Moss slams crack claims

Disgraced supermodel Kate Moss has slammed new newspapers reports she is using crack cocaine, as more fashion houses consider dropping the troubled beauty from their advertising campaigns.

The English model is furious at British tabloid The Sun's allegations yesterday, that she smokes rocks of crack twice a week, as well as snorting cocaine and taking ecstasy tablets.

Moss' contracts with H&M, Burberry and Chanel have been cancelled after photographs of Moss allegedly snorting cocaine was published in last week's Daily Mirror newspaper.

The supermodel's lawyer Gerrard Tyrell says his client "specifically denied" the crack allegations.

After Chanel and Burberry announced on Wednesday that they would no longer use Moss in their ads, her contracts with Gloria Vanderbilt and Christian Dior appear to be under threat.

Jack Gross, chief executive of Vanderbilt, says: "We would have second thoughts about using Kate Moss again. We weren't aware of any issues with Kate prior to this campaign."

A spokesperson for Christian Dior admitted they were unsure of Moss' future with the French designer, explaining: "Is she still representing the brand? Good question, I can't answer that."

Meanwhile, jewellery firm H Stern is standing by the troubled model, releasing a statement saying: "We chose Kate because she is a style icon and everything beyond that is her personal and private life."