Apprentice star Jessica Cunningham strips off in new lingerie shoot, and says she would even pose NAKED
The 29-year-old business woman looks incredible in exclusive new pics, but has faced criticism over racy shoots
APPRENTICE beauty Jessica Cunningham has hit back at winner Alana Spencer who slammed her for stripping off in lingerie shoots – insisting she would even go nude.
The 29-year-old business woman faced jibes from series champion Alana this week, who insisted image should play not part in corporate success.
But confident Jessica, who posed in suspenders for this exclusive new sexy shoot, labelled criticism “a load of rubbish” and added: “I would go nude for a photo shoot – why not?”
The brunette explained: “I’ve had a couple of women who have criticised me for posing in my lingerie and said that I’m not a credible business woman but I think that is an absolute load of s***.
“If you look at people like Carol Vorderman, Michelle Mone, Victoria Beckham, Kim Kardashian – they are all successful women who have posed in lingerie.
“It doesn’t take away the years of experience, the years of business and what they’ve gone through but not only that - I am a mum of three and I work really hard for my figure.”
She added: “I am bringing out a lingerie collection next month so it is only natural for me to want to create hype and a buzz about what I’m doing. But instead I have been told that I haven’t got a brain.
"I work hard to get my figure the way it is – it makes sense for me to become the face of my brand. If I started off my career as a model and then went into business I would have beauty and brains.
"But because I started off in business and have now turned my hand to modeling people are saying it takes away my credibility.
"It annoys me that when a man is portrayed as sexy he is successful and charming – it is perfectly okay for a man to have sex appeal but as soon as a woman that has got a brain between her ears poses in lingerie it takes that credibility away.
"I love women and I love empowering women – I love men too – but I don’t think we should be damning women in business for wearing lingerie."
The ex-candidate, who reached the semi-final stage of the show where hopefuls are grilled by Lord Sugar and his close aides over their business proposals, also confirmed she and finalist Courtney Wood are dating.