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    WTF news of the day: Paulina Porizkova fired from ANTM!?

    Tonight's season finale of America's Next Top Model will also be the last episode for Paulina Porizkova, the former supermodel and ANTM judge revealed last night on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson .

    Porizkova says she was fired from the popular reality show, and the bad news was broken to her over the phone on April 9, which was her 44th birthday. (Yikes!)

    She told Ferguson: "The reason I was told I was fired was because, it seemed that America's Next Top Model has gotten too fat and they needed to cut some fat and the fat was me....So 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 have an ego problem."

    The CW confirms that she is no longer with the show, but wouldn't comment further.

    As an avid, zillion-cycle-long viewer of ANTM, I honestly can't believe Paulina was terminated. She always seemed warm, knowledgeable, helpful, and opinionated, but not so much that she came across as obnoxious or upstaged diva Tyra, which is a serious offense on this show, and probably anything that involves Ms. Banks. Remember Janice Dickinson? She had a big personality and she stole the show from Tyra! So, they replaced her with Twiggy who seemed far too much of the opposite-timid, old lady-ish, and boring-I always expected her to have to put down her knitting and tea before weighing in at judging.

    Somehow Paulina seemed like a perfect happy medium between these two and she will be missed. Source: OMG




     

    29 comments

    • k8blujay  •  3 years 0 months ago
      Aw... and I really liked Paulina...
    • rockin' mom  •  3 years 0 months ago
      That's crappy. I thought she was a bit of a b*tch, but she was great at critiquing the girls....That's too bad. I liked her more than Janice.
    • Doktor Eevol  •  3 years 0 months ago
      Good riddance!
    • Elle  •  3 years 0 months ago
      I actually didn't like Paulina at all, so I'm looking forward to see if she will be replaced or not. Though I am still an avid follower, the producers probably realized that they needed to change things up a bit, and they obviously can't get rid of the Jay's or Nigel, so Paulina gets the boot.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 years 0 months ago
      That's sad to hear Paulina was a nice addition to the panel.
      But did they ever REALLY need two former models as judges anyways?
      I don't think so. They have Tyra, and even Nigel used to model (It's no wonder because that man is FINE!) So that's all the help they'll need. Plus she can always be a guest judge if she wanted to. :\
    • Bebe  •  3 years 0 months ago
      i dont like the show but my daughter watches it... i think tyra is too overacting and is threatened by Paulina or anyone stealing the show from her... i used to like her but i don't anymore... she wants to be Oprah so bad... i agree with Karen's comment regarding Tyra, she always has to take the contestant's thunder...
    • Bingley_Biscuits  •  3 years 0 months ago
      I never really liked Paulina. She seemed set on playing that 'mean judge' role, with rude, inconsiderate, and hateful comments. I am shocked to see her go though, shocked, but sort of relieved.

      And as for the whole Tyra being a diva thing, eh, that's just Tyra for you.

      :|
    • lolitaladylola  •  3 years 0 months ago
      Paulina really was a bitch and I really dont like her but I have to say after a few episodes she did seem to be warming up as far as judging the girls with a more fair eye rather than the stupid obnoxious bitchy attitude she kept doing for ratings or whatever.It seemed like after a while her comments would get better if she was around for another season,along with the old has been bitchy resentful for the models still being able to be young attitude of course...I for one am just fed up though of everything being about Tyra and if you start to seem more intelligent than her(which doesnt take much lets face it)or more attractive then your axed ou of the show.And tyra is not entertaining at all,she just comes off as so fake and wannabe the center of attention all the time,even if another girl has done well and is geting her due praise for it.Tyra will try to suck the air from her moment.
    • Frantastic  •  3 years 0 months ago
      I have to also admit. I am not sorry she is leaving. Yeah Tyra is getting to be a bit much at times. But it is her show. I thought Paulina was a little mean. I mean the last epsiode when she actually told one of the girls to her face that she was basically a hag and she shouldn't try so hard. There are ways of saying it. Yes even after Janice. Janice was just a bitch. But I don't know. Paulinagets on my nerves.
    • Melissa  •  3 years 0 months ago
      As if anyone is going to upstage Tyra the Terror? What exactly did Tyra model other than lingerie for Victoria's Secret before she gained weight and got on tv? She's obnoxious and arrogant and that's why Paulina is gone.
    • Lexy  •  3 years 0 months ago
      Models shouldnt judge other modles. The people who are looking at the pictures are not models. they are just average people from wherever
      THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD JUDGE. but of course everyone still watches the show!
    • twentytwenty  •  3 years 0 months ago
      I aam not sorry that she is leaving. She annoyed me immensely (nice way of saying that I just wanted to shut her up everytime she spoke and I used to tune out whenever I realized she was going to talk)
    • Cara  •  3 years 0 months ago
      I'm glad she got fired. I did not really like her, and she did have a huge ego!
    • Msknowitall  •  3 years 0 months ago
      Iliked Paulina, maybe she will pick up her own gig on some other network, she did give good solid advice to the girls and unlike Janice did not seem to judge based on what time of the month it was.
    • Char Char  •  3 years 0 months ago
      Paulina was one of my favorites. I'm going to be sad she's gone. They should just elimate having any guest judges. Just keep the main ones.
    • wannabecritic  •  3 years 0 months ago
      Paulina, stop going around bad mouthing your ex boss. You were fired, move on with a better attitude and you just might get a bigger and better job. You will never get anywhere playing the victim, having a bad attitude or looking desperate. Remember, you told the model on the previous ANTM show, “Looking desperate is not attractive". Yeah, I bet you never thought your own words would come back to bite you in the butt. A lesson for others, watch what you say in business and in life, because you never know who's listening.
    • P  •  3 years 0 months ago
      BTW, Paulina is an avid knitter. She was even featured in an article in Vogue Knitting magazine. I think the judges have to be tough on the girls...it's just a sampling of what they will face in the world of modeling. The judges on Make Me a Supermodel are even more critical!!!
    • Amy S  •  3 years 0 months ago
      I wonder then if we'll see more of Beth Stern (the blonde model/wife of Howard who had a teaching spot with Mr. Jay)? She's been on Tyra Show several times and seems to be a new BFF. She's not a huge name and she might fit in to what Tyra wants for the show.
    • Aj  •  3 years 0 months ago
      Its all publicity stunt!!
    • visible  •  3 years 0 months ago
      I will not watch the show again.

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