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Padma Lakshmi; Model/Actress/Chef
Topic Started: Jan 22 2005, 12:08 PM (2,130 Views)
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Padma Lakshmi

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Padma Lakshmi has a multi-faceted career that includes modeling, acting and writing.

Padma started modeling while an exchange student in Spain with Clark University where she received a B.A. in Theater Arts.  She was discovered by a modeling agent while sitting in a café and since has appeared in numerous fashion editorials and walked the runway for the likes of Ralph Lauren, Emmanuel Ungaro and Sonia Rykiel.

Her television credits include hosting Rai Television's Dominica In — Italy's highest rated TV show.  Dominica In was a live variety show that included interviews, music and entertainment and was seen all over the world as well as in America on Rai International.  Padma also hosted The Melting Pot — Padma's Passport for The Food Network where she cooked diverse low-fat cuisine based on her best selling book Easy Exotic.  Padma can currently be seen on The Food Network hosting the documentary series Planet Food where she has traveled to both Spain and India exploring the diversity of Spain and India's culture and the history of their food.  Padma has also appeared on UPN's Enterprise.

Padma has appeared in two foreign films Caribbeans directed by Lamberto Bava and Sandokan: The Darkness and the Light directed by Sergio Sollima.  She can be seen in Glitter for Fox / Columbia Pictures that was released in September of 2001. Glitter is directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and also stars Mariah Carey and Max Beesely.  Padma plays Mariah Carey's diva rival "Sylk."  She can also be seen in Kaizad Gustad's Boom which was released on July 10, 2003.  

She is also an accomplished writer and the author of Easy Exotic for Talk/ Miramax Books.  Padma was the winner of the International Versailles Event for best cookbook by a first time writer for Easy Exotic and the book is currently in its second printing in soft back.  She has written feature articles for American Vogue, Almost Flawless, 2003 Harper's Bazaar, Do You Dress For Men?.  Her most recent article appears in the May 2004 issue of American Vogue's Nostalgia section.

Padma runs her own Production Company Lakshmi Films where she develops and produces film projects.

Spouse
Salman Rushdie (17 April 2004 - present)


Trivia
Speaks five languages.

Has a seven inch scar on her inside arm as a result of a major auto crash that she was in as a child.

She hosts "Padma's Passport" on the Food Network based on her popular cookbook, "Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-fat Recipes From Around The World".

Officially announced engagement to author Salman Rushdie on February 14, 2004, the 15th anniversary of the infamous fatwa against Rushdie for writing the novel The Satanic Verses.

Was discovered by a photographer while spending part of her senior year studying in Spain and he convinced her to begin modeling.

Measurements: 36C-23-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Attended Clark University in Massachusetts, USA.
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shoe-gal
Jan 22 2005, 11:11 AM
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So damn hot, thank you shoe-gal.
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Very beautiful woman. Thanks shoe-gal :flower:

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Jan 22 2005, 04:48 PM
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Huh?
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thats a scar from a major accident she got into when she was young. she says that the scar kept her from getting a lot of modelling jobs.

I don't liek that pic. She looks old. She was way more beatiful when she was younger.
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Petra, my best friend
she was in the movie boom
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thanks to Chloee
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Smell ma face and smmmmell it good!!!
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Jan 22 2005, 12:11 PM
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I love B/W pictures!!!! And these pictures are so damn hott!! (notice the extra t :D )
"What's so civil about war anyway"
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:P
Her the most biggest role was in Caraibi(with Anna Falchi) by Lamberto Bava.
with her...husband in Cannes film festival 2004
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OMG thats her husband :ph43r:
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amber69
Jul 15 2005, 10:02 AM
OMG thats her husband  :ph43r:

Salman must be wild...
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Tarden
Jul 15 2005, 05:01 PM
amber69
Jul 15 2005, 10:02 AM
OMG thats her husband  :ph43r:

Salman must be wild...

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL :lol: definitely
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