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Padma Lakshmi is a popular American actress, model, cookbook writer, executive producer, and television personality. Padma Lakshmi is famous for her award-winning 1999 cookbook “Easy Exotic.”
Early life and childhood
Padma Parvati Lakshmi Vaidyanathan is Padma’s real full birth name. She was born in September 1, 1970and currently it is 51 years. He was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, and spent his career in New York, United States.
Therefore, Padma is Indian-American by nationality. Likewise, she follows Hinduism and her birth sign is Virgo.
Talking about her family background, Padma was born to her father Vaidyanathan and mother Vijaya Lakshmi. Vaidyanathan was an executive of a pharmaceutical organization and Vijay Lakhsmi was a medical assistant.
Padma’s parents divorced when she was just 2 years old and then remarried. However, Padma spent her childhood at her grandparents’ house in Chennai, India.
Padma Lakshmi – Education
Moving towards her educational details, Padma completed her studies at William Workman High School, City of Industry, California. Later, she joined Clark University, Worchester (Massachusetts), and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.
Trivia
To enhance her favorite things and hobbies, Padma is a big fan of actor Tom Cruise and actress Emma Stone. Also, she loves Italian food, she loves shopping and traveling in her free time. Likewise, her favorite color is pink and her dream vacation destination is Miami.
Net worth 2023
Famous author and model Padma has an estimated net worth of around 40 million US dollars. Likewise, she also owns a beautiful apartment in New York.
Additionally, her ex-boyfriend Teddy left $1.8 billion to his daughter Krishna at the time of his death. Furthermore, Padma’s annual salary as a TV presenter is 55,000 US dollars.
Padma Lakshmi – Achievements
Padma has not received any awards so far but has been nominated for several awards.
Some of the awards that Lakshmi has been nominated for are Primetime Emmy Awards (2007, 2009, 2014-2020), Gold Derby Awards (2011), Gotham Awards (2021), and PGA Awards (2016-2019).
Professional life and career
Padma Lakshmi began her career at the age of 21 as a model. She says that she is the first Indian to model in the profession from Paris, New York and Milan. She used to pay the university fees for her modeling career.
Padma has worked as a model for several top designers such as “Ralph Lauren”, “Gianni Versace”, “Alberta Ferretti” and “Giorgio Armani”. She has also appeared in “Vogue India”, “FHM”, “V”, “Asian Women” and many more.
Similarly, Padma hosted the Food Network series called “Padma’s Passport” where she cooked recipes around the world. Additionally, she also appeared on shows like “30 Rock” (2009) and “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (2014).
He also writes for Vogue magazine and The New York Times.
In 2009, Padma starred in the music video called “That Look You Give That Guy.” Padma wrote and published her first cookbook called “Easy Exotic” in 1999.
The book gained great recognition. Likewise, on October 2, 2007, her second cookbook, “Tangy, Tart, Hot, and Sweet” was published.
Her first autobiography, “Love, Loss and What We Ate,” was published on March 8, 2016, International Women’s Day. That same year, she also published the “Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs.”
Subtitle: Padma’s new memoirs (Source: eater.com)
Padma Lakshmi – Marital Status
Padma Lakshmi married her boyfriend Salman Rushdie in the year 2004. Salman is an Indian novelist. Unfortunately, the couple divorced in 2007, shortly after three years of marriage.
After the divorce, Padma dated capitalist Adam Dell. The couple also has a son together; a daughter named Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell. The couple also separated due to certain reasons.
After that, she had a relationship with Teddy Forstmann. Teddy was the CEO of IMG but died in 2014. Similarly, she also dated actor Richard Gere.
Caption: Padma Lakshmi with her daughter Krishna (Source: Instagram)
In 2017, Padma and Adam made up. In 2019, the couple was seen holding hands and Padma also had a ring on her finger.
Social media
Padma Lakshmi is active on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. She has 238,000 followers on Facebook and more than 784,400 followers on Twitter. Padma she also has an Instagram account with 1.1 million followers.
Body measurements
When it comes to her physical statistics, Padma Lakshmi is 1.75 m (5 feet 9 inches) tall and weighs around 68 kg. Similarly, her actual body measurements (chest-waist-hip) are 38-27-40 inches.
Her bra size is 36B. Additionally, she has black hair and a pair of beautiful dark brown eyes.
Caption: Padma Lakshmi in her pose (Source: Instagram)
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