Lima was born in the northeastern coastal town of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on June 12, 1981.[citation needed] Her father, from whom she was estranged for most of her life, is Nelson Torres, and her mother, Maria da Gra??a Lima, was a social worker who gave birth to Lima at the age of 18.[citation needed] Lima revealed that her father walked out on her family when she was six months old, but has bee