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Student 'sells virginity' via web
BBC ^ | 3-21-04 | BBC News

Posted on 03/21/2004 8:45:56 PM PST by Pylon

Student 'sells virginity' via web

A lesbian university student who auctioned her virginity on the internet to pay for her studies is reported to have had sex with the highest bidder.

Rosie Reid, 18, from London, slept with a 44-year-old BT engineer in a hotel room in Euston after he paid her £8,400, the News of the World reports.

But she told the newspaper: "It was horrible... I felt nervous and scared."

She hatched the plan to avoid graduating with debts of £15,000 from her Bristol University degree course.

'Uncomfortable'

Ms Reid, from Dulwich, had sex with the divorced father-of-two after he gave her a banker's draft, according to the News of the World.

Her partner, Jess Cameron, stayed in the same hotel while she went through with the act nearly three weeks ago.

She told the newspaper: "I felt obliged... to please him as he had just paid all this money."

But she added: "It didn't feel like it was happening to me. I felt like I was watching it happen to someone else.

"I was just so relieved when it was over... I was desperate to get back to Jess as I felt so uncomfortable."

The next morning she said she joined her partner and they "just cried and cried".

'Drastic action'

The social policy student put herself on offer in January, saying she would rather sleep with a stranger than face years of comparative poverty.

She is reported to have had responses from more than 2,000 men from around the world.

The student was working lengthy hours in order to pay for tuition fees and living accommodation in Bristol when she came up with the auction idea.

She said at the time: "I am devoting too much time to paid employment and not enough to studying.

"It started as a joke, and ended up as 'why not?'".

Auction website eBay later withdrew her ad, but she continued the auction through her own website.

It is not known if the News of the World paid her for her story.


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1 posted on 03/21/2004 8:45:57 PM PST by Pylon
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To: Pylon
It is not known if the News of the World paid her for her story.

Only as much as Penthouse pays for its letters.

2 posted on 03/21/2004 8:48:06 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: Pylon
BTW, she is a lesbian, hence, her "partner".
3 posted on 03/21/2004 8:48:52 PM PST by Pylon
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To: Pylon

BBC News Article

4 posted on 03/21/2004 8:50:44 PM PST by Porterville (Did I spell something wrong? Does that make you mad? Poor baby.)
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To: Pylon
BTW, she is a lesbian, hence, her "partner".

Are we sure she's not from the isle of Lesbos...?

5 posted on 03/21/2004 8:52:07 PM PST by freebilly
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To: Porterville
Paris Hilton she's not....
6 posted on 03/21/2004 8:53:17 PM PST by freebilly
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To: Pylon

Saving herself for

7 posted on 03/21/2004 8:53:59 PM PST by BJungNan
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To: Porterville
News of the World has better photogs.
8 posted on 03/21/2004 8:55:22 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: Pylon
8400 pounds for a virgin!!!??

what a bloody idiot.

not worth it mate. just not worth it.
9 posted on 03/21/2004 8:55:39 PM PST by Makedonski
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To: Pylon
I hear she sold the movie rights, to be called, "An Ignorant Proposal"
10 posted on 03/21/2004 8:55:40 PM PST by flying Elvis
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To: Pylon
Isn't prostitution illegal in the UK? Where are the bobbies?
11 posted on 03/21/2004 8:56:12 PM PST by squidly (I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosity he excites among his opponents)
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To: Makedonski
Good gravy! 8400 Pounds? You can get a true pro here in Las Vegas who can really shake that babymaker for a fraction of that! What a loser!
12 posted on 03/21/2004 8:57:14 PM PST by HitmanLV (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: Pylon
She got HOW MUCH to lose her virginity?

If ONLY I'd known! *L*
That little ne'er' do well would never have gotten near me all those years ago! *L*
13 posted on 03/21/2004 8:57:32 PM PST by Happygal (Le gách dea ghuí)
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To: Pylon
Apparently in Albania one can buy a woman for $2000 US.

with 8400 pounds that would be full house.

Anyway not worth a bloody cent if you ask me.
14 posted on 03/21/2004 8:57:33 PM PST by Makedonski
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To: squidly
Isn't prostitution illegal in the UK? Where are the bobbies?

Subject to certain restrictions, prostitution is legal in the UK.

Mostly this story is just sad, really.

15 posted on 03/21/2004 8:58:14 PM PST by SedVictaCatoni (The Pledge of Allegiance was written by a rabid socialist. Look it up.)
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To: Pylon
I guess I live in a parallel universe. After college I taught for 5 years and worked a second job to pay off my student loans.
16 posted on 03/21/2004 8:58:52 PM PST by doug from upland (Don't wait until it is too late to stop Hillary -- do something today!)
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To: squidly
Where are the bobbies?

If I was a bloke paying all that money, I'd be asking WHERE are the BOOBIES! *LOL*
17 posted on 03/21/2004 8:58:53 PM PST by Happygal (Le gách dea ghuí)
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To: HitmanNY
Hey I have heard that the Chinese are legalizing prostitution.

I think that the price of pu**y is about to drop dramatically.

It will be just like buying a teddy bear at K-MART.
18 posted on 03/21/2004 8:59:21 PM PST by Makedonski
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To: Makedonski
8400 pounds for a virgin!!!??

what a bloody idiot.

not worth it mate. just not worth it.

Yeah, especially since she's doing it again and her virginity is going for much much less this time around.

19 posted on 03/21/2004 8:59:27 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: freebilly; martin_fierro; mikrofon; mhking
I think she lives in Soho.
20 posted on 03/21/2004 8:59:30 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (So ho.)
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