In order to assist poverty stricken families by helping them
build better homes, Catarina Migliorini, a Brazilian student, is auctioning off
her virginity to the highest bidder for cash.
The 20 year old physical education student is set to plough
the money – currently standing at $155,000 (£95,400) – into a non-governmental
organisation which will construct modern houses in her southern Brazilian home
state of Santa Catarina. Already been labelled
a prostitute, she rejected the toga as she said she still believed in love but
saw the opportunity to make a positive difference to the world.
A Shantytown In Rio de Janeiro: Catarina hopes to help people that live in squalor in places such as this despite her explanations, her intention has sparked
controversy because she will be followed every step of the way by an Australian
film crew for a documentary film called “Virgins Wanted.”
Catarina, who is of Italian descent said : ‘I saw this as a
business. I have the opportunity to travel, to be part of a movie and get a
bonus with it. If you only do it once in your life then you are not a
prostitute, just like if you take one amazing photograph it does not
automatically make you a photographer.”The auction is just business, I’m a
romantic girl at heart and believe in love. But this will make a big difference
to my area,’ she told Folha newspaper.
Catarina had signed up to the project two years ago when she
saw an advert by Thomas William Productions looking for a virgin to film.
Director Justin Sisely will record her emotions before and after her first
sexual encounter. A male virgin called Alexander is also being followed.
She will receive $20,000 and 90 per cent of the final
auction sale price, which ends on October 15.
The winner will be tested for sexually transmitted diseases
prior to the encounter which will take place on an aeroplane, leaving from
Australia to the US, in a bid to circumvent prostitution laws. A condom will be
compulsory, with Catarina saying she was prepared to prove to any sceptics that
she has not had sex before.
