Padma Lakshmi Net Worth
American actress, model, TV host, and author Padma Lakshmi is best known for hosting TV reality show Top Chef in 2006 and for her cookbooks. She started her career as a model. As of 2016, his current net worth is approximately amazing $20 million. Let’s take a look on her successful life.
Padma was born on September 1st, 1970, in Chennai, India. Her mother moved to USA after a divorce. In 1992, she graduated from Clark University in Massachusetts with bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts. When she was 21, she started her modeling career during studies in Madrid.
Padma modeled for famous designer like Giorgio Armani, Gianni Versace, Emanuel Ungaro, and Ralph Lauren. You could see her on covers of Vogue India, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Harper’s Bazaar and others. Lakshmi also showed her fans her perfect curves while wearing only bikini or even less.
Lakshmi published two cookbooks, Easy Exotic and Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet. She also published memoir titled Love, Loss and What We Ate on March 8th, 2016. Besides hosting To Chef, she also appeared as an actress in several movies and TV series. From 2004 to 2007, Lakshmi was married to the novelist Salman Rushdie. She has a daughter named Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell with famous venture capitalist Adam Dell.
