They say women like taller men.

But Abigail Clancy got a little more than she'd bargained for when she appeared on Jonathan Ross' chat show last night.

The model, dressed in a sexy little black dress, was appearing to plug her new ITV2 show when Ross surprised her with an enlarged cardboard cutout of her boyfriend, England striker Peter Crouch.

Featuring Liverpool player in his England kit, the cutout towered over Abbey - appearing to be about eight feet tall.

Surprise: Abbey has a big grin on her face as she accepts the towering cutout of boyfriend Peter Crouch from Jonathan Ross

Even Abbey's killer black heels just barely brought her up to the cutout's waist.

Crouch, who plays for Liverpool, is a tall man, standing up to six feet six and three quarter inches.

But the short black shorts and exaggerated legs given to him by Ross' production team made him a giant among men.

Abbey has been trying to follow in the path of WAGs Coleen Rooney and Victoria Beckham recently by establishing her own career.

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The model was animated as she talked about life with Crouch

Her new ITV2 show, The Fashion Show, makes its debut this Autumn. Abigail will star alongside model Michelle de Swarte and Big Brother's Little Brother host George Lamb.

Each week in the show, celebrity guests will share their style secrets, reveal the items they can’t live without and give viewers a look into their wardrobes.

In an interview with Fabulous magazine, Abigail said of the show: 'I was terrified filming the first show, but I'm loving it now.

'They put a lot of trust in me. I wouldn't do it if I didn't enjoy it - I don't need to be on TV or on the front of a magazine. I'm not very driven that way.

The lovebirds were spotted cuddling while on vacation in Italy last year

'I'm just lucky to have chances come my way.'

She was also pictured washing a car recently - a task that observers found surprisingly menial for the glamourous WAG, until they realised she was only getting her hands dirty for an advertising campaign which sees the model manually washing a classic silver convertible.

Liverpudlian Abigail first shot to fame in 2004 when she emerged as the runner-up in Living TV's hit series Britain's Next Top Model.

Hot on the heels of this show Abigail - the face and body of Matalan and Lynx - was signed up for her own series on the channel, Abbey & Janice: Beauty and The Best, which aired in the UK last spring.

She also recently enjoyed a stint on ITV1's primetime reality series Hell's Kitchen with chef Marco Pierre White.