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Kiwi supermodel Rachel Hunter is nothing more than a schoolyard bully, according to a former co-worker on the reality TV show Make Me a Supermodel.
Jasmine Lennard was a contestant on the first season of the reality competition before being hired as a co-host on the second series.
The 21-year-old aspiring model exited the original series in a dramatic fashion, calling Hunter "spotty, finished and fat", reported Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper.
When television executives offered Lennard a role on the new series, strict clauses were added to both the models' contracts, preventing them from making derogatory remarks about one another.
However, Lennard breached contract when she recently referred to Hunter as "Rachel Munter".
The brunette model was immediately dismissed from the programme.
Lennard has hit back saying Channel 5 - who produce the series - have acted dishonourably, adding, "Rachel should just get a life and a sense of humour."
Lennard has accused the 37-year-old model of using "playground bullying tactics" to influence the programme's producers and crew members against her.
"She was stomping around with a very sour face whenever she saw me. If I walked down the stairs she would turn around to avoid me. And there were a few people close to her who were very bitchy and rude to me."
The aggrieved presenter said producers deliberately hired her because of the animosity between Hunter and herself.
"They knew the situation when they employed me and surely this is what they wanted," she told the Mail on Sunday.
Hunter has yet to comment on Lennard's dismissal, however, in an earlier interview she said Lennard was not "an interesting personality".
"I felt sorry for her. She was just there, that's all."
- NZHERALD STAFF
