'Apprentice' Paula: 'I left with dignity'

Apprentice reject Paula Jones has claimed that some of this year's contestants would "step over their own granny" to win the show.

Jones was axed by Sir Alan Sugar after making a costings error in a cosmetics challenge. The West Midlands-born business claimed yesterday that stockbroker Ben Clarke should have been fired instead.

However, the 29-year-old human resource consultant said that she believed she was able to leave the series with her head held high because she had not resorted to being "a b*tch".

"Some of these contestants would step over their own granny for the job," Jones told DS. "Debra's already told lies in the boardroom. Ben's got no self-respect whatsoever...he ought to be ashamed of himself.

"Yasmina has obviously shown herself to be a bit ruthless, but that's just not me."

She continued: "The most important thing for me was to be myself and not be a nasty person. I don't think you have to be like that to get along in business. Unfortunately, Ben and Yasmina wanted to win at all costs. I wanted to win, but with my dignity still intact."

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