Adriana Lima isn't living the life she first anticipated. "I never saw myself being married and having a child," says the supermodel, who eloped on Valentine's Day and is expecting her first child in December. "Not because I did not want to. But it's tough to find somebody."

That changed at a party in Los Angeles in 2006, when Lima, now 28, met Marko Jaric, a guard with the Memphis Grizzlies. Suddenly, "everything changed," she tells PEOPLE. "I knew he was the one and I could see myself married with him and with a big family."

So far, those premonitions are coming true. After becoming engaged a year ago, the pair tied the knot in a small ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyo., witnessed only by the couple's lawyers. "It was really romantic."

Originally, "We wanted to have a big wedding with my family from Serbia and her family from Brazil, but we realized we don't want to make a wedding for other people, just to show off," says Jaric, 30. "We realized the wedding is really private thing and it's to make us happy."

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Models backstage, goofing off, or on their way to shows, Part VI.

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Gemma Ward
“Ode Haute Couture” Ph: Inez & Vindooh
Vogue Paris May 2004

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Jessica Stam Ph: Steven Meisel
Vogue Italia September 2003
Haute Couture Supplement

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Eniko Mihalik in Self Service spring/summer 2009.

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Iris Strubegger in V #60, A Touch of Class.

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Models at events, part II.

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Julia Dunstall in Marie Claire November 2008, Pin-Up.

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Diana Dondoe in Harper’s Bazaar UK July 2009, Sun Goddess.

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British Models

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