by Nicola Forman

Apprentice loser Mona Lewis is reflecting on her eight weeks of fame after being fired from the hit show.
Her final episode saw her team choose to target the gay market in re-branding the seaside town, despite her objections. She thought targeting families would draw a broader audience.
She says the team would have won their task to rebrand Margate if fellow team member Howard Ebison had been in charge.
Mona said project manager Debra Barr didn’t listen to her ideas and was the team’s downfall.
Speaking after getting the boot from the show, Mona also launched a scathing attack on fellow contestant Ben Clarke.
She said: “Ben is very obnoxious, he thinks he’s a man who can satisfy any woman and is a bit childish.
“Me and Debra had our differences, but give the girl her due, she sticks up for herself and good on her.”
Mona said she got on well with Jasmina Siadatan and James McQuillan, adding: “I really like those two, I will probably keep in touch with them, but Howard is a dark horse and I think he’s in with a chance.”
Sir Alan Sugar said he was firing her with regret, adding: “I don’t see any creativity here and I have to start thinking about where you would slot into my organisation.”
She said: “Sir Alan’s already got a job lined up for the winner and he knows exactly what he wants. If it had been a sales job I would have won it.
“I really did want to work for him, but I just wasn’t prepared to carry on. It was the right time for me to go. The time I spent away from my family was just too much.”

Great experience

Mona who worked for NatWest bank in the High Street, moved to Sittingbourne in 2006.
She had previously lived in Halfway Road, Queenborough, and said she was delighted with the support she had received. “I’ve been so pleased with the press coverage, its been fabulous, I can’t thank them enough. As a foreigner I’ve been overwhelmed by the support. People recognise me in the street. I’m proud of what I’ve achieved, I did Sittingbourne proud and put them on the map.” Mona said her favourite task and highlight of the show was the mission in which the teams had to sell British inventors’ products.
She said: “Being dumped in Manchester was amazing. I’ve never been there, it was a great challenge and it was just great seeing it all come together.”
Ms Lewis is now running a business support organisation, helping small business to get the London 2012 supply chain. She said she was “keeping my options open”.
A page set up on the social networking site Facebook is full of praise for her. Friend and site owner Gary Woodger said he was pleased at how Ms Lewis came across. The site now has 103 members, many of the male members saying how attractive they thought she was.
One said: “She is sure to get loads of offers for work after leaving the prog”.