Talk:Padma Lakshmi

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Contents 1 Supermodel, not Super Model 2 Incorrect Information 3 Right Arm 4 Her mother's nationality 5 Biography assessment rating comment 6 Lakshmi is NOT the "God of Wealth" 7 Added Top Chef 3 8 "Lady Rushdie" 9 Cup Size 10 Skin disease?

[edit] Supermodel, not Super Model

It would not be capitalized anyhow, as it is not a proper noun, imbeciles. Also, per common usage...including the Wikipedia entry on the subject...it is one word.

Morons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.113.126.221 (talk) 18:17, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect Information

"Padma Lakshmi" does not literally mean Lotus Goddess in Sanskrit (or Indo-Aryan languages derived therefrom, like Hindi). 'Padma' does mean lotus, but 'Lakshmi' is a name which refers specifically to the Goddess of Wealth. Thus, literally, her name could be translated as "Lotus Goddess of Wealth". This doesn't add or take away, really, from the article, and is rather unimportant for a bio on Padma Lakshmi (the person), but it is encyclopedically misleading on this minor point. Should I see no objections (stated as reasonably and properly-backed statements) I will alter this reference to say, for instance, that her first name, Padma, means Lotus. This way, I don't upset people who like the unnecessary "ethnic" color the translation adds. Personally, I think it's bogus. Why don't we translate names like Peter Finch and say it 'literally' translates to "Small Rock Bird"? --68.173.46.79 21:02, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

The Tribune made an egregrious mistake (see parentage debate below). Padma's father, like her mother, is a Tamil Iyer, a type of South Indian Brahmin, has since remarried. This is easily verifiable by her last name which is a typical Tam Bram last name. Her mother's parentage is easily identifiable because there are published photos of her Mother including in Easy Exotic.

69.217.236.207 23:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)Why does it say Porn Actress under Occupation?69.217.236.207 23:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Right Arm

What is that thing on her right arm, it looks like a huge scar of some sort?

Tribune India article "However, a car accident in Malibu left a horrible seven-inch welt on her arm. "I thought with this ghastly scar, I could never make it to the ramp," she recalls, "I used layers of make up to hide it till Helmut Newton, show producer, said that I should present myself as I was. Thus, the scar became my brand statement. I was known as the woman with the long snake-like scar on the arm."

She is also married to the author Salman Rushdie. 71.224.161.81 09:34, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

The Tribune made an egregious mistake. Her father is a Tamil Iyer Brahmin, just like her mother, separated from her mother and is now remarried. This is easy to verify both by her last name (which is a typical Tam Bram name)and available photographs of her Mother.

The Tribune made an egregrious mistake. Padmalakshmi's (her full name which has been divided as a stage name) father, like her mother, is a Tamil Iyer, a type of South Indian Brahmin, has since remarried. This is easily verifiable by her last name which is a typical Tam Bram last name. Her mother's parentage is easily identifiable because there are published photos of her Mother including in Easy Exotic.

[edit] Her mother's nationality

The article in the Tribune indicates that Padma Lakshmi's mother is European and her father is a Keralite [1]. Some have speculated that this newspaper article is inaccurate, but given that the subject of the article is Indian actresses of mixed parentage, the Tribune would have made an egregious mistake if Padma Lakshmi was in fact not of mixed parentage. This seems unlikely; the Tribune is one of the most prominent newspapers in India.

Speculation about the newspaper article's accuracy also revolves around the identification of Padma Lakshmi's mother rather than her father as the European parent. That Padma Lakshmi's mother's first name is 'Vijaya' -- a Hindu name -- does not necessarily indicate that her mother is ethnically Indian. In India, new brides sometimes change their first name to a name given by the family in which she's marrying into, and it's possible that Padma Lakshmi's mother followed this tradition.

UPDATE: The Tribune made an egregrious mistake. Padmalakshmi's (that is her full first name which has been morphed to be a stage name) father, like her mother, is a Tamil Iyer, a type of South Indian Brahmin, has since remarried. This is easily verifiable by her last name which is a typical Tam Bram last name. Her mother's parentage is easily identifiable because there are published photos of her Mother including in Easy Exotic.

Padma laksmhi is from Kerala, although she was raised in Madras. This is what she says during her appearance on a talk show with Craig ferguson (please check YOUTUBE for confirmation). At no point during that conversation does she state that she is a Tamil Brahmin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiruvale (talk • contribs) 15:58, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

No, she is not from Kerala. She is a Tamil Brahmin from Madras. Her last name is Vaidynathan. She may be what is called a Palghat Iyer, Tamil Brahmins that settled in Kerala. However her ethnic background is pure Tamil Brahmin Iyer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sairasaira (talk • contribs) 19:23, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I heard somewhere that she has her mother's surname. However, I don't have a good source/cite for that. Ariadne55 (talk) 19:34, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Biography assessment rating comment

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Hornandsoccer^Talk 02:07, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lakshmi is NOT the "God of Wealth"

Lakshmi is the God of good fortune. A big difference. Someone please fix it. Jnanasakti 04:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)Aakash Rami

Some of it looks like it was just copied from her website. Where did she grow up? Does she know Italian also? There is no wikipedia page in English for that Italian show.

[edit] Added Top Chef 3

I added some more info about Top Chef Season 3. I'm assuming there are no objections.

[edit] "Lady Rushdie"

Does she lose this title when the divorce is finalized? Please say yes. Ribonucleic 19:30, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

YesPosah-tai-vo 19:59, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't know why Posah-tai-vo said yes. The answer is more, 'yes and no'. After being divorced from a knight she will no longer be called Lady Rushdie but she will be called Padma, Lady Rushdie, i.e. she must use her title in combination with her name. If she subsequently marries another man she will take her new husband's title, style, rank, and precedence, except if she is entitled to a higher position in her own right.--Oxonian2006 (talk) 18:23, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cup Size

She looks more like a B cup —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.129.84.99 (talk) 04:10, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Skin disease?

Why can't they discuss her skin disease, Steven's Johnson's Syndrome? That is why I was directed to this page and it doesn't say anything at all about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.159.73.78 (talk) 06:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)