jj:
Back to the shallow stuff...your favorite beauty product?
al: For makeup, I love Shu Uemura. For my skin, I don't
like to use much lotion or any soaps. I just let mother
nature do her job. And I've never been to the gym.
jj: You don't work out at all?
al: No, never, I do nothing. You can bring me into the gym
to those machines, and I'd have no idea where to begin.
I used to do sports in school, but right now, for four years,
I've done nothing! My mother's body is similar - very skinny
- so I'm lucky.
jj: And I suppose you eat anything you want too?
al: Umm, yes. I try to control what I eat, but the truth
is I can't. I tried to give up meat last week, but I only
lasted three days. I just couldn't do it. I love meat, chocolate,
cakes...
jj: This might be a tough one for you. What is your least
favorite aspect of your face or body?
al: I don't know. I think for the moment I like my body.
I don't think it's the best one, but I don't have anything
I don't like about it - yet. When I get older, I don't think
I'll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot
have it. I'll have to work out!
jj: But your mom looks great, right? I think good genes
(great genes, unbelievable genes) are on your side.
al: Yes. Thank God. Thanks Mom!
jj: Do you have a boyfriend?
al: Yes, my boyfriend, his name is Estevan and he's from
Argentina.
jj: What does he do?
al: He's [an aspiring] photographer.
jj: Where did you meet him and how long have you been dating?
al: I met him here and it's been four years.
jj: Four years? And how old is he?
al: He's older. He's 31. Younger guys are just too jealous.
The good thing about Estevan is that he understands my work
and he's not too jealous; of course, he's a little bit,
but not too much.
jj: What do you do with what little free time you have?
al: I like to go to the movies or read.
jj: What's your favorite movie?
al: Shine.
jj: Your favorite book?
al: Memories of a Geisha.
jj: Most embarrassing modeling moment?
al: I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top.
When I got to the end the top was down. What's worse, the
next morning my mother called me and said, "Adriana
I saw you on TV. You were the one with the top that fell
down"
jj: Are you parents protective? Were they supportive of
your decision to come to New York?
al: They're very protective, but what my mother told me
was, if I was sure this was what I wanted to do, she would
support me, and if I am happy, she will be happy. She helped
me a lot because I used to be very shy. When I first started,
I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. When
I saw all the girls, I thought,"What am I doing here"
The girls were so beautiful. I said to my mother,"There's
no way that I am going in - I didn't like my body before;
I thought I was too skinny. And she said, "No, you
are going and you're going to get this job. - I was so nervous,
but I went in and I got the job! I couldn't believe it.
And that's how I started.
jj: Your best moment?
al: My best moment...I think my best moment was taking the
plane when I came to New York. My family was really poor,
and we would never have had the money to take a plane. So
that was the most exciting moment. I didn't know anything
about fashion. I didn't know anything! If you asked me about
Vogue, I would have said, "What is Vogue". I couldn't
believe it when I got here. I don't know how I got here.
I don't know how I'm sitting here right now speaking English.
I don't know how I got this job, this cover today...
Adriana's enthusiasm and amazement can fill a whole room,
a whole studio, a whole magazine. And the answer to her
question - in addition to that sweet, open, attitude-free
personality - is jumping off of these very pages.
