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Student sells virginity for $20,000
From correspondents in London
February 10, 2004
A BRITISH university has distanced itself from an impoverished student who has apparently sold her virginity on the internet to pay for so-called excessive tuition fees.
Ms Reid sold her virginity online to help pay her university fees.
Rosie Reid, an 18-year-old social policy first year student at Bristol University, hit the headlines when she put herself up for sale on a website last month.
According to the website, the online auction closed at midnight last night with a highest bid of $20,200.
The site says the winning bidder for the student, who is a lesbian and in desperate financial crisis, will be contacted tomorrow.
A spokeswoman for the university says as far as the university is concerned, it has no comment as the matter is not a university issue and the student is an adult.
The website states: "Rosie's auction highlights the financial problems that face today's students."
A spokesperson for Reid later said she refused to comment on the situation.
From correspondents in London
February 10, 2004
A BRITISH university has distanced itself from an impoverished student who has apparently sold her virginity on the internet to pay for so-called excessive tuition fees.
Ms Reid sold her virginity online to help pay her university fees.
Rosie Reid, an 18-year-old social policy first year student at Bristol University, hit the headlines when she put herself up for sale on a website last month.
According to the website, the online auction closed at midnight last night with a highest bid of $20,200.
The site says the winning bidder for the student, who is a lesbian and in desperate financial crisis, will be contacted tomorrow.
A spokeswoman for the university says as far as the university is concerned, it has no comment as the matter is not a university issue and the student is an adult.
The website states: "Rosie's auction highlights the financial problems that face today's students."
A spokesperson for Reid later said she refused to comment on the situation.