Padma Lakshmi

Born in 1970, the Indian American author and actress has been hosting US reality television show Top Chef since season two. Lakshmi has a seven-inch scar on her right arm caused by a car accident in 1984. Her first cookbook Easy Exotic was awarded Best First Book at the 1999 World Cookbook Awards at Versailles. She was married to author Salman Rushdie from 2004 to 2007. Earlier this year, she gave birth to a baby girl named Krishna Thea Lakshmi.