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Padma Lakshmi is steering her daughter Krishna away from the runway — in fact … it sounds like she’s outright discouraging her from following in her footsteps as a model.
We caught up with Padma at LAX Wednesday … and she tells us that although she had to model to pay off student loans back in the day, her 14-year-old clearly isn’t in the same financial situation she was in — and doesn’t have to go down that path.
Watch … PL tells us she’s already batting away modeling offers for her kid — making it clear … if Krishna ends up on a magazine cover, it’ll be for her talent, not just her looks!
Padma explains she wants to nurture Krishna’s intellect, creativity, and talent — and tells us for now … her daughter’s gearing up to tune into her musical dreams at a performing arts school, which she got into on her own merit. So, she envisions a different journey for her.
Padma also suggests that she’s gonna let Krishna pay her own way eventually — but for now, at age 14, she’s happy to support her daughter and her dreams … just as long as she’s hitting the books, that is.
Anyway, it’s an interesting chat, especially coming from Padma — who’s a bona fide hottie and who rose to fame, in part, due to her beauty. Here, she’s kinda pooh-poohing that.