Elina Desaine says she sleeps with one conquest, then heads back out to find another (Picture: Caters)

Some may think she is the ultimate feminist, striking a blow for women’s rights and their freedom to enjoy life on the same terms as men. Others may describe her differently.

Either way, Elina Desaine is revelling in being crowned Britain’s horniest student. She has won £500, a crate of alcohol and a year’s supply of condoms, after impressing contest organisers by having sex with up to three men a week.

Miss Desaine – a former pupil at an independent Church of England girls’ school in south London – had slept with only two people before arriving at Exeter University. But she was determined to embrace undergraduate life and broke it off with her boyfriend of two years ‘because I wanted to be able to do what I want’.



She relishes ‘sharking’ – a term used at the university for seducing younger students – and sometimes heads out again afterwards in search of her ‘next victim’.


‘I try to keep a list of all my conquests so I don’t forget but sometimes I have to put descriptions or question marks instead of names,’ the 20-year-old said.

The third-year computer science student admitted her friends were worried her new title – awarded by the Shag At Uni hook-up website – might make it harder for her to find a job.

But Miss Desaine – who insists that all her conquests wear a condom – added: ‘I hope employers see it as a bit of fun and it shows I am more confident than the average girl.’