![]() “It’s what sets me apart and makes me me,” she added. ![]() Now, she’s attached to her scars-not just the impressionable one on her arm, but those from childbirth, and other life experiences. “My attitude about my body has grown and changed and morphed and evolved, as has my body.” “My body is almost a map of my life, for good and bad,” she told SELF in 2016. But as she got older, she learned to embrace it as a reminder of her survival. When she started modeling in college, she covered it with stage makeup and powder. She remembered wishing the doctor would’ve operated from the back side. She took over as host of the popular TV cooking competition series Top Chef in 2006 during its second season and has continued every season since then.Initially, Lakshmi explained that she was super self-conscious of the mark, to the point where she perfected a pose that would hide it when she crossed her arms. In 2006, Lakshmi appeared in ABC's TV series The Ten Commandments with Dougray Scott, Naveen Andrews, and Omar Sharif. She portrayed Sean Bean's nemesis in the 2004-2005 iTV TV series Sharpe's Challenge. She was also hostess of Domenica In, Italy's top-rated television show. Padma Lakshmi made a 2002 guest appearance as alien princess Kaitaama in "Precious Cargo", the 37th episode of the science fiction TV series Star Trek: Enterprise. Lakshmi also had the role of Geeta with Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott in Paul Mayeda Berges' 2005 film The Mistress of Spices. As an actor, she starred with Amitabh Bachchan and Jackie Shroff in the 2003 Hindi action film Boom as Shiela Bardez, one of a trio of super models accused of stealing diamonds. Lakshmi also posed nude for the May 2009 issue of Allure magazine. She has appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan, L'Officiel India, Asian Woman, Avenue, Industry Magazine, Marie Claire (India Edition), Harper's Bazaar, Town & Country, and Newsweek. She was a favorite model of the photographer Helmut Newton, whose photographs of her often highlighted the large scar on her right arm. I'm the first one to admit that I was a novelty." She has modeled for top designers such as Emanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren, and Alberta Ferretti and appeared in ad campaigns for Roberto Cavalli and Versus. As she has stated, "I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. Lakshmi's modeling career began at age 16, when she was discovered by an agent in India while sitting in a café. She was born Padma Parvati Lakshmi on Septemin Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. She was a favorite model of the photographer Helmut Padma Lakshmi is an Indian / American cookbook author, actress, and model. ![]() Description: Padma Lakshmi is an Indian / American cookbook author, actress, and model.
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