"ANTM" Fires Supermodel Paulina Porizkova From The Judging Panel

May 13, 2009 6:52 a.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Supermodel Paulina Porizkova has been fired from her job on "America's Next Top Model" as a judge. The '80s catwalk beauty revealed that she was fired by the producers on her birthday.

Porizkova, who replaced former judge and supermodel Twiggy since the show's Cycle 10, won't be coming back for the upcoming 13th season.

She told "The Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson during her Tuesday night appearance, "Listen, do you know why I am in Los Angeles? Because I am looking for a job. Because I was fired by 'America's Next Top Model' on my birthday."

She turned 44 on April 9.

When asked if creator/host Tyra Banks was the one who fired her, she replied, "[It] doesn't matter, somebody fired me."

Porizkova added that she was fired over the phone and that the reason might have to do with her ego.

She said, "But the reason I was fired, just to be fair here, the reason I was told I was fired was because, it seemed that 'America's Next Top Model' had gotten too fat and they needed to cut some fat and the fat was me."

"It's not that I was too fat, I was 'the fat.'"

"So I figured it was either that - I think that was a nice way of putting it and it could have been either that or my gigantic huge ego, which I wasn't aware of before I was told by the producers I have an ego problem."

The show's Porizkova-less Cycle 13 has not yet been given an airing date. Cycle 12's finale will air Wednesday on The CW.