Bushra Shaikh

Shaikh, who at the time was a clothing company owner from Surrey, competed on series 13 of The Apprentice.^[1][2] She was eliminated in 9th, after an awkward sales pitch failed to convince host Alan Sugar.^[3]

As Shaikh was selected for the reality TV series Go Back to Where You Came From, past tweets from Shaikh were unearthed, which included statements which called European Jews "the biggest charlatans on the planet" and "a bunch of lying scumbags". After a widespread backlash to Shaikh's statements, Channel 4 distanced themselves from Shaikh's tweets.^[4] Other statements by Shaikh have been similarly condemned.^[5][6]

Shaikh is Muslim, though she does not wear a hijab.

Shaikh is a mother, and has stated that she believes women should choose to have children first and a career later in life.^[7]