Given the question: Facts: - death place: manhasset , new york - death date: 27 august 2003 - birth date: 21 january 1919 - name: jinx falkenburg - birthname: eugenia lincoln falkenburg - image: jinx falkenburg.jpg - birth place: barcelona , spain - occupation: model , actress Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jinx falkenburg .
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eugenia lincoln '' jinx '' falkenburg -lrb- 21 january 1919 -- 27 august 2003 -rrb- was an actress , expert swimmer and tennis star , and one of the highest-paid and most ubiquitous cover-girl models in the united states during the 1930s and 1940s - one of the first supermodels .she married journalist and influential publicist tex mccrary in 1945 .known as '' tex and jinx '' to most american households , the glamorous couple pioneered and popularized the talk-show format , first on radio and then in the early days of television .they hosted a series of interview shows in the late 1940s and early 1950s that combined celebrity chit-chat with discussions of important topics of the day .