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Adriana Lima's epic run with Victoria's Secret through the years

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It is the end of an era. Adriana Lima officially retired as a Victoria's Secret Angel at the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City on Thursday. The 37-year-old model closed this chapter of her life in tears as she bid farewell to the lingerie brand, and the show she had done 18 times in her career. Victoria's Secret gave her an epic sendoff; they reportedly thanked her with a video montage of her iconic runway moments, and allowed her to do a solo walk where she was met with a well-deserved standing ovation. 

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Despite her massive success, Adriana's fans knew her departure was on the horizon, but maybe not as quickly as it actually happened. She expressed that she felt like she had at least two more shows left in her last November. "I plan to be at 20. Two more years. Maybe more, I don't know," Adriana told People. "It's nature. I'm working out, I'm being healthy, so let's see how the body is going to turn out. But I enjoy it. So let's say 20." However, by December it seemed like she would be putting her wings away even sooner than that.

The model had an epiphany about the negative impact her career choices has on her body image and people that follow her. "I had received a call for the possibility of filming a sexy video of me to be posted and shared in social media," she wrote on Instagram. "[…]I realized that majority of woman probably wake up every morning trying to fit in a stereotype that society/social media/fashion etc imposed… I thought that's not a way of living and beyond that… that's not physically and mentally healthy, so I decided to make that change… I will not take [off] my clothes anymore for a empty cause…"

It's clear that something fundamentally changed within Adriana that no longer aligned with her being a Victoria's Secret Angel. She joined the company when she was only 18 years old, so it is no surprise that she has become a different person after all of this time. Here is a look back at her epic run before she said goodbye.

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