The Apprentice: It's not my world, all fake nails and hair products, says Jaz, first to be fired

Jaz Ampaw-Farr, the first Apprentice to be fired in the new BBC series, admitted she did not feel like she fitted in with the others.

The 42-year-old former teacher, who runs her own education company, said: "I remember standing in reception as people were coming in and thinking, 'Oh please don't let me be the fattest here. I can't believe it!' Because everyone was so thin and glamorous.

"It's not my world. All hair products and fake nails. It did seem that everyone is particularly glamorous.

"I'd just had a baby when I went in there, so I was still breastfeeding."

Ampaw-Farr was fired after volunteering to be project manager of the girls' team in a task which involved selling off random items from a shipping container. They lost to the boys' team by just £58.

She admitted she felt like a naughty schoolgirl being told off by headmaster Lord Sugar.

She said: "When Lord Sugar comes into the boardroom you just go into 'I'm in sixth form again and this is my headteacher and I'm in massive trouble'-mode.

"There's a kind of fear factor too, it is very daunting. I was at secondary school again and Lord Sugar was the headmaster and he was not happy with me."

This year's line-up has been called the most glamorous yet, with contestants including a trained jazz singer, a businesswoman who stripped for a nude photoshoot and a make-up brand owner.

Mother-of-three Ampaw-Farr started her business - which focuses on improving literacy skills in young children - during her maternity leave after having her first child.

The working mother said: "If you're going to be a mum and run a business you've got to have good childcare and great friends and family - it's like a military operation."