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TYRA BANKS IN CATWALK CATFIGHT
Catwalk beauty Tyra Banks has been verbally attacked by modeling legend Janice Dickinson after an onscreen disagreement.

On her reality TV show "America's Next Top Model," supermodel Banks branded Dickinson "the problem with America" after she criticized a contestant for being too fat.

When guest judge Steve Santagati agreed with Janice, an infuriated Banks boomed, "I think you are why women are leaning over the toilet at this very minute and vomiting after they've eaten or are taking laxatives after they've eaten. The full-figure market is changing."

But the attack has angered Polish Dickinson, who rants, "I was the world's first supermodel, and Tyra and all the other models owe me at least a Christmas card every year because I broke down the ethnic barrier to begin with.

"Back in the day when the top models were Christie Brinkley and Cheryl Tiegs, I was having doors shut in my face for having [big] lips and being 'too ethnic'. I was real upset about that for a long time, and I'm just upset about this situation.

"Maybe Tyra's hair weave was too tight that night. Maybe that's why she went off on me."

She adds, "Wait till season two. This alpha dog is not going to take it lying down next time. I have this rigorous program of honesty -- and if Miss Thang can't handle that, she needs to have a garden show."