Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith (born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967 in Mexia, Texas) is a nude model and low budget actress who gained popularity when appearing nude as Playboy?s centerfold in June 1992 and later selected Playboy?s playmate of the year for 1993. She later became a household name after marrying a Texas billionaire more than 60 years her senior, and for a number of bizarre public antics, such as those depicted on her own reality show.

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November 28 - 1967 - Mexia, Texas - Model - Actress - Nude - Playboy - 1993 - Texas - Reality show

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In her early 20s, Smith worked at a variety of low-paying jobs while supporting her son Daniel. While working as an exotic dancer, she met oil billionaire J. Howard Marshall, who frequently patronized her place of work. With Marshall?s money, Smith had cosmetic surgery to increase her breast size. She managed to land on the cover of the March 1992 issue of Playboy magazine as ?Vickie Smith? wearing a low-cut evening gown. This appearance secured her a contract to replace supermodel Claudia Schiffer in the Guess? jeans ad campaign. Smith then posed nude for Playboy as the June 1992 centerfold. Tall, blonde, and full-figured, Smith won comparisons to the voluptuous Marilyn Monroe and was chosen to be the 1993 Playmate of the Year. She finally settled on the name ?Anna Nicole Smith? by the time of her PMOY pictorial.

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Exotic dancer - J. Howard Marshall - Cosmetic surgery - Increase her breast size - Supermodel - Claudia Schiffer - Guess? - Ad campaign - Marilyn Monroe

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Smith and the billionaire Marshall finally married on June 27, 1994. She was 26 at the time, and Marshall was 89. By most accounts, Anna Nicole had other boyfriends and was generally indifferent to Marshall, with whom she never lived.

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June 27 - 1994 - Lived

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Within weeks after J. Howard's death on August 4, 1995, Smith squared off against his son, E. Pierce Marshall, for half of her late husband's $1.6 billion estate. Although J. Howard was, according to his employees, crazy about her, he did not include her in his trust and will, which he updated weeks after their marriage. Smith claimed J. Howard verbally promised her half of his estate if she married him. In September, 2000, a Los Angeles bankruptcy judge awarded Smith a staggering $449,754,134. Pierce appealed, and in July 2001, Houston judge Mike Wood vacated that award and ordered Anna Nicole to pay over $1 million in fees and expenses to Pierce's legal team. In March 2002, she was awarded $88 million. In December 2004, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the March 2002 decision, saying that Smith is not one of J. Howard Marshall's heirs. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,11818750%255E2902,00.html The U.S. Supreme Court decided in September of 2005 to hear the appeal of that decision.

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August 4 - 1995 - E. Pierce Marshall - Trust - Will - Estate - Los Angeles - Bankruptcy - Judge - Appeal - July 2001 - Houston - 2002 - 2004 - 9th Circuit Court of Appeals - Heir

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During the course of the litigation, Smith's career stalled. She was relegated to appear in low-budget softcore porn movies until 2002, when she was given her own reality TV series on the E! cable television network. The Anna Nicole Show focused on her personal and private life in the manner of other ?reality? shows such as the recent hit The Osbournes. The show's debut was somewhat of a bomb, and then ratings dropped with each successive week. Critics blasted it, saying it was so bad it deserved to be pitied. However, it achieved a kind of camp or cult status as many fans found humor in Smith's absurd and arguably stupid antics. The show was finally cancelled in February 2004, due to ?creative differences?, but has retained some life in reruns and on DVD releases.

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Litigation - Porn - 2002 - Reality TV - E! - Cable television - The Anna Nicole Show - The Osbournes - February 2004 - Rerun - DVD releases

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In an interview on Late Night with Conan O'Brien she was asked what her ?Playmate diet? consisted of. She instantly replied, fried chicken. In October, 2003, she became a spokesperson for TrimSpa, which helped her to reportedly lose 69 pounds (31 kg).

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Fried chicken - Spokesperson - TrimSpa

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In November 2004, she was invited as a presenter to the American Music Awards show. During her live appearance, she experienced an unexplained personal problem or might possibly have tried to pull a publicity stunt. This led her to start making barely understandable comments about her body and TrimSpa among other subjects. Eventually, the cameras had to move away to prevent showing her behavior during the presentation while she was taken backstage. This incident would later become comedic material for the rest of the presenters to comment on and became part of the news the next day. Tabloids speculated that she was under the influence of pills or another controlled substance. Her representatives explained that she was in pain due to a series of grueling work-outs and could hardly read the prompter because while she is nearsighted, she did not have her contact lenses in.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/16/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main655962.shtml

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Presenter - American Music Awards - Tabloid

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In March 2005, at the first Australian MTV Music Awards in Sydney's Luna Park, she spoofed Janet Jackson's 2004 wardrobe malfunction by pulling down her dress to reveal both breasts, each covered with the MTV logo.

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March 2005 - Australian MTV Music Awards - Sydney - Luna Park - Janet Jackson - Wardrobe malfunction - Reveal both breasts - MTV

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