Desperate teen auctions her virginity online to save her mother (PICTURED)

	A Brazilian student set off a firestorm in her hometown by putting her virginity up for auction.

Desperate to pay her mother’s medical bills, an 18-year-old Brazilian is auctioning off her virginity — despite pleas by her mom not to “prostitute” herself.

So far, the bidding has reached a high of $35,000, Rebeca Bernardo told CNN after she first posted a YouTube video about the stunt in November.

The teen said she was inspired by another Brazilian, 20-year-old Catarina Migliorini, who recently raised $780,000 for her virginity — cash she wants to use to build homes for the poor.

Prostitution is legal in Brazil.

“I made up my mind right after my 18th birthday,” Bernardo told CNN. “That’s when my mother suffered a stroke.”

She said she found other jobs, waitressing and selling cosmetics, but they didn’t pay enough. A local TV station after hearing about her story even offered to pay for the expenses to care for her mother, but the deal fell through after Bernardo said she wants enough money to relocate as well.

She wouldn’t say exactly how much is needed.

“There comes a time when you have to make decisions to get what you want,” said the teen. “You have to be strong.”

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Rebeca Bernardo’s mom has suffered from ailing health since her stroke, the teenager says. She needs money to help pay for a caretaker and relocate.

The publicity initially made Bernardo a pariah in her town of Sapeaçu in northeastern Brazil.

“When she started the auction, people in the street threw coins at her,” a local mechanic told CNN. “But I never looked at her differently.”

But neighbors also sympathized, saying that Bernardo’s sister died several years ago and she never knew her father. CNN filmed the teen helping to spoon feed her mom in their tiny home.

“She should look for work,” her mother said. “She shouldn’t prostitute herself.”

Comments (10)

  1. it already written in the bible that things that we never thought wil happen will come to pass,it a symtoms of the end time,please let be watchful n prayerful

  2. I will advice rebecca to get a job instead of prostitution, cos I believe with God all things are posible.

  3. "A worthless opportunist" is what I call it. After saving her mum and relocating the next thing we'd hear of her is that she is a super porno actress: what a satanic way 2 acquire fame.

  4. This is strongly child abuse & woman disrespect,.was them did have government & elites welfare in their country?, was there government did help masses?, were is the western countries that propergander for woman rigth? Means it is a legal rigth to a teenaged to auctions their virgin publictily vocally in world bcos want to help some body for his illness? Pls help me clearify these matter.

  5. Oh Allah (s.w.a) dnt let dis stupid habit of legalizin prostitution come into african, nd were dey have may den av d heart to make a change. Ameen. Most u give out ur body in other 2 get wat u want, dey re good pple on dis earth dat can give u charity without u given den any thing.

  6. Arrant nonsense, wat legacy are u showing to other people whose problems are more worse then she nd her mothers own. This is not ment to be on net. She should go to hell evil pupil.

  7. Brother‘s r killing others u shouldn‘t b disturb says d LORD

  8. All this are marking the end of the world lets be watchful.

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