Olivia Jones Interview

In the first installment of Beauty & Brains four-part series with the lovely ladies featured on E! Entertainment’s Candy Girls, the aggressive, take-no-shit “bad” girl Terricka Cason was introduced to HipHopDX. And so it’s only right that for the second edition of this special B&B series we showcase the diversity of personalities that exist in the music modeling world by introducing the show’s somewhat reserved, soft-spoken “good” girl Olivia Jones.

The daughter of Memphis soul legend Booker T. (of Booker T. & the M.G.’s, whose “Green Onions,” “Hip Hug-Her” and “Melting Pot” have become the sonic foundation for many classic Hip Hop tracks), who hails from the swanky Bay Area tourist destination Tiburon, California, is definitely unlike her Candy Girls co-stars.

The youngest of the show’s cast is currently pursuing her MBA at UCLA, and after just a few short years of modeling (making her on screen debut in Young Dro’s “Rubberband Banks” video, and since gracing Usher’s “Love In This Club” and Snoop Dogg’s “Candy” clips just to name a couple) is already preparing in earnest for her post-video life.

While her usually laidback demeanor may come across to some (including one particular candy girl) as a sign of weakness, during her recent conversation with Beauty & Brains, Ms. Jones revealed herself to be a remarkably strong, impressively determined woman who understands that beauty fades, but brains are forever.

Beauty & Brains: Now you know the first question anybody who has seen Candy Girls wants to ask you is when the hell are you gonna finally go upside Terricka’s head [Laughs]?
Olivia Jones: [Laughs] Oh, that’s funny. Well actually, in the [“Rumor Control”] episode I ended up kinda going off on her [click to watch]. The episodes get more and more interesting, so the tension there definitely ends up boiling over.

B&B: I still don’t understand Terricka’s [click to read] mocking you for not eating fried chicken.

Olivia Jones: That’s a funny thing that happens a lot during the show. But, basically the girls and I are from such different backgrounds that we just [had] different things that we experienced growing up. So I didn’t have fried chicken until I was like 12, and the girls just find that hilarious.

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