Adriana Lima stunned fans with her latest appearance, prompting widespread praise for her refreshed look.
The 45-year-old, regarded as one of Victoria’s Secret’s most influential Angels, attended Madrid Fashion Week on Friday.
The Brazilian model arrived at the closing party at the Reina Sofía Museum wearing an elegant black dress with a dramatic open back.
Her sculpted arms were on display, while a sleek, slicked-back ponytail highlighted her cheekbones.
Many fans said the model, who was a Victoria’s Secret Angel from 2000 to 2018, appeared to have reclaimed the look associated with her earlier career.
Lima previously sparked discussion in 2023 after noticeable changes to her appearance emerged over a relatively short period.
At the Los Angeles premiere of The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes in November that year, she was described by some as unrecognizable.
The speculation quickly spread across social media, prompting Lima to publicly respond to the intense scrutiny.
Adriana Lima stunned fans with her latest appearance, earning praise for her refreshed look.
Lima drew attention in 2023 after noticeable changes to her face (left), while fans have recently praised her appearance (right).
‘This is the face of a tired mom of one teenage girl, two pre-teens, one active boy, a one-year-old learning to walk, and three dogs…
‘Thanks for your concern,’ she wrote alongside a makeup-free selfie at the time.
Now, Lima’s appearance is again drawing attention, with longtime fans taking to social media to share their enthusiastic reactions.
‘People will kick you at your lowest and call it critique.
‘Former Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima took all the postpartum mockery, went dark for a year, and trained seven days a week like an absolute machine.
‘Discipline is the only clapback that matters,’ one person wrote.
Another commenter added: ‘Back to the Victoria’s Secret era.’
Others went further, calling her a ‘completely different person,’ while another insisted: ‘This isn’t Adriana Lima!’
In 2017 (pictured), Lima said she wanted people to look ‘beyond’ her ‘face/body.’
Our News Outlet has since consulted experts about Lima’s latest transformation.
Dr Frank Agullo, a board-certified plastic surgeon in El Paso, Texas, said: ‘I think everybody is in agreement that Adriana Lima looks a lot more like she did in her Victoria’s Secret years.’
He pointed out her return to embracing ‘high, defined cheekbones, the visible hollow below them, a sharp jawline, and natural lips that are not overdone.’
But Dr Agullo, who has not treated the star, does not believe Lima’s recent beauty transformation is surgical.
Instead, he suggested the main difference is due to weight loss as well as discussing the possibility of Lima having had face filler dissolved and using ‘radiofrequency for skin tightening.’
‘From the photos, it doesn’t look like a face that has had surgery, but a face that has lost the excessive volume and allowed the deeper structures to show through,’ he concluded.
Dr Masoud Saman, from New York City, agreed after analyzing the latest pictures from Madrid.
He told Our News Outlet: ‘Lighting and makeup play a role too but if I were to guess, I’d say she has had a lot of dermal filler dissolved but I see no evidence of facial surgery.’
The now 45-year-old (pictured in 2018) who is one of the most influential Victoria’s Secret Angels of all time
Additionally, in light of Lima’s transformation, Dr Riaz Agha, consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Harley Clinic Group, went one step further in suggesting how patients can achieve more facial definition for themselves.
He suggested dermal fillers ‘can restore volume and enhance contours, but adding volume is not the same as lifting sagging tissue.’
‘Where there’s significant sagging, facelift surgery can reposition underlying tissues and remove excess skin to improve jowls and definition around the jawline. It is not just a matter of pulling the skin tighter.
‘Fillers and surgery can sometimes complement each other, but they do not achieve the same result.’
Dr Agha added that expression lines can be tackled with Botox and recommended laser resurfacing or chemical peels for those tackling skin texture, fine lines and certain pigmentation changes.
‘The aim should be to help someone look refreshed while preserving their own features,’ he concluded.
Our News Outlet has reached out to Lima’s representative for comment.
