Top Chef Host is Expecting

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First it was Heidi Klum from Project Runway who has been pregnant several times during the taping of the series, and Julie Chen who hosted this Summer’s Big Brother 11 while pregnant and now Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has announced that she’s pregnant too. She sure looks amazing, so it must agree with her.

According to Us Magazine, Padma has had some health problems that made it questionable whether she could ever get pregnant at all. Now she’s being considered a small miracle:

“Model, author, and Emmy-nominated Padma Lakshmi confirms that she is carrying her first child after years of struggling with endometriosis, a cause for which she has co-founded the Endometriosis Foundation of America,” the rep tells Us of Lakshmi, 39.

“As a result of her condition, this pregnancy has been referred to by her physician as nothing short of a medical miracle, and due to its delicate nature, we ask/implore the press to respect Ms. Lakshmi’s privacy at this time,” the rep continues.

I’m happy for her and hope that she has avery uneventful pregnancy and a healthy, happy baby.