Pregnant Padma Lakshmi goes nude

Padma Lakshmi dares to bare it all for a photo spread to be featured in the latest issue of a magazine.

Featured on the publication's cover, the Top Chef presenter strikes a pose bending both of her knees to cover the front part of her body while offering sharp look to the lens through her right shoulder.

In a photo featured inside the magazine, Padma is seen impersonating Miley Cyrus' notorious pose for Vanity Fair.

Padma recently declared her love for the naked form, saying, "I like me better naked."

The pregnant host, who refuses to reveal the father, insists upon the purity of the natural form. "I don't mean that in a vain way. When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on,” the New York Post quoted her as saying.

"Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide," she added.

Padma also discusses her pregnancy weight, divorce to husband Salman Rushdie and some other personal issues in the magazine. The particular edition will go on sale on December 3.

Padma Lakshmi was married to Salman Rushdie, who is an award-winning author, from April 2004 to July 2007. In October this year, Padma had her representative publicly announcing that she is pregnant. Not much information is shared about her pregnancy though, leaving her due date and the identity of the baby's father in question.

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Padma Lakshmi or Padma Parvati Lakshmi (born September 1, 1970) is an Indian American cookbook author, actress, and former model who claims to be the first well-known model from India. Padma Lakshmi has been the host of the reality television program "Top Chef" since season two.
Padma Lakshmi got the 1st break into movies in a comical supporting role as the lip synching disco singer "Sylk" in the 2001 American movie "Glitter with Mariah Carey". She starred with Amitabh Bachchan and Jackie Shroff in the 2003 Hindi action box office failure "Boom" as "Shiela Bardez", one of a trio of super models which includes "Katrina Kaif" the reining queen of Bollywood. Lakshmi was last seen on screen as "Geeta" with ishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott in Paul Mayeda Berges' 2005 film "The Mistress of Spices". She will be seen soon in Deepa Mehta's upcoming film, "Komagata Maru" which was earlier titled "Exclusion".

Padma Lakshmi's hot burger ad

Ravishing supermodel, Padma Lakshmi, is best known today as the no-nonsense host of Bravo's hit TV show, 'Top Chef,' where her culinary expertise and opinions can make or break the aspirations of competing young chefs.
And now after sampling the most sophisticated and exotic cuisines from around the globe the sensuous ex-Mrs Rushdie craves for a burger, that helped her transition from a vegetarian to a full-blown carnivore.
That revelation drew the attention of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's advertising agency, Mendelsohn|Zien, which had been tasked with creating a new television campaign for Hardee's introduction of its Western Bacon Thickburger.
"I was excited to be able to talk about a food item that I have fond, personal memories of. I grew up wolfing down Western Bacon Cheeseburgers at Carl's Jr., as I said in my book."
Carl's Jr. and Hardee’s are wholly-owned subsidiaries of CKE Resturants, Inc. that has a total of 3,110 franchised or company-operated restaurants. The ad was created by Los Angeles-based advertising agency, Mendelsohn|Zien, that was also behind the Paris Hilton commercial, 'That's Hot,' from 2005.