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The Apprentice 2014: Nurun Ahmed and Lindsay Booth sent home in double firing

And then there were 15...two female candidates axed by Lord Alan this week

Matilda Battersby

Friday 24 October 2014 09:07 BST

Swimming instructor Lindsay Booth was fired by Lord Alan this week (BBC)

Lord Alan Sugar and his “You’re fired!” index finger were busy again tonight with two more candidates leaving the competition.

Swimming instructor Lindsay Booth and fashion retailer Nurun Ahmed were both eliminated from the business contest after the teams were tasked with marketing scented candles.

Booth, 29, who owns her own swimming academy, admitted she was out of her depth, telling Lord Alan she was “disappointed” in herself.

“I know I haven’t been the person I thought I was going to be when I came here. If anything, I’ve learnt I’m probably best at sticking to what I know best and that’s swimming,” she said.

Nurun Ahmed is fired by Lord Sugar

Lord Alan fired her before the final boardroom showdown and made light of Booth’s predicament. “As a swimming instructor, I can tell you, you’re drowning at the moment. You really are. This place is full of sharks,” he said.

Where are the Apprentice winners now?

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Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Leah Totton - Winner in 2013

Leah used her prize money to set up a cosmetic skin clinic in East London, offering anti-ageing treatments, laser hair removal and effective alternatives to surgical liposuction.

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Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Ricky Martin - Winner in 2012

Ricky won over Lord Sugar with his business plan for a specialist science recruitment company.

He is the founder and managing director of Hyper Recruitment Solutions, a consultancy dedicated to science and technology industries.

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Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Tom Pellereau - Winner in 2011

Tom became the first apprentice to win a £250,00 investment as part of a format shake-up.

Known as 'inventor Tom' on Twitter, he is at the helm of various projects.

He still has success with Stylfile, which he sold alongside Lord Sugar. He is also working on extra safe baby feeding brand Babisil, as well as a screen to prevent musicians’ ear drums from being damaged.

Tom has launched a children’s story app with his sister called Timmy Tickle.

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Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Stella English - Winner in 2010

Stella now works as a host on Crowd Box, the world’s first crowd funding TV channel.

In 2013 she took Lord Sugar to an employment tribunal, claiming she was treated like 'an overpaid lackey' and given menial tasks, but lost her case. The mother-of-two said afterwards she was 'ready to move on'.

Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Yasmina Siadatan - Winner in 2009

Yasmina is the creative director of Start Up Loans. It aims to provide mentors and loans to 30,000 entrepreneurs and is funded by the UK Government.

She also co-owns the Mya Lacarte restaurant in Reading, which specialises in produce grown in Britain.

BBC

Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Lee McQueen - Winner in 2008

Lee was infamously picked to be Lord Sugar’s apprentice despite lying on his CV about the amount of time he spent at university.

He spent two years working for Amscreen, where he became a development director in 'digital signage' and worked under Lord Sugar’s son, Simon Sugar, who was CEO.

In 2010 he set up a recruitment and training company called Raw Talent Academy based in Oxfordshire. He has also developed Talent Hub, a division of the business which specialises in experienced sales people.

Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Katie Hopkins - Second runner-up in 2008

The professional rent-a-gob calls herself ‘the only candidate to say no to Sir Alan’ on her Twitter account after she was forced to withdraw from the show before the final in 2006 due to childcare problems.

After several notable appearances on daytime TV mouthing off about ‘chavvy children’s names’ and why ginger babies are ‘harder to love’, Hopkins gained her own column in The Sun.

She recently decided to put on over four stone to prove to ‘fat people’ how easy it is to lose weight if they want to.

Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Simon Ambrose - Winner in 2007

Simon became one of the longest-serving apprentice winners after he was hired as a surveyor in Lord Sugar's business Amsprop Estates.

He most recently became proprietor of Hoxton Basement, a multi-purpose venue that puts on gigs, art exhibitions and private parties.

He is also a partner in Red House - 'a charming pub and dining room situated in Chelsea Green' - as well as a board member of BlueSigma Capital Ltd, which carries out investment research.

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Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Michelle Dewberry - Winner in 2006

Michelle has had a diverse career since leaving the show, including writing an autobiography called 'Anything is Possible', becoming a motivational speaker and appearing on Sky News as a current affairs commentator.

She is soon to launch ‘Let’s Get Britain Working’, aimed at helping job-seekers get back into work.

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Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Tim Campbell - Winner in 2005

Tim describes himself as 'The Frank Bruno of the business world' on Twitter.

In 2007 he founded social enterprise Bright Ideas Trust, which helps young people in London who aren't in employment, education or training to start their own business. In 2012 he was appointed MBE for his services to enterprise culture.

He also works as a property consultant for London-based company Estate Office in their acquisitions and investments department.

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Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Luisa Zissman - Runner-up in 2013

The cupcake entrepreneur described herself as having the ‘sex appeal of Jessica Rabbit’ when she first appeared on the show, and hasn’t stopped taking full advantage of her looks ever since.

After losing out to plastic surgery pro Leah Totton, she posed for a number of lads’ magazines and tabloids before signing up to Celebrity Big Brother last month.

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Where are the Apprentice winners now?

Raef Bjayou - 2008 contestant

The distinctive former public school boy made a name for himself during the series with catch-phrases such as ‘the spoken word is my tool’.

But he has since forged a career in TV, rather than becoming a columnist, making appearances on shows such as Celebrity Come Dine With Me, Ready Steady Cook and BBC Breakfast.

In 2012, he appeared alongside fellow Apprentice star Stuart Baggs where he planned a wedding for a young couple on Channel 5’s Celebrity Wedding Planner.

Earlier this year, Raef founded Zephyr:Media, a ‘multi platform PR, arts and media portal based in Mayfair, London’.

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Saira Khan - Runner-up in 2005

The fiery runner-up on the first series of the Apprentice became a regular face on TV for a few years afterwards, presenting the BBC’s anger management series Temper You Temper.

She also presented a number of documentaries for the BBC, including one that followed her as she tried to adopt a baby from Pakistan.

She currently runs a natural baby products company.

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Booth later confessed that she would have become the first candidate to quit the show if Lord Alan hadn’t fired her. "I think he knew that and he got in there first,” she said.

Meanwhile, Ahmed was also fired from the show after failing to prove her sales ability on the candles task.

Team Tenacity make their scented candles (BBC)

Despite having helmed the winning team in the second episode Ahmed was next in line for Lord Alan’s caustic remarks. He called her past success “luck” and said she doesn’t have the project manager’s acumen.

The 36-year-old from Peterborough said the experience had toughened her up but she still believed she could be nice and succeed in business.

Ahmed said: "I've learned to be a little bit more shrewd, but I'm very considerate and I have a soft approach, and that's something I'll never change."

The Apprentice winners enjoy a spa treat (BBC)

The next episode of The Apprentice airs on BBC One at 9pm on Wednesday 29 October.

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