Holiday rep says antics ruined her life

Zara was one one of five reps who resigned after they were caught on camera performing sex acts in front cheering holidaymakers.

Yesterday it was revealed the 19-year-old and four other reps were facing trial in their absence for debauchery.

It means they could face arrest and a prison sentence if they ever return to the country.

Zara had to return home under a veil of shame to face her shocked family - and then discovered she had been thrown out of university.

Still hiding away at her parents home Zara said: "Being a holiday rep has ruined my life."

Zara and fellow reps Hannah Benhariz, Jenny Cresswell, Vinnie Sagoo and Adam Walker were working resort of Kavos on the Greek island of Corfu when a drunken dare turned into scandal last month.

The reps and tourist got wildly drunk on free booze during a cruise around the island.

When they got back to the resort the drunken trippers proposed an outrageous dare for the reps - and they obliged.

Zara says they were encouraged to be "mad" and so they took up the challenge.

In front of 250 holidaymakers drunken reps Zara, Jenny and Hannah performed a sordid oral sex act.

Hannah, 26, turned to Vinne Sagoo, 23, and pulled down his shorts, followed by Jenny, 22, who grabbed colleague Adam Walker, 21.

Zara knelt down in front of boyfriend David Vaughan who had travelled to theisland from his home in Hebburn, South Tyneside, to see his girl.

But the X-rated show was caught on video by a disgusted Greek businessman.

The footage was shown on Greek TV as an example of the disgusting antics of young Brits abroard and then the gang hit the headlines across the globe.

The reps were dragged before their bosses after complaints about heir lewd behaviour.

They apologised repeatedly, resigned from the posts, and then had to flee back to the UK amid fears they were to be prosecuted.

Apart from disgracing their families - the group were facing five years in a Greek prison when their were calls for them to be extradited and prosecuted for "indecent exposure and public vulgarity of a particularly heinous nature".

Zara said: "I really regret what happened - but we were encouraged to wild and outrageous and I never expect there to be such a fall out.

"We were just unlucky - this kind of thing goes on all the time - and much worse.

"We were forced to quit for doing what they wanted us to do and I had to come home and face my family and friends and all the looks and comments - it was horrible."

But after the heat for the other reps died down Zara ws left with her life in tatters.

She returned to to the three bed-semi in a quiet street in South Tyneside she shares with mum, Val Toward and stepdad, Stephen Breedon, to a letter from Leeds Metropolitan University.

As she fought back the tears Zara said: "I had to go down to Leeds for an emergency meeting with course leaders and I was told I had brought the university into disrepute.

"I was kicked off the course and now I have to wait until October when the board will meet to decide if I am to be allowed back.

"At the minute my life is ruins. I don't know what the future holds and it's all because I became a rep."

The seedy story sparked a huge debate about the behaviour of young holidaymakers and company's who encouraged wild parties, casual sex, and binge drinking among their guests.

Last week a Gemma Gunning, 18, from Bath, was jailed for eight months for dancing topless in a bar in Faliraki on the Greek island of Rhodes.

She eventually escaped with a fine - but it sparked authorities to make a huge clamdown on the behaviour of Brits.

Leeds Metropolitan University said yesterday that they WOULD accept Zara back for her third year.

Spokeswoman Lucy Laville said: "She will be unable to come back to the university this year.

"Like all students on her course she has to complete a 48 week work placement and hers was obviously brought to an end.

"But we will accept her back in the third year once sshe has completed a placement and we are trying to help her find one."