Teen girl in €22k virginity auction ‘acted legally’

A NEW ZEALAND teenager who says she auctioned her virginity online for NZ$45,000 (€22,000) to raise tuition money did not break any laws but it might be risky for her to follow through on the deal, police warned yesterday.

The 19-year-old student offered her virginity to the highest bidder on www.ineed.co.nz under the name “Unigirl”, saying she would use the money to pay for her tuition. She said more than 30,000 people had viewed her ad and more than 1,200 had made bids before she accepted an offer of more than NZ$45,000.

Website owner Ross McKenzie said the site’s policy was that as long as an ad was legal and did not offend the general standards of society, “it was OK”.