Last year, a Brazilian college student made headlines for trying to sell her virginity in an online auction. Catarina Migliorini, now 21, auctioned her virginity in a controversial auction online to a Japanese millionaire named 'Natsu' who offered her $780,000. After the deal was not consummated, the student is, once again, auctioning her virginity online on her website VirginsWanted2.com. On her website, she states: "I am still a virgin in every way and all the evidence, so, I never have had any sexual involvement and no one in this whole world can claim otherwise, and so I decided to make my own website to auction off my virginity and that time will be for real, so men or women who are interested can make their bids."
"Well, after being featured by so many media outlets in so many countries, I decided to actually auction off my virginity," said the physical education student to The Huffington Post by email, adding that the minimum bid for her virginity will be $100,000. The bidding on her website will end Dec. 12 and according to wha she told Brazilian website PurePeople.com.br, she hopes to rake in $1.5 million this time around. At the time of her first auction, Joao Pedro de Saboia Bandeira de Mello Filho, Brazil's attorney general, has said he was going to prosecute Sisely for sex trafficking if the financial transaction and consequent consummation went through. It is unclear if Migliorini will be threatened with the same this time around if she manages to successfully sell her virginity.
The first auction in October 2012 was part of Australian filmmaker Justin Sisely's documentary titled "Virgins Wanted." After making headlines and receiving media coverage, Migliorini became a bonafide celebrity and even scored the title of being a Playboy cover girl in Brazil. But the student also gained a great deal of notoriety, which is believed to be the reason why she told the media that she would be donating 90 percent of the auction profits for homes to be built in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. But critics of Migliorini were skeptical, and even Sisely revealed skepticism. "I was surprised she said that because in all my dealings with her, she made it clear that it was a business decision for her," said Sisely to The Huffington Post. "Now, given how big this story is in Brazil, she's trapped. If she doesn't give any money to charity, she's going to look bad."
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