NZ Herald
  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Herald NOW
  • Video
  • New Zealand
  • Sport
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Podcasts
  • Quizzes
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Viva
  • Weather

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • New Zealand
    • All New Zealand
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Open Justice
    • Scam Update
    • The Great NZ Road Trip
  • Herald NOW
  • On The Up
  • World
    • All World
    • Australia
    • Asia
    • UK
    • United States
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • Pacific
  • Business
    • All Business
    • MarketsSharesCurrencyCommoditiesStock TakesCrypto
    • Markets with Madison
    • Media Insider
    • Business analysis
    • Personal financeKiwiSaverInterest ratesTaxInvestment
    • EconomyInflationGDPOfficial cash rateEmployment
    • Small business
    • Business reportsMood of the BoardroomProject AucklandSustainable business and financeCapital markets reportAgribusiness reportInfrastructure reportDynamic business
    • Deloitte Top 200 Awards
    • Deloitte Fast 50
    • Generate wealth weekly
    • CompaniesAged CareAgribusinessAirlinesBanking and financeConstructionEnergyFreight and logisticsHealthcareManufacturingMedia and MarketingRetailTelecommunicationsTourism
  • Opinion
    • All Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Editorials
    • Business analysis
    • Premium opinion
    • Letters to the editor
  • Politics
  • Sport
    • All Sport
    • OlympicsParalympics
    • RugbySuper RugbyNPCAll BlacksBlack FernsRugby sevensSchool rugby
    • CricketBlack CapsWhite Ferns
    • Racing
    • NetballSilver Ferns
    • LeagueWarriorsNRL
    • FootballWellington PhoenixAuckland FCAll WhitesFootball FernsEnglish Premier League
    • GolfNZ Open
    • MotorsportFormula 1
    • Boxing
    • UFC
    • BasketballNBABreakersTall BlacksTall Ferns
    • Tennis
    • Cycling
    • Athletics
    • SailingAmerica's CupSailGP
    • Rowing
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Viva - Food, fashion & beauty
    • Society Insider
    • Royals
    • Sex & relationships
    • Food & drinkRecipesRecipe collectionsRestaurant reviewsRestaurant bookings
    • Health & wellbeing
    • Fashion & beauty
    • Pets & animals
    • The Selection - Shop the trendsShop fashionShop beautyShop entertainmentShop giftsShop home & living
    • Milford's Investing Place
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • TV
    • MoviesMovie reviews
    • MusicMusic reviews
    • BooksBook reviews
    • Culture
    • ReviewsBook reviewsMovie reviewsMusic reviewsRestaurant reviews
  • Travel
    • All Travel
    • News
    • New ZealandNorthlandAucklandWellingtonCanterburyOtago / QueenstownNelson-TasmanBest NZ beaches
    • International travelAustraliaPacific IslandsEuropeUKUSAAfricaAsia
    • Rail holidays
    • Cruise holidays
    • Ski holidays
    • Luxury travel
    • Adventure travel
  • Kāhu Māori news
  • Environment
    • All Environment
    • Our Green Future
  • Talanoa Pacific news
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Property Insider
    • Interest rates tracker
    • Residential property listings
    • Commercial property listings
  • Health
  • Technology
    • All Technology
    • AI
    • Social media
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
    • Opinion
    • Audio & podcasts
  • Weather forecasts
    • All Weather forecasts
    • Kaitaia
    • Whangārei
    • Dargaville
    • Auckland
    • Thames
    • Tauranga
    • Hamilton
    • Whakatāne
    • Rotorua
    • Tokoroa
    • Te Kuiti
    • Taumaranui
    • Taupō
    • Gisborne
    • New Plymouth
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Dannevirke
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Levin
    • Paraparaumu
    • Masterton
    • Wellington
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Blenheim
    • Westport
    • Reefton
    • Kaikōura
    • Greymouth
    • Hokitika
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
    • Wānaka
    • Oamaru
    • Queenstown
    • Dunedin
    • Gore
    • Invercargill
  • Meet the journalists
  • Promotions & competitions
  • OneRoof property listings
  • Driven car news

