When they first met, the then Vickie Lynn Hogan and Sandi Powledge were just friends. But over time that friendship turned into a tumultuous love affair.
Long ago, before blond bombshell Anna Nicole Smith left Houston to find international fortune and fame, she fell in love with a girlfriend who would become her closest companion for three years.Before stardom ever cast a spotlight on the fallen actress and model, before Smith vaulted into the upper stratosphere of wealth by marrying an 89-year-old Houston oil tycoon, before allegations of drug abuse and gold digging ran rampant, it was just Sandi and Vickie.

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ANNA NICOLE SMITH 1967-2007

1967 – Vickie Lynn Hogan is born in Houston, Texas. Growing up she tells her family she wants to be the next Marilyn Monroe.

1985 – A 17-year-old Vickie meets Billy Smith while working in a fried chicken restaurant and marries him.

1986 – Vickie gives birth to Daniel Wayne Smith and separates from her husband a year later. She becomes an exotic dancer at a nightclub.
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