Michelle Dewberry
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Michelle Louise Faye Dewberry (born October 9, 1979) is a British reality television contestant and businessperson from Hull, East Yorkshire. Dewberry first came into the public eye as the winner of the second series of British television programme The Apprentice.[1] She initially started working within Xenon Green, a subsidiary company of Viglen, but left the organisation some time after.[2]
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[edit] Background
Dewberry's parents are called David and Glynis. She has four siblings: Karl, Claire, Marc, and Paul.[3] Her elder sister, Fiona, died in 1996 when she fell from the eighth floor of a tower block in Hull, aged 19.[4]
From her first job working on the checkouts in Kwik Save, she rose through the business ranks in different firms to become a self-employed global telecoms project manager, living in London. She claimed that she already earned the same £100,000 salary being offered by the TV show, and that she entered it for the experience.[citation needed]
After winning the show, Dewberry told of her abusive father, David Dewberry, who had "battered her and her sisters black and blue", "humiliated her by calling her Fatty and treating her like a slave", "head-butted and tried to strangle her mother", "drove her older sister out of the house into a life of drugs, massage parlours and ultimately death", "ruled the family with a rod of iron and was such a miser he only allowed them one light on at a time".[3] She donated the fee for the interview to a charity supporting one of her close family.
[edit] After The Apprentice
After winning The Apprentice, Dewberry's role within Amstrad was to aid the launch of new company Xenon Green[1], which specialises in disposing of unwanted computer equipment of other businesses, in an environmentally-friendly way. Alan Sugar was reported to consider this a growing market due to the demands of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) introduced by the European Union in 2003.[citation needed]
Between winning the television series and beginning working for Amstrad, Dewberry took a short sabbatical during which she made several appearances on chat shows, was interviewed for various newspapers and played in the England ladies celebrity football team in the BSkyB commissioned Celebrity World Cup Soccer Six.
In July 2006, The Sun newspaper revealed that she was pregnant by Syed Ahmed, a fellow contestant on The Apprentice.[5] However, it was reported that her lifestyle, including her pregnancy, had caused a rift between her and her mentor.[6] After being admitted to hospital with stomach pains in August 2006, Dewberry was told that she had lost the baby.[7]
Dewberry has subsequently ceased working for Sir Alan, and formed her own business: Michelle Dewberry Ltd (MDL).[8]
In November 2006 she appeared in Celebrity Scissorhands, a BBC One reality show in aid of Children in Need.
In 2007 she released an autobiography, Anything is Possible. [9]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Ex-cashier wins TV's Apprentice", BBC News, 2006-05-10. Retrieved on 2006-05-11.
- ^ Land, Jon. "Apprentice winner to quit Alan Sugar's company", 24dash.com, 2006-09-29. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
- ^ a b "My 'killer' dad", News of the World, 2006-05-14. Retrieved on 2006-05-17.
- ^ Yes we're Apprentice parents!
- ^ "Michelle: You're sired!", The Sun, 2006-07-22. Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
- ^ Daniel Kilkelly (2006-08-08). 'Apprentice' winner angers Sir Alan Sugar. Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
- ^ "Apprentice winner loses her baby", BBC News, 2006-08-23. Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
- ^ "Apprentice winner quits prize job", BBC, 2006-09-24. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
- ^ Where Are They Now? - The Apprentice | Sir Alan Sugar | BBC
[edit] References
- Dewberry, Michelle; Billowes, Mel (2007). Anything is Possible. Orion. ISBN 0752888919.
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| Preceded by Timothy Campbell |
The Apprentice (UK) winner Series 2 (2006) |
Succeeded by Simon Ambrose |
