A Tribute To Anna Nicole Smith

This is my official tribute to Anna. May everything good she done shine in our memories, and everything not so good be forgiven and forgotten.

She was a model and an actress. Her birth name was Vickie Lynn Hogan, born on November 28, 1967 in Mexia, Texas. Anna Nicole Smith rose to fame as a model for Guess jeans and for Playboy magazine. She was even named Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1993. In 1994 she appeared in Naked Gun 33 1/3 and The Hudsucker Proxy.

Anna was a high school dropout. She had a hard childhood, growing up without her father who had left the family. She married Billy Smith, a guy who flipped burgers. They had a son named Daniel in 1984. Later they were divorced. Anna didn't let that stop her dreams of becoming the next Marilyn Monroe.

To get to Marilyn Monroe status Anna had to work her way up. She had been a waitress and then a dancer at a strip club. There is met J. Howard Marshall II, a Texas oil tycoon. She was 26 and J. Howard was 89 when they married, The following year after they were married he died. This meant for Anna years of fighting for her portion of her husband's estate. After many years it went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006. The court's decision opened the door to Anna Nicole Smith collecting some money from her late husband's estate.

Some how Anna stayed in the spotlight despite all her many tribulations. She was in many celebrity magazines and tabloids. She started her own reality show called The Anna Nicole Show in 2002. In which television viewers got an inside look at the life which was anything but ordinary in which Anna at times seemed disoriented or confused, but always fascinating. Sadly the show went off the air in 2004. But that didn't stop Anna. She was still in the spotlight. She was often shown in the company of Howard K. Stern, her attorney.

For many years Anna struggled in controlling her weight. She became a spokesperson for Trimspa. She had much success with losing the weight. She looked sexier than ever. She then returned to acting. Her son Daniel worked beside her on a new project. It was a movie in which she had the starring role in a science fiction-comedy Illegal Aliens.

In the summer of 2006 she announced that she was pregnant. On September 7 she had little Dannielynn. But the happy moment was short lived. Just three days later her son had died from a drug overdose. Anna was heartbroken. Something she never recovered from. The investigation into his death remains ongoing.

Sadly on Febuary 8, 2007 Anna was found unconscious in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Later she was pronounced dead. She was only 39. Most believe that it had been drugs that killed her.

Now an on going battle rages on for her daughter Dannielynn. Who is the father? Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead, Prince Frederick or could it be some other guy we don't know about yet?

After her death, she has been compared to many of Hollywood'’s beautiful women who died too young, including Jean Harlow and Smith'’s personal favorite, Marilyn Monroe.

We will miss you sweet Anna!