Three of this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover stars celebrated the release at a launch party on Friday night (May 19) in Hollywood, Florida.
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Padma Lakshmi is serving some sizzling looks. The "Top Chef" and "Taste the Nation" host is making a splash in this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.The culinary star, who was photographed by Yu Tsai in Dominica, rocked an itsy bitsy bikini by Toxic Sadie beaded with golden mother-of-pearl sequins. For the spread, Lakshmi also modeled a two-piece made of seashells, a suit that resembles seaweed and a sunshine yellow bikini. Lakshmi, who got her start as a model in the ‘90s, revealed that it’s empowering to appear in the magazine at age 52.
"It’s a weird thing. I would’ve killed for [this] when I was a model in my 20s," she chuckled to Fox News Digital. "[Now] that it’s happening to me at this point in life – it’s kind of sweet, actually." In a statement sent to Fox News Digital, SI Swimsuit’s editor-in-chief MJ Day said the decision to feature Lakshmi in the 2023 issue was a no-brainer.
"Mother, author, activist, TV host, Emmy-nominated producer, philanthropist and now, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model. Padma’s list of accomplishments is as stunning as she is, and it’s an absolute honor to feature her in the 2023 issue," Day wrote. "The importance of Padma’s presence here is multifold," Day shared.
"She is here because she feels better than ever both inside and out. At 52, she has curated a life that represents who she authentically is: a powerful, beautiful, brilliant, accomplished woman in her prime. She can make the world look and listen and is here to remind us all that women can be all of these things and feel sexy AF." "We will let the photos speak for themselves," Day added.
Three of this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover stars celebrated the release at a launch party on Friday night (May 19) in Hollywood, Florida.
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Martha Stewart really looks THAT good.
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taking it all, or mostly all, off as a cover girl for Sports Illustrated’s new sexy annual swimsuit issue.Like Norma Desmond, played by Gloria Swanson in the film Sunset Boulevard, Martha, 81, loves being on camera, looks spectacular, and probably believes as Desmond did, “The stars are ageless, aren’t they.” She calls being a sex symbol “fantastic.”But Martha’s decision to pose where once young bikini-clad beauties like Kate Upton, Tyra Banks and Christie Brinkley graced SI’s cover should not come as a surprise to Martha insiders.Long before the public ever heard of her, Martha was considered a very hot and desirable lady — holding sex-themed parties in her Westport estate, Turkey Hill, that would not have been appropriate for inclusion in her first big book that made her a star, “Entertaining.”Those parties, involving a very small select group of couples and singles shocked some of Martha’s close friends who were invited to her sexy get-togethers for the first time.They were also usually held when her attorney husband and later New York publisher, Andy Stewart, was out of town.“My husband was sort of horrified at the behavior he saw going on,” recalled Martha’s close friend, NormaCollier, a former model and Martha’s catering business partner for a time. “Martha, for instance, was on [another man’s] lap.
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Hot and iconic!
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Martha Stewart is making history!