Model Anna Nicole Smith: The tragic life of the America’s Playmate

Anna Nicole Smith, originally Vickie Lynn Hogan, was born in 1967 in Mexia, Texas. She was also known to some as Vickie Lynn Smith and Nikki Hart.  (L. Cohen/WireImage)

Anna Nicole Smith was an American model, actress, and TV personality. In 1993, she won “Playboy” magazine’s “Playmate of the Year.”  (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

1993 “Playboy” Playmate Anna Nicole Smith photographed as dressed as Marilyn Monroe. (Laurence Cottrell/Liaison Agency/Newsmakers)

Smith dropped out of high school in 1984. She married Billy Smith a year later and the pair divorced in 1993. (Kypros/Getty Images)

Smith smiles with her wedding ring in 1990. (Barry King/WireImage)

In 1994, Smith married 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall. After he died, her court battle for his estate made its way to the Supreme Court. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Smith at the Video Software Dealers Association in Dallas, Texas in 1995. (Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Anna Nicole Smith had two children, son Daniel Wayne Smith and daughter Dannielynn Birkhead, originally born Hannah Rose Marshall Stern. Daniel is a child from her first marriage to Billy Smith. Larry Birkhead is the paternity father of Dannielynn. He and Smith weren’t together at the time of Dannielynn’s birth. Daniel passed away in 2006. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Smith at the 2004 Kentucky Derby. Her daughter Dannielynn Birkhead attends the derby with her father, Larry Birkhead. (Mike Simons/Getty Images)

Smith passed away in 2007 from an accidental drug overdose. Her funeral was held on March 2, 2007, in the Bahamas. (ROBERT SULLIVAN/AFP via Getty Images)