Thursday, 21 June 2007

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Apprentice’s Kristina Grimes seeks escape in church

Runner-up needs spiritual peace after pressures of the reality show

Apprentice contestant Kristina Grimes sought comfort in church after just missing out on the £100,000 a year prize job with Alan Sugar.

‘When I lost I was in bits, I was devastated,' she says. 'I just wanted to get away from everybody.

Kristina, 36, says she needed to escape the glares and whispers she experienced on the street.

‘I was walking in London and people were saying, “There’s the Apprentice,” and I thought, “No, I’m blooming well not”,’ she tells The Sun.

‘So I saw this church and decided to go in to get some peace and quiet.’

Perhaps she prayed that Simon Ambrose would quit to become a professional break-dancer..,