Padma Lakshmi

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TV Personality Padma Lakshmi attends The Cinema Society & Hugo Boss screening of "Inglourious Basterds" on August 17, 2009.
TV Personality Padma Lakshmi attends The Cinema Society & Hugo Boss screening of "Inglourious Basterds" on August 17, 2009. - WireImage

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AKA: Lady Rushdie, Padma Parvati Lakshmi
Birthdate: 09/01/1970
Birthplace: Madras, India

biography

As a former high-fashion model, Padma Lakshmi made her mark strutting down runways in the 1990s for such haute couturiers as Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren and Alberta Ferretti. The onetime wife of controversial novelist Salman Rushdie – author of 1988’s controversial The Satanic Verses – Lakshmi was also a best-selling author in her own right. Her first book, the award-winning, Easy Exotic: A Model’s Low-fat Recipes from Around the World (1999) sold extremely well, winning her accolades from the culinary world. A popular television personality to boot, Lakshmi also appeared on a number of Continued

Credits

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Judge
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2006-2006
Princess Bithia
2006
Princess Bithia
2006
Shiela Bardez
2003
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Kaitaama
2002

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Began modeling at age 20
1997 
Made acting debut in the Italian series, "Linda e il brigadiere"
 
Co-hosted Italy's top-rated television show, "Domenica In"
1999 
Published first cookbook Easy Exotic: Low-Fat Recipes from Around the World
2000 
Hosted a documentary series called "Planet Food" for the Food Network
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