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Anna Nicole Smith Profile |
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Birth Date: November 28, 1967
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Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA
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Birth Name: Vickie Lynn Hogan
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Anna Nicole Smith was born Vicki Lynn Hogan on November
28th, 1967, in Houston, Texas. After her father abandoned
her and her mother when she was a child, she was raised by
her mother and aunt, commuting back and forth to each
caretaker.
At the age of 17, Anna (then Vicki) married Billy Smith, and
that same year, they welcomed their son Daniel into the
world. Time with Billy was short-lived and young Anna was
left to care for her son alone.
In order to pay the bills, she began working at topless bars
in Houston, where she was actually more noticed for her rear
than for her breasts (she did not yet have the breasts that
she's famous for today). But since she was not as rail-thin
as the rest of the dancers, Anna didn't work the coveted
hours of topless clubs and was instead scheduled during the
afternoon shift.
Regardless, Anna (who then used several pseudonyms such as
Nikki and Robin, before finally sticking to Anna Nicole) was
discovered by a photographer, and quickly realized that she
could use her body as a career tool. Since her childhood
dream was to become the next Marilyn Monroe (her idol), Anna
was inspired to make a name for herself.
After a breast enlargement (Anna insisted on having two
implants inserted into each breast) and some cosmetic
surgery, Anna was ready for the big time, and ironically,
headed in the same direction as Marilyn Monroe. She entered
the Play..boy Cover Contest, and appeared on the cover of
the magazine at the age of 24. Two years later, Anna was
crowned 1993's Play..mate of the Year, which, although is an
honor in itself, led Anna to bigger and better things.
Thanks to her Play..boy appearance, Guess? president Paul
Marciano, also responsible for the modeling careers of Eva
Herzigova, Josie Maran and Shana Zadrick, saw Anna's
potential and cast her as a Guess? model.
She made her big screen debut in the 1994 slapstick comedy,
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, followed by an
appearance in The Hudsucker Proxy, starring Tim Robbins.
If audiences didn't catch Anna in these films, they surely
heard of her questionable marriage to oil tycoon J. Howard
Marshall II -- 60 years her senior -- on the 27th of June
1994. Anna remained low-profile with her wheelchair-bound
husband, until Marshall's death in 1995.
In 1996, the former Play..mate filed for bankruptcy, after a
former female assistant sued her for sexual harassment (she
would have had to pay $850,000 US).
Although Marshall had left Anna with an inheritance, his
heirs claimed that she could not receive what he left her,
accusing her of mistreating him in his last few days and not
marrying him for the right reasons. She was not mentioned in
any of his wills, but claimed that he offered her half of
his money, to speed up her decision to marry him. After a
bitter court battle between Anna and Marshall's son, E.
Pierce Marshall, Anna was rewarded $450 million in 2000.
On August 4th, 2002, the E! channel began airing its first
season of The Anna Nicole Show. Although Anna had gained a
considerable amount of weight, viewers tuned in to watch
Anna make a fool of herself week after week.
Before the second season started, producers of the show
demanded that Anna drop some weight before shooting began,
and with the help of TrimSpa, a supplement that claims to
block fat from entering the body, Anna has trimmed down
significantly and reportedly lost 80 pounds.
Although Anna Nicole now looks great, she no longer has a TV
audience: The Anna Nicole Show was canceled in 2004, but
we're confident that she'll have other projects on her plate
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Other
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Son Daniel Smith (b. 1986, d. 2006).
Met her second husband, J. Howard Marshall II, when she was
a topless dancer in Houston in 1991.
Crowned Miss Republic of Cuervo Gold, a title she retained
for one year. She was one of 8 contestants, but won because
"her party spirit won out". [28 April 1998]
Playboy Playmate of the Month May 1992.
Playboy Playmate of the Year 1993.
She began modeling at 20.
She likes lying in bed, watching TV and shopping.
Married J. Howard Marshall II when she was 26; he was nearly
90.
Former Guess? jeans model.
Fought her former stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, in court
since November 1999 for half of her late husband's $1.6
billion estate. In Sept. 2000, LA bankruptcy judge awarded
Anna $449,754,134 from husband's estate. But in July 2001,
Houston judge Mike Wood vacated that award and ordered her
to pay over $1 million in fees and expenses to stepson E.
Pierce Marshall's team. Finally, in March 2002, was awarded
$88 million from the estate of her late husband (but was
denied claim that she was also owed interest on that money).
Her daily life was televised on E! network's old "The Anna
Nicole Show" (2002) which debuted in August 2002, lasted a
couple of years and was then canceled.
Measurements: 36A-25-37 (dancer in Texas 1988), 42DD-26-38
(after implants early 1990s), 39DD-27-39 (1993 Playmate of
the Year), 39D-27-39 (slimmed down after rehab & dieting).
(Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
She's the biggest (tallest, heaviest, biggest measurements)
Playmate of the Year. Though India Allen (1988) and Julie
Cialini (1995) were also 5' 11" tall.
Her Playmate data sheet for May 1992 gives her measurements
at 36DD-26-38 with a weight of 140 lbs. When she became
Playmate of the year, her weight was reported at 155 lbs.
Her weight reached a peak of 224 lbs in 1996, but she
managed to slim down to a reported 138 lbs in 1997. She
gained weight since and was close to her peak weight in
2002, but she lost down to her natural weight in 2005 (back
down to her 1990s modeling weight) and was a representative
of a weight-loss program.
Worked in a fried chicken restaurant and married one of the
cooks (Billy Smith), according to Playboy Playmate of the
Year interview.
After her first pictorial in Playboy went into print, Guess
Jean designer Paul Marciano was so intrigued by the look, he
contacted Playboy to find "who is this girl?" He then signed
her as the Guess jean model on the spot, no question asked.
An advertising campaign for Swedish fashion company "H&M"
with posters of Anna caused several car accidents in major
European cities (1994).
On September 7th 2006, she gave birth to a healthy 6 pound,
9 ounce baby girl called Dannie-Lynn Hope
Her son, Daniel Smith, died suddenly while visiting his
mother and newborn sister in their hospital room over the
week ending 10th September 2006. He had flown to the Bahamas
on Saturday to join his mother and was in her hospital room
Sunday when he collapsed.
Her daughter is named Dannie Lynn Hope in honor of her late
son, not Hannah as had been previously reported.
Howard K. Stern announced on Larry King Live that he is the
father of Anna Nicole's newborn daughter, and that he & Anna
Nicole have been in a relationship for some time. |
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