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In Pics : Padma Lakshmi: The model cook |
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In Pics : Padma Lakshmi: The model cook
Emmy winner Padma Lakshmi From being discovered at a café by a modeling agent to dating Salman Rushdie to now winning an Emmy, we take a look at Padma’s eventful life. Model, TV host, cookbook author and actress Padma Parvati Lakshmi’s career began at the age of 16 when she was discovered by a modeling agent in India while sitting at a café. |
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Trying times At the age of 14, Lakshmi was involved in a car crash and later famously said it was like an exhilarating hallucination. |
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On a roll Lakshmi has modelled for top designers like Emanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren, and Alberta Ferretti and appeared in ad campaigns for Roberto Cavalli. |
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Padma Lakshmi, the muse In 2004, Lakshmi married the famous novelist Salman Rushdie, to whom she was introduced at a party in 1999. She is also the model for one of the central characters in Rushdie’s novel 'Fury', a novel that was dedicated to her as well. |
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Winner all the way On February 20, 2010, Lakshmi gave birth to a baby girl named Krishna Thea Lakshmi. There were rumours across international dailies speculating who the father of the child was. Looks like Lakshmi has the last laugh in her professional and personal life as well. |