This month's magazine centerfold, Via Paxton was stunned to learn that she'd won the title. "I voted for Linsey, Lorna, Chloe and Carrie Lynn," she told our V editor. Chicago gal Via has knocked everyone for a loop since she debuted in September '99 Voluptuous, and every one of her pictorials has been eagerly awaited since then. Then there's the fact that her only video-A Day With Via Paxton-is a boner-fide collector's item. The video clips can be drooled over in Voluptuous Theater. Besides her incredible body and pretty face, much of Via's appeal is that she is not an 'adult entertainer.' She's a working gal (for a courier service), discovered by a SCORE & Voluptuous supporter (to whom we owe an eternal debt). Lately, we have heard rumblings that Via, who's always been a SCORE Group exclusive, is considering retirement from modeling. It's enough to give grown men the hives from anxiety. Congratulations, dear Via Paxton. You rule, baby!