Well, its official, there’s no hope for we mere mortals when a beauty like Paulina Porizkova announces on national TV that she was axed from America’s Next Top Model for, as she states, ” I was told I was fired because, it seemed, that the show has gotten too fat and they needed to cut some fat and the fat was me.’

The news was relayed to Paulina on her birthday, maybe she’d been scoffing too much of that sponge, almond paste and frosting back stage!

Talking on the Craig Ferguson on the Lat Late Show on CBS, Paulina, 44, was asked if there was any rivalry between her and the show’s host, 35 year old Tyra Banks. Her reply was more self deprecating and accusing of Bank‘s own issues with her, saying, “I figured it was either that or my gigantic huge ego. Which I wasn’t aware of until I was told by the producers that I had an ego problem.”