70-Year-Old Virgin says she is finally ready for love

70-Year-Old Virgin Pam Shaw says she's ready for love (John Robertson / Barcroft Media)

The 2005 film "The Virgin 40-Year-Old", brought in almost $ 200 million worldwide on the basis of the principle of a man who went without sex in their forties. But real life a woman has managed to remain a virgin throughout her 70th birthday.

However, this could all be about to change. "Now is the time. I am ready to take the step to the right guy," she told the Sun. "My standards are still very high, though. I hope to bag a millionaire tall, dark and handsome."

Shaw says she does not believe in sex before marriage and was too busy with his career as a cabaret dance to settle. "I feel I am ready to give marriage a go and maybe go to bed with a man," she said. "You're never too old for anything. Just look at Joan Collins. "

Statistics show that worldwide, the average person kept their virginity until they are 17.3 years. A 2010 survey found Yahoo reader similar numbers, with readers giving an average age of 17.5 before having sex for the first time.

Shaw in the 1960s (Bancroft media)

The document notes that despite its voluntary life-long abstinance, Shaw goes by the stage name "The Sexational Pam," and once fraternizing with male sex symbols like "it's not unusual" singer Tom Jones and James Bond actor Roger Moore.

"Tom Jones was very nice and we used to talk from time to time before I go on stage as the opening act," she said. "In 60 years we have achieved together. There was only a curtain separating our dressing areas."