Puzzles & Quizzes

  • Puzzles
    • All Puzzles
    • Sudoku
    • Code Cracker
    • Crosswords
    • Cryptic crossword
    • Wordsearch
  • Quizzes
    • All Quizzes
    • Morning quiz
    • Afternoon quiz
    • Sports quiz

Regions

  • Northland
    • All Northland
    • Far North
    • Kaitaia
    • Kerikeri
    • Kaikohe
    • Bay of Islands
    • Whangarei
    • Dargaville
    • Kaipara
    • Mangawhai
  • Auckland
  • Waikato
    • All Waikato
    • Hamilton
    • Coromandel & Hauraki
    • Matamata & Piako
    • Cambridge
    • Te Awamutu
    • Tokoroa & South Waikato
    • Taupō & Tūrangi
  • Bay of Plenty
    • All Bay of Plenty
    • Katikati
    • Tauranga
    • Mount Maunganui
    • Pāpāmoa
    • Te Puke
    • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Hawke's Bay
    • All Hawke's Bay
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Havelock North
    • Central Hawke's Bay
    • Wairoa
  • Taranaki
    • All Taranaki
    • Stratford
    • New Plymouth
    • Hāwera
  • Manawatū - Whanganui
    • All Manawatū - Whanganui
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Manawatū
    • Tararua
    • Horowhenua
  • Wellington
    • All Wellington
    • Kapiti
    • Wairarapa
    • Upper Hutt
    • Lower Hutt
  • Nelson & Tasman
    • All Nelson & Tasman
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Tasman
  • Marlborough
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
    • All Canterbury
    • Kaikōura
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
  • Otago
    • All Otago
    • Oamaru
    • Dunedin
    • Balclutha
    • Alexandra
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
  • Southland
    • All Southland
    • Invercargill
    • Gore
    • Stewart Island
  • Gisborne

Media

  • Video
    • All Video
    • NZ news video
    • Herald NOW
    • Business news video
    • Politics news video
    • Sport video
    • World news video
    • Lifestyle video
    • Entertainment video
    • Travel video
    • Markets with Madison
    • Kea Kids news
  • Podcasts
    • All Podcasts
    • The Front Page
    • On the Tiles
    • Ask me Anything
    • The Little Things
  • Cartoons
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Lifestyle

36-year-old German woman auctions virginity online

Martha Cliff
Daily Mail·
17 Aug, 2018 08:43 PM4 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article
Single Mandy has now sold her virginity to the anonymous business man from Munich, claiming that her age has made her more valuable. Photo / Cinderella Escorts

Single Mandy has now sold her virginity to the anonymous business man from Munich, claiming that her age has made her more valuable. Photo / Cinderella Escorts

A German woman who has never had sex aged 36 says she has successfully auctioned her virginity online for €250,000 ($431,000).

Mandy, from Germany, who works as a flight attendant, enlisted the help of Cinderella Escorts to sell her body online after coming across the website in a newspaper, and the lot has been purchased by an anonymous businessman in Munich, reports Daily Mail.

The aspiring singer, who said she realised the "right man" she'd been waiting for might never come along, told FEMAIL of abstaining from sex: "It's like the casino - you have to know when to stop.

"I could go on for years telling myself that I only have to wait another year to meet the right guy."

And Mandy, who has said she intends to use the proceeds of the auction to boost her career and help her family - leaving some over for charity - said she thought her age drove up the bidding on her virginity.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"Every woman can only lose her virginity once," said Mandy, who will meet the successful bidder to complete the transaction next month.

"But if she has kept them for a very long time, it makes the pleasure all the more valuable."

Speaking exclusively to FEMAIL Mandy said: "I never met the right guy. I focused on my career. It just didn't work out sometimes."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The flight attendant says she still hopes to meet her dream man after the sale.

"I didn't give up hope of meeting the right guy someday," she said.

