A teenage model has sold her virginity online to a wealthy Abu Dhabi businessman for £2.2 million (more than $2.9 million).
The 19-year-old teenager, who chooses to identify herself by the name Giselle, used the German website, Cinderella Escorts, to sell her virginity to the highest bidder, in order to pay her tuition fees and go travelling.
"I would never have dreamed that the bid would rise so high and we would have reached 2.5 million Euros," she said, the Mirror reported. "This is a dream come true. I think the trend to sell your virginity is a form of emancipation and I am shocked about people who are against allowing a woman to sell her virginity."
Cinderella Escorts, run by Jan Zakobielski, 27, is notoriously known as the "world's most famous escort service." It has often been criticized in the past for taking advantage of young girls by giving them a platform for auctioning their virginity.
However, Giselle mentioned that she opted for the service because she felt that the arrangement offered by the company was "safer."
"We organize the hotel, stay close to the hostel as a contact person in case of problems and the girl can cancel the meeting at any time," a spokesperson for the website said, the Evening Standard reported. "There are some girls who are looking for a buyer for their virginity on their own. It is safer to run this on our platform."
Forbes interview with Zakobielski
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I've heard selling your virginity was a thing, but never knew it could reach these kind of prices. Do you agree it's a form of emancipation for these women or do you see some flaws to that logic?