Anna Nicole Smith Biography and Profile

Biography

Nama : Anna Nicole Smith
Birth Name : Vickie Lynn Hogan
Birth Date : 11/28/1967
Birth Place : Houston, Texas, USA
Height : 5' 11"
Sex : F
Nationality : American
Occupation : Model
Father : Donald Eugene Hogan (b. 12-Jul-47)
Mother : Virgie Mae Tabers (b. 12-Jul-51)
Spouse : Billy Wayne Smith (cook, 4-Apr-85 - 3-Feb-93), J. Howard Marshall II (billionaire, 27-Jun-94 - 4-Aug-95, his death)
Relation : Ben Khan (doctor, 1997), Jonathan McManus (real-estate developer, 1998), Larry Birkhead (entertainment photojournalist, 2004) Howard K. Stern (lawyer, engaged on 28-Sep-06 - 8-Feb-07) (her death)
Claim Fame : The 1993 Playboy Playmate of the Year

Anna Nicole Smith (born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967 in Mexia, Texas) is an American model and actress.

She started her career by becoming 1993's Playboy playmate of the year. She was compared to Marilyn Monroe for her full figure and blonde hair (and relatively large lips).

In 1994, Anna Nicole married billionaire J. Howard Marshall when she was 26; he was nearly 90 at the time. He died in 1995, and Anna Nicole was involved in a court battle with her former stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, for half of her late husband's $1.6 billion estate. After a series of legal victories and setbacks, in March of 2002, she was awarded $88 million from the estate of her late husband. In December 2004, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the March 2002 decision, saying that Anna Nicole was not mentioned in J. Howard Marshall's trust and will. [1] (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,11818750%255E2902,00.html)

In 2002, Anna Nicole starred in The Anna Nicole Show, a reality TV series on the E! cable television network. The show focused on her personal and private life in the manner of other "reality" shows, such as the recent hit The Osbournes. Critics blasted her show, saying it was so bad it deserved to be pitied. The show was an initial hit upon its debut, though ratings dropped with each successive week. It was cancelled in February 2004, due to "creative differences".

In an interview on Late Night with Conan O'Brien she was asked what her "Playmate diet" consisted of. She replied, "fried chicken". Her height is 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m). In October, 2003, she became a spokesperson for TrimSpa, which helped her to reportedly lose 30 lb (14 kg).

In November 2004, she was invited as a presenter to the American Music Awards show. However, she went on stage experiencing a personal problem of some sort (or pulling a publicity stunt). Tabloids speculate that she was under the influence of pills or another controlled substance. However, perhaps the truth lies in the explanation given by her attorneys and friends, that she was in a lot of pain from a series of grueling work-outs and experienced trouble reading the prompter due to nearsightedness and a lack of contact lenses or spectacles. In any case, this led her to start making barely understandable comments about her body, TrimSpa, etc...Eventually, the cameras had to move away to prevent showing her behavior during the presentation and she was taken backstage by the show's crew. This incident would later become comedic material for the rest of the presenters to comment on and become part of the news the next day.[2] (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/16/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main655962.shtml)