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Prepagos?

I always here the term prepagos. Ive been given multiple defintions. What is the true meaning of this word. I mean I have the overall idea but sometimes people confuse me.

I actually met a lady in New York recently who told me herself that she was a prepago en Medellin when she was younger.

By MitchAlvarez on Oct 31, 2007, 18:58 in Friendly Talkzone. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


coffee beaner says on Oct 31, 2007, 19:12:

Oh man, watch out with one nazi-mod we have here... anything with the words "prepago", "puta", "perras" always gets deleted. I won't even bother posting anything in regards to what "prepagos" are unless this stays open for a day or 2.

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MitchAlvarez says on Oct 31, 2007, 19:16:

Ok but its not a curse word. Im just trying to see what others believe or know this term to mean.

"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France"

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EMAN says on Oct 31, 2007, 19:16:

This was in a newspaper last year, hope is gives you some clarification.

“It used to be only women from a low social class who charged for sex, now it is all social classes. It is no longer stigmatized as something lower class. Before they did it because they didn’t have work, now many young girls do it simply because they want pocket money to spend on discos, designer clothes, plastic surgery, etc. When a woman is beautiful they often fall into this life. We are acquiring this culture which worries me, like in Cuba and Rio de Janeiro.�

“Marco�, a nightclub owner, talking about the phenomenon of the “prepagos� in Medellín, middle-class girls, often models, who work as prostitutes. It has only really taken off in the last few years. The University of Eafit, supposedly the best university in the city, is particularly known for this.

“The have always looked for rich men, obviously, but didn’t charge money. Then the next day they would start crying, saying. “I don’t have enough for university�, etc. Or they would say, “Give me a present,� such a watch, clothes, a ticket to Cartagena or Miami. There are various levels. But now it has changed because they are losing the shame, and they are no longer embarrassed to charge money. It can be 50,000 pesos ($22) or less, up to 200 million pesos ($88,000) for someone such as a famous model who is on the TV. Who pays them? Drug traffickers. No one else has that kind of money.�

There are, if you look for them, agencies, and web sites who manage this kind of business and charge a commission, but mostly it is done by word of mouth and personal recommendations. “Someone has to vouch for the client,� Marco said. Is organised crime involved in it? “Yes, but only as the clients... These women don’t care about education, manners, looks; money is enough, only money. With money it is all possible. Some of them do that thing where they hit you with sticks- what do you call that?�
“Fetishism?�
“Yeah.�

“Pablo� is a director of the Zona Rosa Corporation, which looks after the interests of bars, restaurants and clubs in the Zona Rosa, the city’s main night spot. He told the Daily Journal that everyone who moves in those circles has numbers of some prepagos, “Medellín is a city of models. Plastic surgery has really taken off in the last ten years, and the concept of beauty has changed. For your birthday now, they give you bigger breasts. You can get plastic surgery on credit, as with a car, or a mortgage, pay 50,000 pesos ($22) for month. It can be viewed as a kind of investment.�

“Michelle�, 22, was operated on just last week. It cost $1,500. She has been working as a prepago for about a year and half. She claims to have slept with the FARC commander known as El Mono, and one of the Castaño brothers (founders of the AUC), as well as various drug traffickers and businessmen. She has been to one of the fincas of “Macaco�, one of Colombia’s top paramilitaries, in the company of several other girls. “No one in my family knows.�

She hopes to meet someone who will treat her well, preferably a foreigner. “There is an agency called Colombian Love Connection run by an Australian. He’s very good-looking, but he’s a dog. You hardly earn anything, but people do it for the contacts… I’ve got friends who have married a Italian, a gringo and a Canadian.�

She asked if I wanted to go to a strip club with her. I made my excuses and left.

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Chelesupercono says on Oct 31, 2007, 19:22:

Mitch....it's the oldest profession in the world.....

never go to bed with someone crazier then you are, you will do it and you will regret it.......

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pedro says on Oct 31, 2007, 19:35:

The regular pro shows up to work in a strip club, cat house, hooker bar or on the street. Her clients are usually "walk up".

A prepago has a regular life / job / studies and doesn't turn up to a place of business to hook up. Her clients are "by appointment" through a phone call or some kind of word of mouth connection. It's a once in a while kind of thing for certain women.

que nota!

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john_stark says on Oct 31, 2007, 21:49:

They say that as many as 25% of all the young women in Medellin are prepagos.

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goin_south says on Oct 31, 2007, 22:04:

pre pay, pay as ya go, or pay later.... Jus Pay! Pal!

Why Colombianitas? Personally... I just don't like pink areolar tissue.

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john_stark says on Oct 31, 2007, 22:22:

You're right. There is no free lunch and there is no free chucha either.

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alezzz says on Oct 31, 2007, 22:46:

lol

---Music is the strongest form of magic.---

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Robert Jorge says on Oct 31, 2007, 23:53:

Pedro pretty much hit the nail on the head.

He who farts in church, sits in his own pew.

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MitchAlvarez says on Nov 1, 2007, 13:53:

wow great info guys. 25% wow i wonder how accurate is that? man so is it like in Dominican Republic where I read an article the other day where the number of people infected with the Aids virus has risen tremendously. Mainly due to the local prostitution business that has grown just as that countries tourism has tripled in the past years.

"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France"

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Tomacoma says on Dec 15, 2007, 07:16:

So what might be some signs that a Colombiana is a prepago or is this always discussed openly? Wow,
25% seems incredible....

I'am livin' easy, eatin' poke chops greasy!

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