Anna Nicole Smith: Playboy Playmate and Model Dies at 39

Anna Nicole Smith was an American model and television personality. Born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967, in Houston, Texas, she worked as a dancer before modeling.

She appeared in Guess jeans ads, was named Playboy Playmate of the Year in 1993, and starred in the E! reality series The Anna Nicole Show. In 1994 she married billionaire oilman J. Howard Marshall II, who died the next year, and her long legal fight over his estate reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

Her son Daniel died in September 2006, days after the birth of her daughter, Dannielynn. Smith died on February 8, 2007, at a hotel in Hollywood, Florida, at age 39. The medical examiner ruled her death an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

Achievements: Playboy Playmate of the Year (1993), Guess model.

Birth: November 28, 1967 - Houston, Texas.

Profession: Model and television personality.

Interesting Facts: Her estate case was heard twice by the U.S. Supreme Court.