By Becky Freeth for MailOnline
Published: 00:08 GMT, 25 February 2019 | Updated: 00:16 GMT, 25 February 2019
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She says she wishes there was a role model like Meghan Markle when she was growing up.
But The Apprentice 2018 winner Sian Gabbidon is now hoping to inspire a generation of young girls after experiencing racial abuse in her own childhood.
The 26-year-old tells HELLO! magazine this week why she 'never let it hold her back,' two months after winning a £250,000 partnership deal with Lord Sugar.
The future is bright: The Apprentice winner Sian Gabbidon, here with partner Clint Gordon, discusses how a tough upbringing shaped her business accumen
Sian said: 'I noticed I was often the only mixed race girl in the class, or one of very few. There were times I got racially abused but it never held me back.
'Now when I look at Meghan Markle, I think if there had been someone like her back in the day, doing what she is doing,
