Anna Nicole Smith: The Gatsby tale
The story of America’s vastly misunderstood pop culture icon
8 min readNov 26, 2020
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…