Biographical details given in those glossy magazines next to her photosets would invariably be diplomatic with the truth, shall we say. She appeared under a variety of aliases, including Janette Jordan and Corrina Mujica. Often her origins would be attributed to the Caribbean, usually saying she hailed from Jamaica or Trinidad. Actual facts about her life remain sketchy. It seems she was born in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in Trinidad, before spending most of her modelling career living in Los Angeles.
A much younger and similarly endowed cousin of Sylvia's also reputedly modelled for a while under the name 'Clorese'. Almost all of Sylvia McFarland's countless glamour shoots were made with one photographer, Lance Kincaid, working for the publishers American Art Enterprises aka Parliament News Publishers. No hardcore movies have ever been unearthed of Sylvia in X-rated action to our knowledge. But photographer Kincaid liked to shoot hardcore and American Art Enterprises actively encouraged models to do it. So who knows? One day somewhere in some long-lost archive, someone might discover a little piece of retro porn history none of us thought we'd ever get to see. We can but dream!