Teyona Anderson was named the 12th winner of America's Next Top Model last week.
But that news was almost overshadowed by the firing of Paulina Porizkova as a judge on the show, a decision that caused the model to blast series creator Tyra Banks in a number of interview.
Earlier today, Banks and executive producer Ken Mok released a joint statement in which they explained the reason behind letting Porizkova go.
"The current state of the economy has forced shows to make major budget cuts industry wide. America's Next Top Model is not immune to these financially challenging times. We've had to make significant cuts in every area of the production and, unfortunately, Paulina was a casualty of these cuts... We really enjoyed working with Paulina, and we wish her all the best in her future endeavors."
Porizkova has taken Banks to task for being rude to her on set, a statement we have no doubt is true, regardless of whether or not Paula is simply bitter for being fired.
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June 23rd, 2009 2:16 AM
Tyra Banks
I am really proud of the work that you do with your T-Zone all girl camp. Its great that you are willing to give back to the community. I have a group also The Boogie Down Bronx Crew. We are about Manners & Etiquette we just finish making a music video saying "Come on crew we have a job to do"
I FEEL THAT MANNERS AND ETIQUETTE ARE VERY SERIOUS SUBJECTS THAT NEED TO BE APPROACHED AND INCLUDED ON A DAILY CURRICULUM FROM NORTH TO SOUTH,EAST TO WEST.I feel that these subjects are being misses in the classroom setting.
I work with children ages six through sixteen and older.
and during the Manners & Etiquette workshop have been very successful in improve their social and life skills..I am sure you'll reach out to me to help me to reach more children.
Always Ms.G 69 Years old and still given back to our community, like you.