The super-skinny size minus 6 model, who recently had to be rescued by emergency services in central London after spending four hours stuck behind a radiator, was modelling for Vivienne Westwood at the time that she broke. It is believed that in addition to the fluorescent purple high-heeled fishing waders and fairy light festooned tutu that she wore - coupled with a golden rubber, tartan trimmed life vest - the British stick was very much top heavy due to wearing a hat made from 7 live ducks and a trumpet.

 

Dave Watt, a fashion photographer for Wouldn't Be Seen Dead magazine, was close to Miss Moss when the snappage occurred. He told Stinky Ponky "She came on looking distinctly wobbly to be honest, and you could immediately tell something was wrong. She took a few steps down the cat walk but began to lose her balance when one of the ducks started flapping and took a crap on her shoulder. And then there was a dry sounding crack and a little cloud of white dust as the top half of Kate fell off to a chorus of loud quacking."

 

Organisers of the fashion show What The Fuck Is That? Ltd have so far declined to comment, although it is believed that one hairdresser at the event has been dismissed for using too much hairspray and making Miss Moss brittle.

 

French Doctor René Artois, who is treating Miss Moss following her injuries, told us "At first things were very touch and go. Not due to the snapping you understand, but because we lost her. The top half was quickly found down the side of her bed but we searched for some time before realising that I had mistaken her bottom half for my pencil and placed it behind my ear."

 

Miss Moss recently came under fire after staing that her motto was 'nothing tastes as good as things smell through a rolled up £20 note,' a motto linked to former boyfriend Pete Doherty, who has reportedly flown to Paris to be at Kate's side without using a 'plane. A spokesman for the supermodel told us "Kate is obviously extrememly distressed right now.

 

"Her bed sheets are a ghastly shade of pale green and no one seems to know how many calories there are in a saline drip."