During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.

I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my life, I was often happiest when I had very little.

If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying.

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.

I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. I am the first one to admit I was a novelty.

I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to.