The brunette and the blonde
Thought 'The Apprentice' backbiting was all over? No way. Not when a defeated rival is accusing Sir Alan Sugar's new protégée of having used her looks to win. By Stephen Khan
Published: 14 May 2006
The cameras have stopped rolling, the tasks are all completed and Sir Alan Sugar has hired his apprentice. But a boardroom battle that began on the television show that gripped the nation is still raging, and this weekend it escalated into full-scale verbal warfare.
Firing the opening volley was Michelle Dewberry, the "quiet, pretty one" chosen to run a new division of Sir Alan's business empire. When grilled by The Apprentice interview panel in the penultimate instalment of the series, Ms Dewberry was every inch the calm, focused business professional. But a simmering feud between her and a rival who left the show early on has come to the boil.
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