(VAN NUYS, CA) -- The November 13-19 issue of Philadelphia City Paper features Digital Playground’s sexy contract girl Stoya™ on the cover, as well as feature article about the star. Only a year since signing with adult entertainment powerhouse Digital Playground, Stoya garners massive attention in both the adult and mainstream industries. City Paper’s reporter Matt Stroud observed firsthand Stoya’s all natural, innocent appearance, mixed with her keen mind and outspoken personality. Stroud set out to humanize Digital Playground’s star, but in the process managed to create an even greater iconic sex symbol. Stoya is larger than life.

To view the Philadelphia City Paper cover article about Stoya, visit http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2008/11/13/meet-south-phillys-stoya

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Stoya is known all over the world, yet is able to walk through the streets of Philadelphia in relative anonymity. The Philadelphia City Paper introduces the Stoya to the rest of the city, and word is spreading—there’s a sexy star in Philly. ''If you've not already heard Stoya's name or seen her face in Genesis Magazine—or any number of pornographic blogs, Adult Video News releases and Web sites—you might not know that she is, at the moment, an it girl of the mainstream sex industry,'' writes Matt Stroud. ''She’s young, beautiful, and willing. A star.''

''I would like to thank Philadelphia City Paper for the great exposure they are giving Stoya,'' says Samantha Lewis, Digital Playground’s CEO. ''Stoya adds a new dimension to the world of adult entertainment. She makes no apologies for who she is and fans love her genuine accessibility.''

Stoya adds, ''it’s crazy to see my face on the cover of City Paper. I’ve been flipping through it for years. I love Philadelphia—it’s ultraplus! The city is beautiful yet tough and industrial. It’s hard working and real yet idealistic and hopeful. It’s a city I can relate to.''

Stoya™ is original, outrageous, and all natural. A carefree spirit that loves being the center of attention, she embodies a fun, friendly persona that fits seamlessly with Digital Playground’s esteemed roster of contract stars. With striking dark features and porcelain skin, this tall and slender beauty has the ability to radiate a multitude of looks that can be sophisticated, romantic, sexy, and playfully cute. The only thing more erotic and intriguing than Stoya’s appearance is her mind.

After a brief stint in Hollywood, California, Stoya moved back to East Coast skyscrapers, preferring the brash, concrete reality of the East, to the 24/7 sand and glam of the West Coast. The move perfectly epitomizes Stoya’s personality and appreciation for mechanized modernity. Not afraid to be unique, Stoya is completely uncompromising in her life and work.

The luminescent Stoya is a 22-year-old Gemini who is 5’ 7'' and weighs 115 lbs. Stoya graduated high school 3 years early, eager for the freedom to pursue the next phase of life. Dubbed a ''force of nature'', Stoya is perfectly comfortable creating fetish outfits of duct tape and latex to go grocery shopping in, or creating new words to express herself when the English language won’t suffice. Stoya loves to keep her mind sharp and often reads 3 books at once in order to quench her need for knowledge. Years of dance training gave Stoya a sexy body just as beautiful as her mind—a body that she proudly displays and explores every inch of on camera.

Today you can read Stoya’s illicit thoughts in her blog on XCritic.com and watch her in Digital Playground’s best selling films, ''Stoya: Sexual Freak'', ''Jack’s POV 9'', ''Stoya: Video Nasty'', ''My First Porn 10'', ''Cheerleaders'', and the epic blockbuster ''Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge''.

In 2008 and 2009 look for Stoya to continue to rock the scene in ''Jack’s POV 12'', ''Stoya: Sexy Hot'', ''Stoya: Scream'', ''Nurses'', and the interactive ''Virtual Sex with Stoya''.

About Philadelphia City Paper:

Founded in November of 1981, City Paper has the area's largest readership of any weekly newspaper by publishing original, powerfully presented, award-winning editorial content. City Paper is blanketed across area businesses and high- traffic areas in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Bucks & Delaware Counties, South Jersey and Delaware. City Paper is a controlled-circulation newspaper, distributed free every Thursday morning to over 2,000 locations. Approximately one-third is distributed through newspaper boxes; the other two-thirds are distributed in office and apartment buildings and in high-traffic retail locations, which include restaurants, entertainment spots and other public places. For more information visit www.citypaper.net

About Digital Playground:

Digital Playground is the world leader in adult filmmaking and interactive formats boasting the largest Hd library available. Since the Company’s inception in 1993, Digital Playground has earned over 200 awards, currently garners more than 80% of high definition sales within the adult market, and is a leading provider of Blu-ray™ titles, with 25% of the market. Female owned and operated, Digital Playground emphasizes quality first, employing fastidiously high production values in erotic film for women, men and couples. Digital Playground’s commitment to excellence, innovative technology, brilliant full- length productions and exclusive Contract Stars are the secrets to its success and makes Digital Playground the most highly demanded supplier of content for hotel, IPTV, cable, pay-per-view and mobile networks worldwide. For more information, visit www.digitalplayground.com