Pascha Myhill, a recruitment consultant from Berkshire, is a finalist on The Apprentice, which features an all-female final this year. Myhill's business ambitions center on opening a private healthcare recruitment company. She applied to The Apprentice primarily for Lord Sugar's backing as a business partner, not just for the investment.
Regardless of whether she secures Lord Sugar's investment, Myhill plans to proceed with her recruitment venture.
My dream was always to open a company at the age of 25, so to have that opportunity now at 22, it could be life-changing for me.
Obviously, it's super exciting to have the opportunity to open up a company with Lord Sugar, [but] I can do it by myself. It doesn't cost a lot to open up a recruitment company, but having the backing of Lord Sugar is why I wanted to apply and why The Apprentice was a thing for me. It's not really about the investment but about who my business partner was going to be.
It's a mix of emotions, really exciting but also really nerve-wracking. Obviously, with this year being 20 candidates, it does feel like immense pressure to be in the final, but I'm over the moon. I wouldn't have written it, and I'm super excited.
It's inspiring for young women, obviously for me, being the youngest to ever get to the final out of the 20 years of The Apprentice being a thing, I'm so grateful, and I think it gives young women and men just an opportunity to believe in themselves.
The amount of young ladies and guys that I've had messaging me like, you've given me that extra confidence and push to just do it and to not think about what other people are saying in the background, that means so much.
I've learned so much being on The Apprentice, being around people that have been doing it for a lot longer than me.