• Author and model Padma Lakshmi hosts of the Bravo reality show Top Chef. Besides her modeling and television work, she is also famous as the former wife of the author Salman Rushdie.

  Lakshmi is featured in a nude photo spread for the May 2009 issue of Allure magazine. However, the television personality told Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on April 21, 2009, that "you don't see anything. It was just the way I was lying."Radar: Top Chef Beauty Serves Up Nude Photo Spread (April 21, 2009)

• 1. Full name: Padma Parvati Lakshmi
  2. Born: September 1, 1970
  3. Birthplace: Kerala, India
  4. Height: 5'9"
  5. Hair color: Black
  6. Eye color: Brown
  7. Measurements: 36-23-35
  8. Weight: 125 lbs
  9. Spouse: Salman Rushdie (2004-2007)
  10. Religion: Hindu

• The Scar

  Lakshmi and her family were involved in a violent car accident when she was fourteen. As a result of the accident, she has a prominent seven-inch scar on her right arm. Lakshmi described the accident to Vogue Magazine in 2001, noting, "flying in a car felt like an exhilarating hallucination, an unbelievable ride that oddly remains one of the most beautiful images in my memory."Official Site: Almost Flawless (April 2001)

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