An Italian showgirl and bikini model is selling her virginity — for $1.8 million.
Raffella Fico, 20, told an Italian magazine she was offering herself up for one million euros to help pay for acting classes and insisted she had never had sex before.
"I can't wait to see who's going to pull out the money to have me," Fico said to magazine Chi.
The Naples-born model, who achieved fame this year on the Italian version of Big Brother, said she would make good on her promise even if the buyer turned out to be unattractive.
"If I don't like him I'll just have a glass of wine and forget about it," she said.
Fico's family backed her claim she was still a virgin, citing her "devout" Catholic faith and discipline with prayer every night.
"She's never had a boyfriend — I swear on my mother's grave," her brother said.
“She's a devout Catholic and prays to Padre Pio every night."
Fico is the second woman in a week to announce she will sell off her virginity, after 18-year-old US student Natalie Dylan said she would accept a bid of US$1 million ($1.25m) to help pay for her college fees.
A Peruvian model also offered her virginity in 2005 to pay family medical fees but later got cold feet and turned down US$1.5 million.
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