Biography of Candace Collins (a.k.a.: Candy Collins)

Candace Collins (born May 26, 1957) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. She was a 9-time cover girl (two US, seven international), and her February 1980 iconic "eyes" cover was chosen as Cover of the Year by Marketing Bestsellers Association. Collins was also a Playboy Bunny at the St. Louis club and Chicago Playboy Bunny of the Year in 1976. The issue Collins appeared in was 410 pages, the largest issue Playboy ever published.

Professionally, she now goes by the name Candace Jordan, as a television host, popular media personality in Chicago, and onetime Chicago Tribune social columnist. In 2017 at the age of 60, Collins duplicated her cover along with her cohorts Kimberley Conrad, Renee Tenison, Lisa Matthews, Cathy St. George, Charlotte Kemp, and Monique St. Pierre nearly four decades on.