Mumbai: India-born supermodel Padma Lakshmi was recently mistaken for actress Priyanka Chopra by a New York magazine.
Addressing the issue, the model gave a witty yet fitting response to it.
The 49-year-old, who received a Primetime Emmy nomination, got associated with New Yorker's celebrity cartoon takeover issue. The post carrying her portrait on the official Instagram account of the magazine was tagged to Priyanka Chopra.
Padma took a screenshot of the post and made it public on her social media handle.
Sharing the same on Instagram, she wrote: "Thank you to the illustrious "@nydailynews" for the shoutout. I know to some we all look alike, but... #desilife #JustIndianThings."
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The picture showed a black-and-white portrait of Padma with Priyanka's Instagram account handle tagged on it.
Later, the post on the New Yorker's social media handle has been removed.
Padma's post got several reactions from celebrities.
"Oh no," wrote actress Natalie Portman, while one user said: "This is the equivalent of tagging Christina Aguilera in a photo of Britney Spears."
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Speaking about Indians finding a place in the West, Padma earlier told in an interview: "I am very happy to see many more Indian faces on TV and in the arts and in publishing..."
"It was hard to be an immigrant in the 1970s and 1980s. I am lucky that I managed to somehow find a place for myself. It is not like that I had a grand plan," she added.
"There was no guarantee that I would be successful," she said while reflecting back on her journey.
