Padma Lakshmi embraces her 'stretch marks and all' while rocking a white bikini at the pool

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Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi advocated for body positivity while sharing a filter-free video of herself in a plunging white bikini at the pool on Wednesday afternoon.As she jumped onto a $99 inflatable jet ski from Funboy, the cook book author, 51, smiled brightly before falling into the water as herdaughter Krishna, 12, watched.'My swamp a** needed this!!!' the Emmy Award winner captioned the footage with the hashtags '#stretchmarksandall' and '#nofilter.' Going for a dip: Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi advocated for body positivity while sharing a filter-free video of herself in a plunging white bikini at the pool on Wednesday afternoonThe mother-of-three's comment section was flooded with comments praising her for showing off her imperfections, with one even writing: 'I feel decades of stretch mark shame melting away forever!' Others applauded the star for normalizing stretch marks.'Stretch marks are the stripes of a lioness!!!' one fan commented, with another saying: 'Glorious, stretch marks and all!

You’re just a ball of fun.' Going for a swim: As she jumped onto a $99 inflatable jet ski from Funboy, the cook book author, 51, smiled brightly before falling into the water as her daughter Krishna, 12, watched 'My swamp a** needed this!!!' the Emmy Award winner captioned the footage with the hashtags '#stretchmarksandall' and '#nofilter'Back in 2019, she told Us Weekly that she didn't diet before filming Bravo’s hit series Top Chef and didn't mind that she gained weight.'I’m lucky because I gained weight exponentially, everywhere.