Padma Lakshmi’s Scar
Are you as into Padma Lakshmi’s scar as we are? We can’t help it. It’s just so fucking awesome looking. Despite the fact that the “Top Chef” host often resembles a Culinary Reality Show Hostbot 5000 ™, she’s still a mouth-watering amuse bouche who’s imperfections separate her from the usual batch of ridiculously attractive reality show television personalities. Kudos to Bravo’s brass for not being afraid that the American viewing public would gasp at the site of a seven-inch arm scar and immediately change the channel in protest. Then again, if Padma looked more like Rosie and also had a giant scar running up her right arm would she still have gotten the gig? Probably not. This makes us wonder if Katie Lee Joel’s fate may have been different had she had a disfiguring accident as a teenager too.
Let’s not forget Harrison Ford, who also has a famous scar (no, not Calista Flockhart), and who was really the first modern scar-popularizer. Though not so strangely, we’re far less fascinated with his.
Lastly, to all the emo kids out there, feel free to use this post title as a song title. You’re welcome.
UPDATE: Padma and her scar are getting divorced from her recently-knighted hubby, author Salman Rushdie. See what can happen when you wish upon a scar!
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07.02.07 at 12:17 pm
how did she get the scar ????
07.02.07 at 1:10 pm
She was in a car accident when she was 21. This left her with the 7 inch scar she wears like a medal.
07.02.07 at 3:10 pm
Actually JD she was 14 when the car accident occured.
07.13.07 at 7:34 am
I watch top chef all the time and up until a recent episode (titled “cooking by the numbers”) I never noticed she had a scar. I read the Vogue article about it, how she would position herself to hide it, or use make-up to cover it, so that’s probably why. But since she wore a short sleeve blouse in this episode and was standing with her right arm facing the camera, it was just THERE. Personally, I’m glad she’s not the typical perfect plastic model. AND she’s got a good personality too.
I have a few scars myself, some from reconstructive surgery (legs) and one from having a cyst in my thyroid (neck) plus a couple on my forehead from me just being a tomboy. (but those ones are under the hairline)
07.19.07 at 5:30 pm
love the scar
07.28.07 at 4:38 am
I would do her scar so hard, spread whip cream on it and lick it off. Her and that Tina Fey chick. Love messed up looking hot chicks. I know it’s creepy, but I own it. Gotta deal with it.
08.09.07 at 10:50 am
Just goes to show you nobody is perfect and just because you are not perfect does not mean you are not beautiful.
10.03.07 at 9:55 am
I’m not a big fan of the scar…
10.21.07 at 3:22 am
She was 14 when the car accident happened. Get your facts straight.
11.27.07 at 8:21 pm
Umm… She has has a ton of plastic surgery on her face though. So to me she is still “plastic fantastic” as far as models go. Those photos compared to what she looks like now are the evidence. I do giver her kudos though, the scar is awesome.
11.29.07 at 8:53 pm
[...] November 30, 2007 at 4:53 am (Uncategorized) I caught my first episode of Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style today. Padma Lakshmi was a special guest and counseled a young woman who hadn’t worn a dress in six years because her leg was scarred in an accident. Padma herself was scarred in an automobile accident when she was fourteen. A profanity-laced Vanity Fair profile on Padma earlier this month and a 2001 article in Vogue explain how she made her scar her trademark. [...]
12.06.07 at 5:47 pm
I think your wrong about the Plastic Surgery, on her face. She does her own make up. And I havent read anywhere in any statements from her that is true. But she does wear reading glasses. I Believe that Beauty is all hers. And as for her scar, we all are Human. And life deals us Accidents. Some are ones that scar us for life. But if i remember there was only one perfect Human on this Planet. So let it go, and except a small defect. On a Master Peace that God made. I think Padma is Beautiful…
01.12.08 at 7:59 pm
She is from a high caste in India, often regarded to have mixed with Aryans, or being descendents of the original aryans.
The cute little nose, gorgeous lips, and high cheekbones are all hers, darling.
04.09.08 at 5:20 am
Who Cares how she got the scar, beauty is skin deep. Padma is a beautiful woman. enough said, hands down BEAUTIFUL
05.14.08 at 11:24 am
I totally agree with harry’s belafonties. I think the scar on her arm and the one on Tina’s face make them that much more attractive. I once knew this chick we called “uber hottie” who had a scar on her left eyebrow from a dog bite when she was a child and it was like the bow on top of a really hot present. Love scars as long as they’re not disfiguring.
06.05.08 at 8:57 pm
Padma actually was in the accident at 14 years old
11.03.08 at 9:07 am
Top chef is the worst show on television. The judges are the most obnoxious people I have ever seen and most of the food they serve is disgusting! Take this piece of garbage off the air!
12.08.08 at 8:46 pm
I don’t care about whether she has a scar or not, I don’t care to feel sorry for her about it or let it affect my opinion about her. I find her quite annoying and at times rude (especially on Top Chef) And quite frankly the word “beautiful” certainly does not describe her. Sorry but that just my opinion. If you see her without all that camera, lights & make up, she is actually quite unattractive. Harsh but true. Her personality makes her the most unattractive though…. Be real Padma… Really.
03.17.09 at 12:49 am
ACTUALLY – PADMA WAS 14 WHEN SHE HAD THE ACCIDENT NOT 21. SHE WAS WITH HER PARENTS IN INDIA WHEN THEIR CAR FLEW OFF THE ROAD AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT HITTING A TREE DEAD ON – HER ARM WAS CRUSHED AND HER LEFT HIP WAS ALSO DAMAGED IN THE ACCIDENT – SHE SAID SHE WISHED SHE COULD HAVE ASKED THE DOCTOR TO CUT UNDER SO YOU CANT SEE IT BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
04.16.09 at 5:41 am
EVERYBODY THAT COMMENTED ON THIS PAGE IS REALLY REALLY DUMB WOW I DIDN’T KNOW THAT MANY DUMB PEOPLE EXISTED I’M TYPING IN ALL CAPS DO WE SEE WHY THIS IS ANNOYING?
06.19.09 at 9:00 am
To me “Hells Kitchen” is far more obnoxious than “Top Chef”.
It has set a new low in being insulting and cruel to the participants and the audience as well. Apparently that’s what the producers of the show think the audience wants. I do find it to be curiously interesting… for about FIVE MINUTES!!! Please give us all a break from all this S___T!
07.15.09 at 11:14 am
Actually the accident was in Malibu not India
08.07.09 at 3:07 pm
India? malibu is in India? Who knew?
08.12.09 at 3:10 pm
Actually the accident was in Miami.
02.22.10 at 6:31 pm
i just wish she would wear a bra.