'Apprentice' Lorraine: 'I looked horrific'

Fired Apprentice candidate Lorraine Tighe has admitted that she "looked horrific" during her time on the reality programme.

The businesswoman, who has been given a makeover by the News Of The World, confessed that she felt overshadowed by her attractive female competitors.

"I was alongside a group of particularly pretty girls... All the girls were slim, lovely and well turned out. Then there was me," she said.

"Kate [Walsh] would go to bed every night in her makeup so she looked groomed the next day, and Debra [Barr] would wear £1,000 Armani dresses. I felt like I was trapped in a beauty pageant. I was way out of my depth."

The 36-year-old went on to say that comments about her appearance had been "upsetting" and "devastating", admitting: "My self-esteem went through the floor. I was literally crying all the time."

Tighe added that she had lost two stone and three dress sizes since filming on the BBC One show ended and that she was now happy with her image.

"On The Apprentice I looked horrific," she said. "Next to all those other gorgeous girls, I was definitely a one out of 10 woman. Now I'm a 10 out of 10. I can't believe it."