Jana Craig Explains The Thoughtful Selection Process Behind Love Island
Unapologetically Angel
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🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Life before the villa. |
| 0:01.6 | Everybody knows you from Love Island, but like what was the normal life of Jene Craig before everything? |
| 0:09.3 | Oh my gosh. |
| 0:09.8 | Okay. |
| 0:10.5 | Before everything, I had to think about it. |
| 0:13.2 | I was like, what was I doing back in the day? |
| 0:16.1 | I was doing bottle service at a nightclub. |
| 0:19.3 | Yes, bottle girl, of course. But, but I was also doing, um, a couple of businesses. So I had just became like a funded trader right before entering the villa. And I had short-term rentals. I did Airbnb. Oh, period. I was like, hustling. Yeah, because it's fun being a bottle girl. Like, it's not like a forever thing. So like, I got to get out of this club. Like, it was tiring. Where were you? What city were you in? Um, Vegas. Okay, period. Yeah. They was giving that money, though. I know they was giving that money. Thank, thanks. And it's so hard to, like, leave because it's so good, but also, like, so tiring. Yeah. |
| 0:54.3 | So you really work 9 p.m. to 5 a. Like a 9 to 5. Yeah. And I was like, my back was her and I was being tired. I said, yeah, that's also. That's good. Where did you grow up? I'm from Hawaii. Oh, my gosh. I don't know enough. Yeah, what made you, where did you move to? |
| 1:13.6 | Okay, so my dad was in the military. |
| 1:16.6 | Okay. |
| 1:17.6 | So technically I was born in Virginia, but I was only there for like a week, so I don't know |
| 1:22.6 | nothing about it. |
| 1:23.6 | And then we moved to like Mississippi and then we moved to Okinawa, Japan. Yeah. And we lived there for five years. I'm, like, partially raised in Japan. And then we moved to Kailua, Hawaii. And then I spent, like, third grade to my first year of college there. Yeah. And then I moved to San Diego for college, San Diego State. Period. And now I'm in Vegas. |
| 1:44.7 | Period. |
| 1:45.4 | I love that. |
| 1:46.6 | What made you want to join Love Island? |
| 1:48.6 | What was the process for you? |
| 1:49.9 | Like, what was it? |
| 1:52.3 | Good question. |
| 1:53.8 | I wasn't even thinking. |
| 1:55.7 | Okay, so originally at the time, I was single and what is this? |
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