Anna Nicole Smith was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith first gained popularity in
Playboy magazine when she won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She modeled for fashion companies, including Guess, H&M, and Heatherette.
Smith dropped out of high school in 1984, married in 1985 and divorced in 1993. In 1994, her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall resulted in speculation that she married him for his money, which she denied. Following Marshall's death in 1995, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate. Her cases reached the Supreme Court of the United States:
Marshall v. Marshall on a question of federal jurisdiction and
Stern v. Marshall on a question of bankruptcy court authority.
Smith died in February 2007 in Hollywood, Florida of a combined drug intoxication.