{"id":397068,"date":"2026-04-17T13:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/397068\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:51:09","slug":"karishma-vijay-indian-origin-karishma-vijay-wins-uk-reality-show-the-apprentice-secures-lord-sugars-250000-investment-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/397068\/","title":{"rendered":"Karishma Vijay: Indian-origin Karishma Vijay wins UK reality show The Apprentice, secures Lord Sugar\u2019s \u00a3250,000 investment | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/karishma.jpg\" alt=\"Indian-origin Karishma Vijay wins UK reality show The Apprentice, secures Lord Sugar\u2019s \u00a3250,000 investment\" title=\" Karishma Vijay \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Indian-origin entrepreneur Karishma Vijay has won the 2026 edition of the UK reality show The Apprentice, securing a \u00a3250,000 investment after being chosen as the winner by Lord Alan Sugar.The Apprentice is a BBC business reality show where contestants compete over several weeks through tough business tasks for an investment from Lord Sugar, a British business tycoon who has been the main judge since 2005.Karishma Vijay, the 28-year-old who is based in the UK, beat fellow finalist Pascha Myhill in an all-female final. The last task saw both contestants develop a brand and advertising campaign for their business ideas before pitching directly to Lord Sugar and a panel of industry experts.Reacting to her win, Vijay said, \u201cI actually can\u2019t believe my life right now. Things keep happening. I\u2019m just having a really good week.\u201dShe described the moment she found out about her win and said, \u201cI was so blown away, so shocked \u2013 but I kept it very cool. Then, I got in my car and I was screaming. It was just insane.\u201dVijay revealed that contestants have to wait months after filming to learn the result. She said, \u201cHaving all that waiting time, it was a lot of anxiety. I\u2019m just happy with the outcome\u2026 my life has just really turned around.\u201dShe has reportedly decided to use the investment to grow her beauty brand, Kishkin, with plans to scale it further. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a brand that really made it, with young girls queuing up to buy it,\u201d she said.Her achievement meant a lot to her family. Speaking about her background, Vijay revealed that she was raised by a single father in a traditional Indian household where expectations were often low.\u201cThey told my dad there\u2019s no way you\u2019re going to be able to raise these two girls as a single parent,\u201d she said. \u201cMy older sister is a doctor, and I\u2019m the winner of The Apprentice. What more can a dad ask for?\u201dVijay also praised her fellow finalist and said, \u201cI have so much love for Pascha. I think she\u2019s incredibly inspiring and the most deserving.\u201dHer win marks a major milestone in her journey as she now steps into a business partnership with Lord Sugar, backed by a \u00a3250,000 investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indian-origin entrepreneur Karishma Vijay has won the 2026 edition of the UK reality show The Apprentice, securing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[188418,146,85,188417,46,188414,188416,188415,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-397068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-beauty-brand-investment","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-indian-origin-entrepreneur","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-karishma-vijay","14":"tag-lord-sugar","15":"tag-the-apprentice-2026","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}