Mandy, 36, who lives in Germany, enlisted the help of Cinderella Escorts to sell her virginity, and has successfully sold it for $431,000. Photo / Cinderella Escorts
Mandy, 36, who lives in Germany, enlisted the help of Cinderella Escorts to sell her virginity, and has successfully sold it for $431,000. Photo / Cinderella Escorts

"But if he loves me, he'll accept me without me being a virgin any longer."

The second highest bid for Mandy's virginity came from a lawyer at €240,000 ($413,000) and the third was from a football Player from Munich at €200,000 ($344,000).

Mandy said she had grown sick of wondering when she might finally have sex for the first time.

"It's like the casino," she said.

"You have to know when to stop. I could go on for years telling myself that I only have to wait another year until I meet the right guy.

"The years would go by and I'd only lose time. I think I'm doing the right thing."

Asked what her parents make of her decision Mandy told FEMAIL: "If my parents still do not recognise me as an adult woman at 36 and respect my decisions, then this would be very disappointing.

"My friends actually envy me. They regret losing their first time to a guy who left them instead of getting so much money for it."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Website founder Jan Zakobielski, who runs the business from Dortmun, Germany, previously likened a woman's virginity to a "very old wine" or a "luxury car."

Zakobielski will receive 20 per cent of Mandy's final price - equating to €50,000 ($86,000) - when she meets the bidder in September.

Explaining why she was yet to have sex at 36, Mandy says that her career has kept her too busy for relationships. Photo / Cinderella Escort
Explaining why she was yet to have sex at 36, Mandy says that her career has kept her too busy for relationships. Photo / Cinderella Escort

Many said of her impending meeting in September: "Knowing that after 36 years of my life I will lose my virginity is hard to describe. I never found the right man."

Mandy says that having sex for the first time in her life will come as a relief.

"At some point, my virginity just felt like a burden. Everyone talked about it. Society made me feel different. That it's not normal to be a virgin at 36.

"But I think that's what makes my virginity so valuable. I've kept [it] for 36 years and I can only give [it] away once."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Mandy says that she came across Cinderella Escorts - famous for virginity auctions -in a newspaper.

She said: "In the newspaper it said it is the most famous escort agency in the world and girls sell their virginity for millions and I applied. I did not reach these record sums, but I am happy with €250,000."

She added: "I think most people would rather take the money than spend their first time with a guy who's probably left them a long time ago.

"And anyway, I won't let anyone tell me what I can and can't do with my body. I am an emancipated woman and part of this movement of women who break the last taboos of our society."

Save
    Share this article

Latest from Lifestyle

Premium
Lifestyle

King Charles’ secret refuge: A royal retreat deep in Transylvania

15 Sep 05:00 PM
Premium
Lifestyle

A daily run, SPF and two Weetabix a day: How my mum stays fit and fab at 83

15 Sep 06:00 AM
Lifestyle

$4.40 bottles of chardonnay as DFS Auckland store closes for good

15 Sep 03:10 AM

Sponsored

Sponsored: Invite nature in - but not winter

14 Sep 06:03 PM
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Lifestyle

Premium
Premium
King Charles’ secret refuge: A royal retreat deep in Transylvania
Lifestyle

King Charles’ secret refuge: A royal retreat deep in Transylvania

Charles has visited Romania almost every year since his first trip in 1998.

15 Sep 05:00 PM
Premium
Premium
A daily run, SPF and two Weetabix a day: How my mum stays fit and fab at 83
Lifestyle

A daily run, SPF and two Weetabix a day: How my mum stays fit and fab at 83

15 Sep 06:00 AM
$4.40 bottles of chardonnay as DFS Auckland store closes for good
Lifestyle

$4.40 bottles of chardonnay as DFS Auckland store closes for good

15 Sep 03:10 AM


Sponsored: Invite nature in - but not winter
Sponsored

Sponsored: Invite nature in - but not winter

14 Sep 06:03 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • NZ Herald e-editions
  • Daily puzzles & quizzes
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP