Taylor Swift has been forced to cancel a meet and greet competition which aimed to find her biggest fan after it emerged that the winner was a “creepy” 39 year old man.

The competition was launched by Boston radio station Kiss FM and was subsequently hijacked by users of the online community 4chan.

A user on the site pleaded to other users to help his friend Charles fulfil his dream of meeting the singer.

He posted saying: "My creepy 39-year-old friend named Charles would like to crush all those girls' dreams (and then sniff Taylor Swift's hair cos he's into that) by winning this instead," he stated.

"Help him crush the dreams of these girls and give him a chance to make a complete ass of himself by blatantly just sniffing her hair with the cameras rolling."

As a result of the plea, Charles quickly rose up the leader board and took first place although Kiss FM later pulled the competition stating that it had been “compromised”.

They said in a statement: "Disappointingly, we have determined that the integrity of the 'Taylor Swift's Biggest Fan' contest has been compromised."

"In accordance with our contest rules, effective immediately, the contest has been terminated. We apologise to all of our loyal listeners who have participated.”

It is uncertain whether Charles is a real person or a character constructed by the original poster.