With a new series of her own, Padma Lakshmi is at the top of her game

Javits Convention Center by the time Padma Lakshmi and her 6-year-old daughter had left the building around 10 p.m. on Nov. 8, 2016. Lakshmi, a surrogate for Hillary Clinton during her campaign, and Krishna had hoped to witness a piece of American history — the election of the country’s first female president — but instead they walked out onto the dark New York City streets and into an uneasy future.