Updating Charles Dickens, we hereby nominate December Playmate June Cochran as this season’s most endearing embodiment of the Spirit of Christmas Present. A part-time model and full-time beauty back home in Indiana, our 20-year-old has already won her a wassail bowlful of beauty contest awards, including the title of Miss Indiana in this year’s Miss World Beauty Pageant. June loves twisting and miniature golf, Corvettes and shish kabob, and admires males who get as big a boot from life as she does.

In a disarming display of the captivating campaign tactics that won her the lioness’ share of reader votes for Playmate of the Year (many nominated her for Playmate of the Decade), winner June reveals a perfect blend of little-girl charm and big-girl proportions.