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Top Chef star Padma delivers baby girl

By April MacIntyre Feb 22, 2010, 14:18 GMT

Padma Lakshmi - © Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi has delivered a healthy baby girl.

The ex wife of Salman Rushdie, Padma Lakshmi has been on the Bravo series "Top Chef" since season two (2006) with chef Tom Colicchio.

Lakshmi welcomed a baby girl, reports UsMagazine.com.

The girl was born late Saturday in New York City, and her name is Krishna.

The Top Chef star, 39, has not revealed the baby's father.

Padma's pregnancy was considered  "a medical miracle," because Lakshmi has struggled with endometriosis, a painful uterine condition that can lead to infertility. 

"I actually can't button my jeans anymore," Lakshmi told Us magazine last fall when asked how her pregnancy was going. "Up until about a week ago, I could. There's just too much pressure, so I've had to put them away for now."

During her pregnancy, Lakshmi said she hadn't "really had any cravings. There was about a week-and-a- half when I was really craving a cinnamon donut. Then I had the cinnamon donut, and it was like, 'Eh.' I mean, it was OK, but that was it. And then it was over."