Kate Walsh wasn't popular at school.
The Apprentice runner-up, who achieved top GCSE and A-level results, says she was teased about her weight.
'Girls would say things like "Kate is a fat cow",' she reveals. 'I used to stand up for myself though. If I got pushed over, I’d push them back.’
Kate, 27, was determined to make a career for herself.
‘I could see these girls getting pregnant and having their whole lives mapped out. That wasn’t what I wanted or what my mum wanted for me,’ she tells the Daily Mail.
‘I dreamt about going to London. I saw myself as a businesswoman, wearing a suit, carrying a briefcase, being in control.’
Kate lost out on becoming Sir Alan Sugar’s apprentice to Yasmina Siadatan.