Virginity auction

Italian model Raffaella Fico claimed in a 2008 interview that she would auction off her virginity, though the claim was not serious, and she never did so.

A virginity auction is an auction, often publicized online, where a person seeks to sell their virginity. The winning bidder will win the right to be the first to have intercourse with the person.

Often the authenticity of such auctions is subject to question, and it is not later verified whether the auction was successfully completed. A number of high-profile auctions such as the 2008 auction of "Natalie Dylan" and 2012 auction of Catarina Migliorini were never completed.[1] In some cases, the seller reports they are seeking money to pay for expenses such as medical bills or school tuition; in others, the seller has pledged that some portion of the earnings will be given to charity, or emphasizes the social questions involved in selling one's virginity.[2]

The earliest reported attempts to auction virginity online date to at least early 2004.[3] As far back as 1998, however, the earliest known Internet attempt to capitalize on virginity was the 1998 hoax Our First Time where two alleged 18-year-olds planned to have sex for the first time online.[4] In another notable hoax, in August 1999, an alleged 17-year-old male American high school senior named Francis D. Cornworth posted an auction for his virginity on eBay. Bids quickly rose from an initial $10 to $10 million before the listing was removed.[5][6][7]

Notable virginity auction reports

In chronological order, virginity auctions which have received substantial news reporting include:

References

  1. 1 2 Hoffer, Steven (24 August 2010). Are Virginity Auctions Recession-Proof?, AOL News
  2. 1 2 Gordon, Claire (9 February 2010). How Much Is Virginity Worth, Slate (magazine)
  3. 1 2 (21 March 2014). Student 'sells virginity' via web, BBC News
  4. (18 July 1998). Web's Virginity Event A Hoax, Company's Executive Says, Chicago Tribune
  5. Carpenter, Laura. Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences, p. 103 (2005)
  6. Young Man's Virginity. Please look., Image capture of Cornworth 1999 Ebay auction
  7. (30 August 1999). Chastity For Sale, Forbes
  8. (23 May 2004). The naked auctioneer, The Telegraph
  9. (4 January 2004). Texas Gal Auctions Her Virginity Online, Weekly World News
  10. Rosieharmen.co.uk, via archive.org, Retrieved 10 April 2014
  11. Jarvis, Holly (25 January 2004). Cash Strapped Student Auctions Virginity for Tuition, News of the World
  12. Richardson, Tim (22 March 2004). BT engineer denies deflowering lesbian, The Register
  13. (31 May 2004). Madonna's new film about British virgin, UPI
  14. (16 April 2005). Virgin for sale to pay mother's medical bills, The Guardian
  15. (25 April 2005). Peruvian virgin turns down $1.5m, BBC News
  16. (1 July 2007). BUY MY VIRGINITY FOR pounds 10K; EXCLUSIVE Carys, 18, sells her body online so she can afford uni fees, The People
  17. (11 July 2007). British Teen Sells Virginity for £10,000, Digital Journal
  18. 1 2 Buy a virgin, The State Hornet, 17 September 2008 Archived September 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  19. INTERVIEW: Virgin Sells Her 'First Time' , momlogic.com, 14 January 2009
  20. (19 February 2009). Q&A with Natalie Dylan: 22-Year-Old Virgin Up For Auction, City on a Hill Press
  21. My Exclusive Interview with Natalie Dylan Who is Auctioning off Her Virginity, Blogging in America, 26 September 2008 Archived October 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  22. Moye, David (May 17, 2010). "Hoax Experts Cast Doubt on Virgin Reality Show". AOL News. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  23. "Metto all'asta la mia verginità per un milione di euro". Corriere della Sera. September 6, 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  24. "La mia verginità per un milione". La Stampa. September 17, 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  25. Redazione (September 16, 2008). "Raffaella Fico: "Per un milione di euro metto all'asta la mia verginità"". Il Giornale. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  26. (15 October 2008). Raffaella Fico a Le Iene su Italia Uno, Cinema Vlog (in Italian)
  27. (20 May 2009). Teen has sex after auctioning virginity, The Telegraph
  28. (30 March 2009). I'm still a virgin insists teen, The Sun
  29. (20 May 2009). 'I was attracted to him, so I enjoyed it': Teen who auctioned off her virginity for £8,800 reveals details of her first time, Daily Mail
  30. (19 May 2009). Virginity Auctions: Going Once, Going Twice, Huffington Post
  31. (5 March 2014). O mai stii pe olteanca din Slatina care si-a vandut virginitatea pe Internet? Uite in ce bunaciune s-a transformat!, Cancan.ro (in Romanian)
  32. (25 January 2010). Northern Ireland teen selling virginity to highest bidder, Belfast Telegraph
  33. (3 February 2012). 'Unigirl' accepts $36,000 for virginity, The Australian
  34. Edmunds, Susan (22 January 2012). Virgin for auction a huge hoax, New Zealand Herald
  35. (5 August 2010). Teenage girl sells her virginity to British bidder for £200,000, Metro
  36. (2 September 20100. Miss Spring bails out, but saves her Virginity at Stake, Austrian Times
  37. A licit Miss Spring kérésére visszavonva, Tabu TV
  38. (5 May 2011). Student sells virginity online for £45,000 (but she's keeping her identity a secret in case her parents find out), Daily Mail
  39. (26 March 2011). Student who put virginity up for sale on internet gets £1 million bid, Mirror
  40. (12 May 2011). Maagd Noëlle opgelicht door Italiaans acteur, Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)
  41. (12 May 2011). Maagd Noëlle kan fluiten naar haar 50.000 euro, Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch)
  42. (28 October 2012). Q&A: The Filmmaker Who Held a Virginity Auction, Bloomberg Businessweek
  43. (17 May 2010). Hoax Experts Cast Doubt on Virgin Reality Show, AOL News
  44. (26 December 2013). Catarina Migliorini: Still A Virgin, But Now A Playmate? (NSFW PHOTOS), Huffington Post
  45. (22 May 2013). Catarina Migliorini Virgin Auction Morphs Into Reality TV Series, Huffington Post
  46. (9 July 2013). Catarina Migliorini, Brazilian Woman Who Auctioned Virginity, Says She's 'A Victim', Huffington Post
  47. (12 October 2013). Virgins for Sale, Sydney Morning Herald
  48. (20 January 2014). Virgindade de Catarina Migliorini será prêmio em reality show, Yahoo Brazil (in Portuguese)
  49. (29 January 2014). No Climax For Catarina Migliorini's Virginity Auction, Huffington Post
  50. (24 October 2012). Catarina Migliorini Sells Virginity For $780,000; Male Virgin Alex Stepanov Gets $3,000, Huffington Post
  51. Moye, David. (2 January 2013). Rebecca Bernardo Latest Brazilian Woman To Auction Virginity Online. The Huffington Post
  52. (30 December 2012). Brazilian student auctions virginity, CNN
  53. (2 January 2013). Brazilian teen seels her virginity to pay mom's medical bills, Daily Dot
  54. 1 2 Moye, David (21 March 2014). Med School Student Elizabeth Raine 'Auctioning' Her Virginity, Huffington Post
  55. (5 November 2013). This Teen Just Auctioned Her Virginity For About $27,000
  56. (1 November 2013). Siberian teenager 'sells her virginity' for $27,950, The Siberian Times
  57. (21 March 2014). American medical student wants to auction off virginity for $400G — on April Fool's Day http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/american-medical-student-auction-virginity-400g-april-1-article-1.1727766, Daily News (New York)
  58. Dickson, E.J. (8 May 2014). Medical student cancels her virginity auction after $801,000 bid, Daily Dot

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