Sorry Electro, but with the man-crush Cuban had on Dominic, he could have said 'dude' 10 times in each sentence and it would not have mattered. Say what you will about Cuban being a geek, dork, whatever, the man did not get to be a billionaire by making stupid business decisions like choosing possible/wannabe friendship over common- and not so common-sense. Femia had both. And, unlike the lying, conniving Linda, she was honest, sincere, and resilient (the last interview where she basically said "I'm miserable that I lost, but I'll get over it and move on"). Cuban was looking for what it takes to succeed in life - Femia had it. The drive, determination, ambition, WILL to win, pleasing personality, beauty, not brilliant but a goodly amount of intelligence, and the greatest indicator of success there is -- LUCK (as when someone remarked that although the quarterback at a charity benefit won the passing contest, he won it with a lucky pass, the quarterback laughed and said, "I'd rather be lucky than talented"). It was a low-level competition, but Femia won it, fair and square.

P.S. Plus, as Cuban showed us plainly with his offer of a college schlorship to Dominic - you can always buy friends.