| Anna Nicole Smith was born Vicky Lynn Marshall on | | | | named Billy Wayne Smith who was a cook at the |
| 28th November, 1967. She married J. Howard Marshall, | | | | very same restaurant. She became pregnant with her |
| an elderly oil business executive, which became highy | | | | first son who she named Daniel Wayne Smith. In 1993, |
| publicized due to the substantial age difference of 63 | | | | they filed for divorce Anna Nicole and her son moved |
| years. She denied the allegations that she only married | | | | back to Huston. Upon moving back to her home town, |
| the man for his money. After the death of her | | | | she took a job at WalMart in addition to some |
| husband, Anna Nicole Smith was sued by the family of | | | | waitressing work. It was around this time that she |
| Mr. Marshall over his estate. The case made it all the | | | | started modeling and taking singing lessons. She |
| way to the U.S. Supreme Court. | | | | eventually auditioned for Playboy, which became the |
| Anna Nicole Smith was born in Houston. She was the | | | | proverbial springboard for her carrier. |
| only child of Donald Eugene Hogan and Virgie Mae | | | | She was picked by Hugh Hefner for the March, 1992 |
| Tabers. Her parents divorced early in her life and she | | | | issue, and she appeared on the cover. In the year of |
| was ultimately raised by her mother and aunt Elaine | | | | 1993, she became the model of choice for the clothing |
| Tabers who also happened to be the wife of her | | | | company Guess. |
| mother's brother Melvin Tabers. | | | | Marriage to Marshall: While Anna was performing at a |
| Anna Nicole Smith attended Durkee Elementary | | | | Strip club in Houston, she met the elderly oil business |
| School and Aldine Middle School both in Houston, | | | | billionaire J. Marshall and their relationship ended up in |
| Texas. When Anna Nicole was in 9th grade, she was | | | | marriage in the year 1997. |
| placed in the care of her mother's younger sister who | | | | In the year 2007, her oldest son died, and she gave |
| lived in Mexia, Texas. This is where she attended high | | | | birth her second son. The same year Anna Nicole |
| school, but she dropped out during her freshman year. | | | | collapsed and died in a hotel in Florida. An accidental |
| Immediately afterwords, she took a waitress's job at a | | | | drug overdose was later ruled out as the cause of her |
| small restaurant called Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in | | | | death. |
| Mexia. Anna Nicole Smith later married to a man | | | | |