Padma Lakshmi is serving some sizzling looks. The "Top Chef" and "Taste the Nation" host is making a splash in this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.The culinary star, who was photographed by Yu Tsai in Dominica, rocked an itsy bitsy bikini by Toxic Sadie beaded with golden mother-of-pearl sequins.
For the spread, Lakshmi also modeled a two-piece made of seashells, a suit that resembles seaweed and a sunshine yellow bikini.
Lakshmi, who got her start as a model in the ‘90s, revealed that it’s empowering to appear in the magazine at age 52. "It’s a weird thing.
I would’ve killed for [this] when I was a model in my 20s," she chuckled to Fox News Digital. "[Now] that it’s happening to me at this point in life – it’s kind of sweet, actually." In a statement sent to Fox News Digital, SI Swimsuit’s editor-in-chief MJ Day said the decision to feature Lakshmi in the 2023 issue was a no-brainer. "Mother, author, activist, TV host, Emmy-nominated producer, philanthropist and now, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model.
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