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\n(L-R) Karishma Vijay, Alan Sugar, and Pascha Myhill<\/p>\n
The winner of The Apprentice has said she is “eternally grateful” to have landed a spot on the show, which she has hailed for turning her life around. <\/p>\n
Warning: spoiler alert<\/p>\n
Viewers saw Karishma Vijay crowned the winner of the BBC One business show on Thursday after an all-female final, which saw her battle it out for Alan Sugar’s coveted investment against Pascha Myhill.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old beauty business owner also recently became engaged, announcing the news with a series of photos with her fianc\u00e9 on social media.<\/p>\n
Vijay told the Press Association: “I actually can’t believe my life right now. Things keep happening. I’m just having a really good week.<\/p>\n
“I think people are happy to see me happy. A couple of years ago, I was single, I called off a wedding, ran away from it all – very dramatic, Bollywood movie-esque.<\/p>\n
“Now, I’m here with my happy ending and also a lot of money in the bank account.”<\/p>\n
\n(L-R) Karishma Vijay, Alan Sugar, and Pascha Myhill<\/p>\n
Vijay, from Surrey, recounted the moment Sugar told her she had won and would be receiving his \u00a3250,000 investment.<\/p>\n
“I was so blown away, so shocked – but I kept it very cool,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Then, I got in my car, and I was screaming. It was just insane – I can’t believe I’ve gone and done it after not having watched the show. I feel like that’s so cheeky.”<\/p>\n
She said once the final is filmed, the contestants have “no idea who has won” and must wait up to six months to find out the results.<\/p>\n
Vijay told PA: “Having all that waiting time, it was a lot of anxiety.<\/p>\n
“I’m just happy with the outcome. I’m so over the moon. And I’m just so happy to have all these opportunities now, it’s insane. My life has just really turned around.”<\/p>\n
She continued: “The last three or four years, my life has been nothing short of a s*** storm. Everything that you can imagine going wrong went wrong, and it was like, ‘How am I surviving this?’<\/p>\n
“I felt incredibly unlucky. Then I found this show. I’m just so eternally grateful for all of it.<\/p>\n
“Had I not hit rock bottom, it would have never been this unreal. I wouldn’t have probably been this grateful if it had come easily to me.”<\/p>\n
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\nKarishma Vijay – “A couple of years ago, I was single, I called off a wedding, ran away from it all – very dramatic, Bollywood movie-esque. Now, I’m here with my happy ending and also a lot of money in the bank account”<\/p>\n
Vijay will use Sugar’s investment to expand her beauty business, Kishkin, and said: “It’s going to be a brand that really made it, with young girls queuing up to buy it.”<\/p>\n
She added: “My mum and dad are the proudest people on Earth right now.<\/p>\n
“They cannot stop speaking about me to everyone they meet, and their friends – who probably overlooked us at some point.<\/p>\n
“My dad raised me as a single dad – both me and my sister.”<\/p>\n
Referring to her Indian background and her “very traditional” family life, she said: “Being from the kind of community I’m from, they told my dad, ‘There’s no way you’re going to be able to raise these two girls as a man, as a single parent’.<\/p>\n
“My older sister is a doctor, and I’m the winner of The Apprentice. What more can a dad ask for?”<\/p>\n
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\nRunner-up Pascha Myhill was described by winner Karishma Vijay as “incredibly inspiring”<\/p>\n
Vijay praised fellow finalist Myhill, saying: “I have so much love for Pascha. I think she’s incredibly inspiring and the most deserving.<\/p>\n
“A lot of people were questioning her place in the final and I just won’t have it.<\/p>\n
“She deserves a seat at that table, 100%.”<\/p>\n
Source: Press Association<\/p>\n