May the best woman win

0 Comments | USA TODAY, May, 2005 | by Ann Oldenburg

Donald Trump will definitely be hiring a woman as his new Apprentice.

"Book smart" Kendra Todd, 26, with a degree in linguistics from the University of Florida, and "street smart" Tana Goertz, 27, top saleswoman in the Mary Kay cosmetics organization, will find out tonight on NBC in a live finale from New York City at 9 p.m. ET/tape-delay PT, which will be Trump's third TV hire.

So what advice do those who know Trump have to give the prospective candidates? "The show's called The Apprentice, not the expert," says Bill Rancic, first Apprentice winner, who just re-upped with Trump in his job of overseeing a Chicago building development. "You have to have that hunger."

Both women, he says, need to "go into that final boardroom and really plead their case."...