Stefani Schaeffer Winner of 'The Apprentice' Talks About Her Victory

Stefani Schaeffer won this season's The Apprentice Sunday night and this morning appeared on Regis and Kelly.

Schaeffer talked about her tactics, the editing of the show and her finale partner James Sun.

"When you're in a [team] group like Arrow [Corporation], you have some boisterous characters like [Frank Lombardi], who's from the Bronx; and [Nicole D'Ambrosio], from Chicago; and [James Sun], from Seattle, so they're all very loud. So I knew I wasn't going to win with bravado," Schaeffer said on this morning's Live with Regis and Kelly.

"I think that the editors do a really good job of showing you for really who you are. I think that we were all portrayed to be exactly how we are, except that they can edit you out, so you're not shown as much. So people probably thought that I'm far more quiet than I really am."

"I was very relaxed because going into the finale, I really thought James had it," she explained. "I thought that Mr. Trump was very fond of James, and I thought Mr. Trump would be saying, 'James you're hired.' And so I wasn't nervous at all because I figured well I'm going to go out and just argue for the fun of it and have a good time and congratulate James, who I respect and care about very much."

"I was shocked," she said of the win.

"I'm looking at this as a segue into the construction industry," said Schaeffer. "I think that bringing my legal background into it... the fact of the matter is, I am a lawyer. I defended developers in construction defect litigation, so I think that I'm not really leaving law. I'm just bringing law into construction and refocusing on construction."

When asked about her partner James Sun she replied, "I would hire James, like I told Mr. Trump. If he gives me a budget and says you can hire someone, I will call James."

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