Tuesday, November 25, 2008

International model Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi Pictures, Images and Photos

The original author adds:
Padma Lakshmi was born on 1970 in Chennai, India. This stunning babe is a New York-based Indian-American model, occasional actress, erstwhile talk show host, and award-winning cookbook author. This Clark University graduate majoring in Theater Arts is fluent in five languages - English, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, and Tamil.

Lakshmi's modeling career began when she was discovered while sitting in a cafe by a high-profile modeling agent in Spain. Ever since then, she has walked for top designers such as Emmanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren, and Alberta Ferretti and done ad campaigns for Roberto Cavalli and Versus.

She was host of the Food Network series, Padma's Passport, which is part of the larger series Melting Pot. She has also been a guest host on parts of the British culinary tourism show Planet Food. She hosted the segments on India and Spain.

Other notable television roles include a guest appearance as an imperious princess in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. She was host of Domenica In, Italy's top-rated television show. She also starred in Glitter with Mariah Carey and in Boom with Amitabh Bachchan.

Currently she's hosting the Bravo reality show Top Chef 2.

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