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- Birth nameJessica Arline Wilcox
- Candy Jones was born on December 31, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She was married to Long John Nebel and Harry Conover. She died on January 18, 1990 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesLong John Nebel(December 31, 1972 - April 10, 1978) (his death)Harry Conover(July 4, 1946 - April 1959) (divorced, 3 children)
- The only child of J. Gordon Wilcox and Jessica Rosengrant. Her parents separated when she was three years old.
- [July 21, 1959] She and New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller were co-christeners with Mamie Eisenhower of the world's first atomic merchant marine ship.
- Has three sons with Harry Conover.
- Moved to New York to become a model after winning the Miss Atlantic City 1941 pageant, in which famed model agent John Robert Powers was a judge. Powers suggested she would make a fine model and to drop in and see him sometime in New York. After working for Powers, she went on to model for another big rival modeling agency in New York owned by Harry Conover, who launched her career and made her famous.
- Modeled for Harry Conover for five years before she married him in 1946.
- [How she became a model for Harry Conover]: One day I saw Harry Conover in a newsreel talking about the well-scrubbed American girl. That's me. So I tried him. That day I was looking well-scrubbed in a big sloppy sweater and pearls down to my navel. I had slacks on, too. Harry didn't say anything right away but I remember I took those pearls off. I guess he must have thought for about ten minutes and then he told me, 'All right, now let's change your name. From now on you're Candy Jones.' It was as simple as all that.
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