Candy Jones

Candy Jones
Candy Jones in Yank magazine, 1945
Born	(1925-12-31)December 31, 1925 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Died	January 18, 1990(1990-01-18) (aged 64) Manhattan
Nationality	USA
Other names	Jessica Arline Wilcox
Occupation	Pin-up girl, Fashion model, author, radio talk show hostess
Known for	Modelling and media work, claimed to be a victim of Project MKULTRA

Candy Jones, originally known as Jessica Arline Wilcox (December 31, 1925 – January 18, 1990), was an American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she was raised and educated in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

In the 1940s and 1950s she was a leading model and pin-up girl, and afterwards established a modeling school and wrote several books on modeling and fashion. In 1972, Jones married the popular radio show host Long John Nebel (he was her second husband), and became the co-host of his all-night talk-show on WMCA in New York City. The show dealt with paranormal, UFO, and conspiracy theory claims.

Controversially, Jones claimed to be a victim of the CIA mind-control program, Project MKULTRA, in the 1960s.

Candy Jones was born to a well-off family. Jones reported vivid, conscious memories of physical abuse by her parents, and that she had vague memories of sexual abuse in her youth. She was shuttled between relatives, and her mother, Jones insisted, often kept her cloistered or locked in dark rooms. As a child, Jones said she had an imaginary friend named Arlene to help through her lonely episodes.

She grew into an attractive, statuesque young woman who was very tall, about 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m). Changing her name, she pursued a career as a fashion model. She was a quick success, becoming a runner up for Miss New Jersey in the Miss America contest. Jones was able to parlay this into a hostess job at the main Miss America contest, and a successful career. She was one of the leading pin-up girls of the World War II era: in one month in 1943, she appeared on 11 different magazine covers.