Padma Lakshmi Stripped Naked for Allure magazine

With a naked photoshoot coming up Indian model Padma Lakshmi could have been forgiven for putting herself on a strict diet.But the 38-year-old, who is author Salman Rushdie's ex, had no such concerns.'I think I look better when I have a little bit of weight on - my breasts are fuller, and I’m curvier than when I’m at my thinnest,' she tells this month's edition of U.S. magazine Allure.

Padma was one of five models to strip for the shoot, which was entitled The Naked Truth.She said she didn't feel worried about stripping off, and just 'exercised an extra bit,' in preparation.'I tend to sleep in the nude,' she revealed. 'When I'm in my own personal space, I do spend time with very little on.'I didn’t feel any more naked without my robe. I don’t have any stigma attached to my body.'

Padma's shoot revealed a seven-inch scar on her right arm - the vestige of a car accident when she was 14.'This is my favourite part of my body,' she said. 'I love it because it makes me a person who has an interesting past, and it reminds me that I can survive any pain.'While Padma is stripping for her art, her ex-husband recently went public with his new love, American actress Pia Glenn.

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Padma Lakshmi Sexy Ad for Beefburgers

Svelte Indian model Padma Lakshmi may be an unlikely candidate to advertise beef burgers, but that’s exactly what she does in a rather saucy advert.Padma, who is also an actress and a cookbook author is seen chomping hungrily into a Hardee’s Bacon Western Thickburger.The advert starts with Padma, who used to date Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, picking her way through a colourful outdoor market.

It cuts to the leggy 38-year-old clutching a bag of takeaway food and perching on some steps to tuck in.The model hikes up her skirt and begins to devour her burger in an almost pornographic manner, licking her fingers and even rescuing a glob of sauce that spills down her ankle.With her slender figure it’s hard to believe Padma loves her food this much, but she manages to pull it off, looking as if she’s enjoying every greasy morsel.

As the orgy of fast food draws to a close, the screen fills up with the Hardee’s logo and the telling slogan: More than just a piece of meat.Padma told People magazine: ‘I grew up vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the States, I started slowly eating meat.‘First it was bologna sandwiches or pepperoni on pizza. As a teenager my friends and I would always go have burgers. I would scarf them down!’But she admitted she has to work hard to maintain her figure: ‘I work out all the time! I don’t just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don’t.’

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