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This island is for women only

KRISTINA Roth was sick of having men around while trying to enjoy her holiday. This is what she did next.

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EVER looked around on holiday and thought, there’s too much testosterone on this beach?

Head to SuperShe island. The women-only, health-focused destination, opening soon off the coast of Finland, invites female guests to book days-long — or weeks-long — stays, sans dudes.

The founder, former consultant Kristina Roth, thought up the idea after taking several restorative holidays in California, the New York Post reports.

SuperShe island off the coast of Finland is for women only. Picture: SuperShe
SuperShe island off the coast of Finland is for women only. Picture: SuperShe

She loved both experiences but found that men’s company seemed to mess with the relaxing vibes.

“When there was a cute guy, women would put on lipstick,” she told The Post.

“The idea [at SuperShe island] is, hey, focus on yourself — don’t try to get your hormones up.”

Roth decided on Finland after falling in love with a local man.

SuperShe island off the coast of Finland is for women only. Picture: SuperShe
SuperShe island off the coast of Finland is for women only. Picture: SuperShe

“His parents own an island on the archipelago, and he kept telling me, the island next door is for sale,” she said.

“I said, I’m not interested, I just bought a beautiful piece of land in Turks and Caicos — I’m really not interested.”

But once she saw the place, she fell in love with the wooded utopia.

In July 2018, a networking group called SuperShe will open SuperShe Island, billed as an ultra-luxe, health-focused destination where female guests ─ and female guests only ─ are invited for retreats and casual stays.

Although the female-only approach sounds exclusionary, Roth insists she’s not a man-hater. (“I love men!” she said.) She’s open to the possibility of gentleman SuperShe visitors in the future.

So far, however, SuperShe voyagers have all come from within Roth’s inner circle. Once reservations open to the public in July, Roth says she’ll vet interested parties in a similar way to Soho House, which requires current members to vouch for applicants.

SuperShe island off the coast of Finland is for women only. Picture: SuperShe
SuperShe island off the coast of Finland is for women only. Picture: SuperShe

Prices are yet to be determined.

“I’d like to vet the person and see that they’re well-rounded and would fit in,” she said, “but I don’t want to be elitist.”

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and is reproduced here with permission.

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