GETTING picked for TV show The Apprentice has been the perfect comeback for Pamela Uddin, who was bullied as a child in Ireland.
“When the call came that she made the show it was like all her Christmases came at once,” Pamela’s mother Regina told The Irish Post.
She describes her daughter, who overcame a stammer and has a Masters in International Business, as “determined” but “sensitive”, having been bullied at school and diagnosed late with dyslexia.
“I always told her the stammer gets better as you get older and learn to control it”, she added. “I’m so, so proud.”
Inspired by her daughter’s determination, Uddin’s mother — who lives in Waterford — has also gone back to college to study business.
While the outright winner of this year’s Apprentice is a well-guarded secret, Regina says her daughter loved being part of the process, which finished filming in early summer, despite the show being “very tough” and the candidates getting little sleep.
Both Irish candidates in this year’s series — Uddin and Róisín Hogan — survived a triple firing in the boardroom last week, leaving chartered accountant Róisín and assistant brand manager Pamela still in the running to win a £250,000 investment from Lord Alan Sugar.
Last year’s Northern Irish winner Dr Leah Totton says she has her eye on Róisín to win and told The Irish Post she expects her to go far.
The Apprentice airs on BBC One on Wednesdays at 9pm.
