In a way it shows a certain maturity - she realised an education was important for her to get on in life, and that she could sell something she was willing to lose sooner or later anyway to get a head start with the problems of a full time education and the money issues contained thereof.
However..
There are some problems with this. Firstly the tabloids will cover the fact heavily - the next few years - and maybe even the rest of her life - will be tainted by what she did, and there's a strong chance that she'll be labelled a whore when she reaches her Uni or future job because of it - and because some people don't have to face the money problems that others do.
Also, any future love she finds might be a hard time because there's a strong chance whoever she finds will learn or know of what she did - it's not always easy to approve. But hopefully this wont be the case - anyone who really loves her should be able to overlook it.
Certainly though I think this sends out quite a strong message to the powers that be - what's the world coming to when someone has to sell themselves to pay for an education that should be mandatory and indeed encouraged to ensure the further delevlopment of society and the human race? Granted it was her choice - and virginity means something different to each individual (some see it as sacred and pure, others merely see it as something they are before they have sex for the first time - it varies). So it's possible she falls into the later catagory and that a bigger deal is being made of this than it should be. But still a message is made by it.
Hmm...
