She is widely known as Anna Nicole Smith but very few people know her real name – Vickie Hogan Lynn. Anna’s life is a story of humble beginnings that quickly came to life in the fast lane; drugs, fame, wild parties, body augmentations gone wrong.

Anna Nicole Smith Bio

Anna was born on November 28th , 1967 but sadly passed away on February 8th , 2007. She was an American actress and model. She burst onto the scene when she rose to fame in Playboy and in 1993 won Playmate of the Year.

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She was born in Houston, Texas. Her father is Donald Eugene Hogan and her mother Virgie Mae Arthur. She attended Durkee Elementary School and later went to Aldine High School in Houston. Anna was not made for the classroom, she failed her first year and her second year she had dropped out at the age of 14. She took a job as a waitress at a fried chicken restaurant where she met and married Billy Wayne Smith who was a cook at the restaurant. She was just 18 when she married Billy and gave birth to their son Daniel Smith just a year after their wedding on January 22, 1986, North Dakota .

It was her second marriage that gainedadvertisement. At 26, she married an 89-year-old billionaire, J. Howard Marshall, whom she had met while stripping. The mogul died after just 13 months of marriage and, interestingly, he did not name Smith in his will. Anna sued half of her late husband’s $1.6 billion estate, a legal battle that lasted another 11 years.

The big break for Anna Nicole Smith came when she was the cover of Playboy in 1993 and was also named Playmate of the Year in 1993 by Hugh Heffner.

Smith has struck a deal to replace model Claudia Schiffer in a Guess jeans ad campaign. In 1993, she modeled for the Swedish clothing company H&M. This led to her being depicted on large billboards in Sweden and Norway. Smith also appeared on the cover of German magazine Marie Claire.

Although successful as a model, her time in acting was not as impressive. Her acting debut came in the 1994 comedy film, The Hudsucker Proxy. She then watched Tanya Peters in Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. Anna Nicole Smith got her first starring role in “To the Limit” where she played Colette Dubois, a retired spy, seeking revenge for her late husband’s killer.

Later in her life, in 2011, after her breast implant ruptured and one of her nipples tore out, she started using painkillers again.

Anna Nicole Smith’s husband

Smith was first married as a teenager to Billy Wayne Smith but divorced in 1993. She wasted no time getting married again to Howard Marshall who was 63 years her senior.

Net value

Anna Nicole Smith owed him most of her fortunemarriage to oil company Mogul J. Howard Marshal. While the Marshal was alive, he spent lavishly on Anna. At the time of his death, his estimated net worth was around $50 million.

Body measurements, height

Throughout her life, Anna’s strongest attribute has been her sex appeal and she weighed around 125 pounds. His vital stats were 36-28-38. She stood at 5ft 11”

Daughter, son of Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole had only two children, a son named Daniel Wayne Smith from her first marriage to Billy and a daughter Dannielynn Birkhead whom she named after her first son Daniel who tragically died just 5 months after birth. Dannielynn’s fatherhood was another source of intrigue and twists.

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Anna’s lawyer Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead (Anna’s photographer), Alexander Denk, (Anna’s bodyguard) Frederic von Anhalt, husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, have all claimed paternity of Dannielyn.

Anna herself had named Howard K. Stern as the father on her daughter’s birth certificate. After DNA testing, Larry Birkhead was officially established as Dannielynn’s father. He later changed his last name after he won custody of his daughter Dannielynn.

The death of Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole’s death tasted a little bitter when she was found just five months after giving birth to her first daughter on the floor of her Hollywood hotel room. His death was later diagnosed as an accidental overdose on February 8th , 2007.

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