Former supermodel Janice Dickinson has accused TV host Tyra Banks of using her book to give young girls advice.

The catty fashion queen hit out at her model rival after spotting a paparazzi photo of Banks in a magazine carrying a copy of her book, No Lifeguard on Duty.

Dickinson claims Banks is wrongly using her work to help young people - and taking credit for it, reports New York gossip column PageSix.com.

She says, "And she's using my book. I mean, the thing looks so worn it's like she's been reading it on the toilet. It's pathetic. Where's her originality? Does she have no shame?"