Let be the given transitive model and suppose that its ordinal height of a model of set theory were a countable set. For every , the internal Axiom of choice gives a bijection from to an ordinal of ; transitivity makes this an actual bijection, and the ordinal is externally countable. Thus every element of is externally countable.
For each , the internal rank belongs to and is therefore countable. Every lies in one of these ranks, so is a countable union of countable sets and is itself countable, contrary to the hypothesis. By uncountable transitive set model has uncountable ordinal height, contains uncountably many ordinals.