Anna Nicole Smith: The Gatsby tale

The story of America’s vastly misunderstood pop culture icon

Natasha Piggott

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Source: Wikimedia Commons

Anna Nicole Smith, the once dazzling star of America, the Guess poster girl, the Playboy playmate of the month, the 90’s Marilyn Monroe, began life as Vickie Lynn Hogan. She came from a world of poverty, closed doors and small-town life and she wanted more. What Vickie wanted was the American Dream, the…

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Natasha Piggott

Cambridge master’s student, literature grad and a semi-amateur writer.