Padma Lakshmi celebrates her 50th birthday with bikini snaps

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But four years after the duo entered the Celebrity Big Brother house, we basically can't recognise them anymore.Karissa and Kristina were papped visiting a tanning salon, and were far from their usually glamorous selves.The 26-year-olds both sported make-up free faces and messy blonde top knots, while they shunned their usual tight bodycon frocks for tracksuits.The twins also rocked curvier figures, with enough booty to give the Kardashian siblings a run for their money.Hugh Hefner's former girlfriends were involved in a major car crash last October, with both sisters being cut out of their white Mercedes-Benz G-wagon.The ladies were reportedly driving to get nipple piercings when the crash occurred.Kristina tested positive for drink driving and has been charged with driving under the influence.Both Karissa and Kristina recently underwent cosmetic surgery on E!'s Botched to fix countless dodgy boob and nose jobs.The twins, who came fifth on the 2012 series of CBB, admitted that they underwent five boob jobs each before entering the Playboy mansion.

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Padma Lakshmi urged her followers to obtain absentee ballots ahead of the upcoming election on November 3.The 50-year-old said 'the time to get your absentee ballot is now' as she modeled a black-and-white VOTE face mask.The Top Chef star then posted a screen-grab of her own tweet calling US President Donald Trump 'criminally negligent' for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

She recently celebrated the twin milestones of turning 50 years young, and reaching 1million followers on Instagram.And Padma Lakshmi took a moment on Tuesday to dish to Parents Magazine about her close relationship with daughter Krishna, 10, specifically about their diet.The Top Chef host, who shares Krishna with venture capitalist Adam Dell, revealed that while she's lenient about some points as a mother, when it comes to food, she puts her foot down.

Padma Lakshmi thinks '50 is the new 30' and she is 'just getting started.'The Top Chef star made the comment on Instagram on Wednesday the day after she celebrated her milestone birthday with her 10-year-old daughter Krishna and partner Adam Dell.Along with the caption was a head-to-toe image of the Indian-born former Vogue model in a purple string bikini that revealed her flat tummy and very toned body.

Padma Lakshmi showed off her sizzling bikini body for her 50th birthday on Sept. 1.

Padma Lakshmi thinks '50 is the new 30' and she is 'just getting started.'The Top Chef star made the comment on Instagram on Wednesday the day after she celebrated her milestone birthday with her 10-year-old daughter Krishna and partner Adam Dell.Along with the caption was a head-to-toe image of the Indian-born former Vogue model in a purple string bikini that revealed her flat tummy and very toned body.

Padma Lakshmi just celebrated her 50th birthday! The Top Chef star hit the half-century mark on Tuesday and shared a bikini-clad picture of herself on the beach, the picture read “50 is the new 30, feel like I’m just getting started.” “Thank you for all of your sweet birthday wishes. here's to the next 50Thank you for all of your sweet birthday wishes.  here's to the next 50,” she captioned her post. A post shared by (@padmalakshmi) on Sep 2, 2020 at 11:00am PDTPadma also celebrated her milestone, by reflecting on the year as a whole while offering inspirational words for her fans earlier in the week through Instagram in another post.

Padma Lakshmi thinks '50 is the new 30' and she is 'just getting started.'The Top Chef star made the comment on Instagram on Wednesday the day after she celebrated her milestone birthday with her 10-year-old daughter Krishna and partner Adam Dell.Along with the caption was a head-to-toe image of the Indian-born former Vogue model in a purple string bikini that revealed her flat tummy and very toned body.

Birthday thoughts ⛅️ This year has been a mix of misery and elation. The whole world was swallowed up by the plague In March. We were lucky but so many weren't and I felt an impending doom, a creeping anxiety I could not shake.

Padma Lakshmi turned 50 years old on Sept. 1 and she’s looking better than ever! The author shared two new photos on Instagram on her special day and they showed her posing in bikinis. In the first pic, she is standing near a body of water while wearing an open white button-down shirt over a white bikini that has multi-colored patterns on it and holding what appears to be a seashell. In the second pic, she is standing in a pool while wearing an aqua bikini and is lifting one arm up as her daughter, Krishna, 10, who is wearing her own matching aqua bikini, and her partner Adam Dell, have fun across from her.

Padma Lakshmi is ringing her 50th with some “Birthday thoughts.” The “Top Chef” star hit the half-century mark on Tuesday and in celebrating her milestone, reflected on the year as a whole while offering inspirational words for her fans. “This year has been a mix of misery and elation.The whole world was swallowed up by the plague In March.

Wow. We are just going to say it, we cannot believe Padma Lakshmi is 50 years old! If you’re only as old as you feel, she must feel in the prime of her life!

Padma Lakshmi! Thehost turned 50 on Tuesday, and marked the occasion with a reflective post on Instagram. As Lakshmi told her followers, «this year has been a mix of misery and elation.» «The whole world was swallowed up by the plague in March. We were lucky but so many weren’t and I felt an impending doom, a creeping anxiety I could not shake,» she wrote.