Anna Nicole Smith's Roads (Portishead)

This is a tribute to Anna Nicole Smith. This is a RE-edited version of the second half of a video I had originally made which got taken down for nudity. I have now re-done the second half, so it is edited even more. The original was called "Anna Nicole Smith Playgirl Roads Edited".
Clips from Playboy: The Complete Anna Nicole Collection. No Infringement intended. The song is "Roads" by Portishead. The song "Playgirl" is no longer in the video, although it is in the credits. I could not take it out. It was the song in the first half of the video.

Anna Nicole was born November 28th 1968 and passed on February 8th, 2007, just months after giving birth to a baby girl, Dannielynn and losing her son, Daniel, 3 days apart in 2006. Anna was Miss May 1992, Playmate Of The Year (PMOY) 1993, became the face of Guess Jeans beating out Claudia Schiffer and bringing back into style the voluptuous pin-up style look, most strikingly resembling Marilyn Monroe, as opposed to the then (and now) popular look of the waif model. Anna was a face for Lane Bryant, when she got heavier, advocating for women of all sizes. She starred in many small roles and B-style movies. Her biggest role being Naked Gun 33 1/3, she had always wanted to be taken more seriously as an actress. Before she died, she acted in and son Daniel produced the straight to DVD comedy, Ilegal Aliens, often poking fun at her self as she did in what she may now be most famous for, The Anna Nicole Show. She was involved in litigation for most of her life with her texas oil tycoon husband, J.Howard Marshall's son, Pierce Marshall about money that she says her husband left her. Her case went all the way to the supreme court. However, she was in debt when she died, and considering both parties (son & wife of J.Howard Marshall, as well as Anna's son, Daniel) have now passed on and no one left alive knew J.Howard, it is not known whether the case will be continued. During the latter half of her life, with her weight going up and down in front of the world, with some merciless critics, she became the spokeswoman for Trimspa. The pounds seemed to melt away, and anyone who had kicked her while she was down for being heavy was put in their place. After Daniel's death Anna "needed someone (she knew) wouldn't leave (her)" and held a commitment ceremony with best friend/attorney, Howard K. Stern in the Bahamas, where she had moved in 2006. Now standing accused of being a principal enabler (the first person in the U.S or Canada,at least to be charged as an enabler) amongst other charges, besides Daniel, Stern was one consistent in Anna's life. She had been stalked, used and abused. After a lengthy court battle for her body, mostly contended by estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, Anna was laid to rest next to her son Daniel in Lakeview Memorial located in Nassau Providence in the Bahamas.

Anna was a lot of things, from a bimbo blonde to a savvy buisness woman, someone with childlike innocence who would then openly announce she was in heat. A small-town Texas girl with a BIG personality. A knockout blonde bombshell who had a public battle with her weight (and speculated other vices). A little girl so sensitive the thought of anyone saying a negative thing about her could bring her near tears, yet she made fun of herself on The Anna Nicole Show and was definitely in on the joke. A woman who longed to be left alone away from the media circus who "love(d) (her) papparazzi". A scorned daughter and a loving mother. And whether she was big or small, she was always gorgeous. And she always had something to say, whether you liked it or not! She will always be missed and never forgotten. R.I.P Devilish Angel, be at peace with Daniel.

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[elstadkelli]

SO BEAUTIFUL! This made me tear up..so sad. I miss her so terribly! XoXoXoXo

[iloveannanicole]

@elstadkelli Thanks doll. Me too.

I used to have a longer version of this video, it was 2 songs, the 1st one was to a song called "Playgirl" (I plan on making another video to that song at some point because it's fun & upbeat like Anna) the 1st half, but they took it down for nudity even tho it was edited out.I even paid someone to edit for me, & youtube still said it was against their guidelines.This second half/version I knew didn't have anything in it, so I cut the first part off & re-posted.

[iloveannanicole]

@elstadkelli It just sucked after all that work, & especially after even paying someone to edit it out to make sure it fit with guidelines, but they still took it down, and I don't know if you've ever had a video taken down before, but if it doesn't have to do with copyright, you have NO way to fight it (even if it has to do with copyright, it has been pretty bad for taking stuff down but if it doesn't), you just have to agree you did something wrong or else you can't even get on to your account

[Egglesplork]

_____I don't care if people DO think me a scumbag for saying what I'm gonna say. It needs being said before somebody else dies. Drugs killed Miss Smith. Drugs killed her because of her taking them. If there was some way to take those things outta her hands before those hands put them to her mouth, then Miss Smith would be alive today. People don't deserve to die from substances. There, I've said it. Trash-talk me all you want, but it's not gonna bring her back? Maybe we can save Lohan.

[iloveannanicole]

I don't think anyone would trash talk you or deny that....However, Anna's case was far different from someone like Lindsay Lohan's. She wasn't out partying at the time of her death, she was suffering from chronic pain, pain from a c-section, and the emotional and physical pain from losing her son. She may have gone overboard, but she also needed the drugs that were prescribed to her.

[xblindxpainx]

VIDEO IS AWESOME! I am a big fan of Anna since long time ago, it makes me upset people talk a lot of shit about her, they dont even knew about her, she might have done mistakes but its not their fukin business, people say she was a drug addict, huh? so was marilyn monroe we all saw the resent video of her doing drugs, but people justify her with Marilyn had a bad life, u should understand her, Annas life was WORSE.

why dnt u understnd her 2?, dnt get me wrong, I LOVE MARILYN, I hate unfair ppl

[KeepTrue56]

nice video.

i rated 5 stars.

anna was beautiful.

[lisalovesannanicole]

I finally made a tribute video of my own (after admiring yours for so long!) in honor of the 5th annivesary of Anna's death: Anna Nicole Smith - A Loving Tribute

[lisalovesannanicole]

I miss you ANS! Love you! You will always be my idol!

[iloveannanicole]

@lisalovesannanicole I think this comment was meant for me & I never got it because it looks like you accidently replied to yourself, but thank you so much. It means a lot to me that I can touch other fans. I'm so glad you like it so much. That's part of why I made it. <3

[lisalovesannanicole]

2/8/07: Four short years ago we lost Anna Nicole. I miss her every single day. RIP Anna. I will ALWAYS love you!

[lisalovesannanicole]

@lisalovesannanicole You are SO welcome! Everytime I watch this tribute video I cry. Someone from MySpace actually e-mailed it to me as a comment and I saved it to my "favorites." I click on it practically every day and watch it. I miss her so much. I have been a fan of hers since day one and I've made some beautiful friendships with fellow Anna fans since her death. Thank you again! I am an Anna fan, as well as YOUR fan for creating this tribute to her.