Adriana Lima, a well-known Brazilian supermodel regarded as a global fashion icon and one of the most accomplished models in history, has been named the first-ever FIFA Global Fan Ambassador by the organization that governs football.

Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, announced in a statement. “When you meet Adriana, you immediately feel her warmth, kindness, and how approachable and passionate she is about our game,” he said. She “breathes and lives football,” which is another reason why she can serve as a fantastic conduit between FIFA and soccer fans everywhere.

Adriana expressed her own opinions regarding the appointment to the newly created position.

Adriana Lima, “I am very thankful and honored to have been chosen by FIFA as the first Global Fan Ambassador and given such a platform to help fans get closer to the game”.

Coming from a more than modest background and being a football fan.

Lima’s responsibilities will include “developing, promoting, and participating in several global initiatives involving fans from all over the world.” On Monday night in Paris at The Best FIFA Football Awards, Lima will also present the FIFA Fan Award.

About Adriana Lima

Brazilian supermodel, actress, and businesswoman Adriana Lima. Adriana’s portfolio quickly soared after she turned fifteen, making her one of the most successful models ever.

Adriana is a global fashion icon best known for her Victoria’s Secret model work from 1999 to 2018. She was the longest-tenured model and was named “the most valuable Victoria’s Secret Angel” in 2017. 103.7 million people watched Adriana’s Victoria’s Secret Super Bowl commercial in 2009!

Nielsen said it was “The Most Watched Commercial in the History of Television.” After placing second in the “Supermodel of the World” competition and winning Ford’s “Supermodel of Brazil” competition, she began her modeling career. Elite Model Management subsequently signed Adriana Lima as a model. Adriana opened the show five times while working for Victoria’s Secret, in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012.

Only two angels, including Adriana, have worn the Fantasy bra three times. Together with 4 other Angels, she participated in the 2004 “Angels Across America” tour, a nationwide Victoria’s Secret advertising campaign.

After participating in 18 Victoria’s Secret catwalks, her last performance was in 2018. She has additionally appeared in runway shows for renowned fashion houses like Versace, Jason Wu, Giorgio Armani, Vera Wang, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Christian Dior, Alexandre Herchcovitch, and Anna Sui.

Her fame allowed her to grace the covers of many prestigious international publications, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Grazia, GQ, Numero, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire, in the USA, Spain, the UK, France, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, Korea, Japan, Turkey, Germany, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Sweden, and the Czech Republic. Adriana is an Afro-Brazilian with West Indian, Portuguese, Swiss, Native Brazilian, and Japanese ancestry.

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Raquel Welch, whose appearance in the film “One Million Years B.C.” in a skimpy, furry bikini propelled her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and 1970s, has died. She was 82 years old.

According to her agent, Stephen LaManna of the talent agency Innovative Artists, Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness.

Despite having only three lines, Welch’s breakthrough came in the campy prehistoric film “One Million Years B.C.” in 1966. She avoided pterodactyls but not public attention while dressed in a brown doeskin bikini.

“I just thought it was a silly dinosaur epic that we’d be able to sweep under the rug one day,” she told The Associated Press in 1981. “Wrong. It turned out that I was the season’s Bo Derek, the lady in the loin cloth about whom everyone exclaimed, ‘My God, what a bod,’ and they expected me to vanish overnight.”

She didn’t, instead playing Lust in Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s comedy “Bedazzled” in 1967 and a secret agent in the sexy spy spoof “Fathom” that same year.

Raquel Welch Playboy

Raquel Welch’s curves and beauty drew the attention of pop culture, with Playboy crowning her the “most desired woman” of the 1970s despite never being completely naked in the magazine.

She was ranked No. 2 on Men’s Health’s “Hottest Women of All Time” list in 2013. A poster of Welch covers an escape tunnel in the film “The Shawshank Redemption,” the third of three characters Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) used after Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe.

TV host Rosie O’Donnell, actor Chris Meloni, and writer-director Paul Feig, who worked with Welch on “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and called her “Kind, funny, and a true superstar whom I was pretty much in love with for most of my childhood,” all took to Twitter to express their condolences. “A true icon has passed away.”

Welch was a singer and dancer in addition to her acting career. She surprised many critics — and received positive feedback — when she replaced a vacationing Lauren Bacall in the Broadway musical “Woman of the Year” in 1981. In 1997, she returned to Broadway with “Victor/Victoria.”

Raquel Welch knew some people did not take her seriously because of her glamorous appearance. “I’m not Penny Marshall or Barbra Streisand,” she said to the Associated Press in 1993. “‘Raquel Welch wants to direct?'” they’ll say. Please give me a break.”‘

The Raquel Welch Total Beauty and Fitness Program

Jo-Raquel Tejada was born in Chicago and raised in La Jolla, California. (The Jo in her name comes from her mother, Josephine). When Welch met ex-actor turned press agent Patrick Curtis, she was a divorced mother.

“The irony is that while people thought of me as a sex symbol, I was a single mother of two small children!” “Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage,” her autobiography, says.

Curtis became her manager and second husband, helping shape her into a glam girl with hundreds of magazine covers, films, exercise videos, and books like “The Raquel Welch Total Beauty and Fitness Program.”

Though she would appear in exploitative films, she also surprised many in the industry with strong performances, such as in Richard Lester’s “The Three Musketeers,” for which she received a Golden Globe, and in “Wild Party,” opposite James Coco. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe in 1988 for the television film “Right to Die.” In an episode of “Seinfeld,” she played herself and mocked divas, famously attacking Elaine and rattling Kramer.

Raquel Welch was married and divorced four times and is survived by two children, Damon Welch and Tahnee Welch, who both became actors, including a role in 1985’s “Cocoon.”

Team Fluff won the coveted “Lombarky” trophy in the 2023 Puppy Bowl, defeating Team Ruff 87-83. Vivianne, a bulldog mix from southern Colorado, scored the game’s final touchdown after bringing in an adorable green turtle toy.

Team Fluff is on a roll: they also won in 2022.

“Ruff-eree” Majesty, a purebred corgi from Florida and Team Fluff’s captain, was presented with the trophy by Dan Schachner.

After Team Ruff rallied from a 31-point deficit to tie the game in the second half, the game went into overtime for the first time in Puppy Bowl history.

Over 100 rescue dogs competed in the adorable competition, which aims to raise awareness for rescue organizations and assist the pups in finding homes. Some players have already been adopted, but those still available for adoption are featured on Discovery’s website.

The dogs score points by dragging chew toys into end zones, and dramatic slow-motion cameras capture their paw-some antics.

A feline halftime show was also performed during the game. Rescue cats from across the country, including special guest “Furianna,” took the stage.

Animal Planet is hosting the canine competition for the 19th time. According to Animal Planet, every puppy and kitten featured on previous Puppy Bowls has found a home since the first show in 2005.