saw [the photos]. I was like, ‘That’s not me.’ Everything was strange because I don’t see myself like that. I still don’t see myself like that … you can see yourself differently,” she advised the e-newsletter.
“I didn’t get offended or anything, though — I was laughing. 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.”
The day after the premiere, Lima replied to critics with a makeup-free Instagram selfie, explaining, “The face of a tired mom of one teenage girl, two preteens, one active boy, a 1 year old learning to walk, and three dogs… thanks for your concern.”
Lima is mom to daughters Sienna, 11, and Valentina, 14, whom she stocks with ex-husband Marko Jarić. She additionally welcomed her son Cyan in August 2022 with boyfriend Andre Lemmers.
On the premiere in query, Lima used to be joined by means of Lemmers, 42, her two daughters, and Lemmers’ youngsters Miah and Lupo.
In the similar Harper’s Bazaar Arabia interview, Lima stated she worries about how the most recent onslaught of public grievance of her look will have an effect on her youngsters.
“My concern about this is not for me, it’s for my children because they were with me, they saw me and then this stuff comes out,” she defined. “I don’t want them to feel the pressure to look a certain way because of other people. If they do that to me, how will they be safe? And the truth is, I don’t think anyone is safe because people are always criticizing.”
Lima has at all times felt an intense sense of protectiveness over her youngsters. In a 2016 interview with Fashion, Lima published the various worries she reports as a mom.
“When you first become a mom, everything has to be perfect and delicate, and you’re anxious about every little thing [your kids] do,” Lima stated on the time. “I would have put them in bubble wrap if it wouldn’t have made me look like a crazy person. I still always want to protect them, but I know they are resilient girls.”