She is a Chilean prostitute who auctioned 27 hours of "love" for a charity fundraiser. She raised $4,000 for the charity event and made national headlines for using sex to sell charitable giving.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean prostitute has auctioned 27 hours of sex to raise money for the country's largest charity during an annual fund-raising campaign. Maria Carolina became an overnight celebrity in the conservative Roman Catholic country, making news headlines and appearing on talk shows since she made her unusual donation to the televised charity event, which runs for 27 hours starting on Friday evening. "I've already auctioned off the 27 hours of love," Maria Carolina told... Read Full Story
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Maria Carolina donated 27 hours of her time as a prostitute to a major national charity event in Chile. Adult prostitution is legal in Chile, but this may have been the first time that sex was used to raise money for a charity. "I've already auctioned off the 27 hours of love," Maria Carolina told Reuters on Wednesday, saying she had raised about $4,000. "One of my clients already paid. It seemed like a good deed to him." Read Full Story