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Anna Nicole Smith's Net Worth as of 2024
$50 Million

Vickie Lynn Hogan was born on 28 November 1967, in Houston, Texas USA, and as Anna Nicole Smith she was widely known as a model, and a socialite who apparently married an octogenarian for his money – pursued at length through the courts following his death two years after their marriage. Anna herself died in 2007.

So just how rich was Anna Nicole Smith? Sources estimate that Anna had a net worth which at the time of her death was over $50 million, earned through acting, modeling and appearing on various television shows, plus inheritance.

Anna Nicole Smith Net Worth $50 Million

Anna Nicole was raised largely by her aunt in Mexia, Texas, attending the local high school but dropping-out at 16. She met and married her first husband a year later, when he was 16 and they were working at Jim’s Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia. They had a son a year later and separated a year after that. Anna Nicole worked at Wal-Mart, and as a waitress before she became a stripper, and in 1991 she began taking modeling and voice lessons, shortly after which she auditioned for ‘Playboy’ magazine.

Anna Nicole became famous and her net worth jumped significantly after she became a model for ‘Playboy’ magazine. However, she also became known for her somewhat deviant behaviour. Being 24 years old she posed for ‘Playboy’ magazine, and attracted the attention of Paul Marciano who made Nicole a jeans model. This contract increased Anna Nicole’s net worth significantly, however she also continued working with ‘Playboy’ which increased her popularity, too. In 1993, Anna Nicole Smith was  Playboy’s Playmate of the Year.

A year later Anna Nicole decided to try acting and appeared in films ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’ directed by Joel Coen, ‘Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult’ written and directed by David Zucker, ‘To the Limit’ directed by Raymond Martino, and ‘Skyscraper’ directed by Raymond Martino. She also took part in  episodes of television series including ‘Sin City Spectacular’, ‘Ally McBeal’, ‘NYUK’ and others. In 2002, Anna Nicole Smith net worth jumped when the reality show about her daily life called ‘The Anna Nicole Show’ was broadcast. Furthermore, Anna Nicole was starred in ‘Wasabi Tuna’ directed by Lee Friedlander, in which she characterized herself, and had a cameo role in the  film directed by F. Gary Gray ‘Be Cool’, that added to Smith’s net worth as well.

In her less than private personal life, married twice, firstly to Billy Smith as mentioned above, at then at twenty-six years old Anna Nicole Smith married her second husband, billionaire J. Howard Marshall II, who was eighty-nine years old at the time of marriage. Smith declared that she loved her husband though during their marriage she allegedly had a number of affairs with celebrities including Clay Spires, Scott Baio, Clay Spires, Jonathan McManus, Larry Birkhead (DNA establishing him as her daughter’s father) and others. Her second husband died in 2006, leaving Anna  pregnant with her daughter Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, who DNR tests later proved paternity to Howard K. Stern, the attorney. Five months later, Anna Nicole Smith was found dead in a hotel room after overdosing on prescribed drugs.

Started with Net Worth Post in September 2014. Before that, Senior Writer at Creative Horizons. Earned a Journalism degree from Northwestern University.

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Emily Didonato Net Worth

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Emily DiDonato was born on the 24th February 1991, in Goshen, New York City USA, of Native American, Irish and Italian ancestry and is best known for being a model. Currently, she is signed to IMG Model, and works worldwide. Didonato has been active in the modelling industry since 2008.

How much is the net worth of Emily Didonato? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $2 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. Modelling is the main source of her wealth.

Emily Didonato Net Worth $2 Million

To begin with, the girl was raised in Goshen, Orange County. She first signed with modelling agency Request Model Management in 2008 at the age of 17, after her friends encouraged her to try modelling. A year later, when she matriculated from high school, she moved to New York City to pursue a modelling career.

Concerning her professional career, at the beginning Maybelline chose her to become the face of the company. At the same time, Emily DiDonato posed for Guess by Marciano, Victoria’s Secret and Ralph Lauren Rugby. She appeared in an editorial of the Italian Vanity Fair, and worked for Rag & Bone and Givenchy. In 2010, she lent her image to Calvin Klein, Nicole Farhi, Eres and Ralph Lauren Jeans, and she also became the face of the perfume Acqua di Gioia by Giorgio Armani. She was seen in the pages of magazines Number Tokyo, France Number, Harper’s Bazaar UK and Marie Claire Spain. Among others, she has also appeared twice in Love Magazine.

The model has also worked for such fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton, Loewe and Giles. In 2011, she represented Replay Jeans, Chanel and posed for Industry and Dazed & Confused magazines. In 2012, she appeared in advertisements including Trussardi, Longchamp, True Religion, Missoni for Lindex and Lucky Brand Jeans, and was photographed for Vogue Mexico, Helmet Magazine, Allure and Rika Magazine, and also appeared in the advent calendar of the Love Magazine website. In 2013, Emily posed in advertisements for Elie Tahari, Just Cavalli, shoe designer Brian Atwood and Juicy Couture. Many magazines chose her to appear in their editorials too, for example Harper’s Bazaar (twice), Gray Magazine (twice), Vogue Paris (three times), Vogue España (twice) and a number of other popular magazines. She also posed for the famous Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. That year, Didonato was listed the 26th best paid model in the world. In 2014, she participated in an advertising campaign for the brand Calzedonia.

To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the overall size of Emily Didonato net worth. She is dreaming about the career as the actress, too.

Finally, in the personal life of Emily, she was a couple with Justin Hopwood, a South African model working for Abercrombie & Fitch from 2010 to 2012. From March to April 2013, she was dating with the actor Jake Gyllenhaal, then for three years since, she has been in a relationship with Kyle Peterson, and at the end of 2016, Emily announced their engagement.

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Born as Latasha Rochelle Frieson on the 11th January 1976 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA, Tasha is a reality TV star, best known to the world for her appearance in the VH1’s reality series “Basketball Wives” (2013). She is married to former National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Stephon Marbury, therefore her last name is Marbury.

Have you ever wondered how rich Tasha Marbury is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Marbury’s net worth is as high as $45 million, an amount earned through her successful career on TV, however, she has also benefited from marrying the basketball star.

Tasha Marbury Net Worth $45 Million

A Winston-Salem native, Tasha grew up living in a household that comprised her two siblings and single mother. After matriculating from high school, Tasha enrolled at North Carolina State University, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology in 1998. She then furthered her studies by obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey two years later. Even before she finished her studies, Tasha married Stephon Marbury, in 1999.

Tasha was projected to appear in the first season of the “Basketball Wives”, however, Stephon objected to that decision, and as a result, Tasha missed out on her potential TV career start. However, that changed in 2013, when she joined Suzie Ketcham, Tami Roman, Evelyn Lozada, and Shaunie O’Neal in the fifth season of the highly popular reality show. Thanks to her engagement in the reality program, Tasha’s net worth increased by a large degree.

There is minimal information about Tasha’s life otherwise, except for a 2011 court case in which she was denied insurance payments after handing over jewelry to a valuer, who she claimed had stolen the pieces – the court decided that as she had voluntarily handed over the jewelry, then technically it had not been stolen. She alleged that therefore she was close to a million dollars out of pocket!

Regarding her personal life, Tasha and Stephon have been married since 1999; the two are parents of Xaviera Marbury and Stephon Marbury II, while Tasha is stepmother to Stephon’s daughter, Stephanie, which is a product of one of his previous relationships.

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Liu Wen Net Worth

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Liu Wen was born on the 27th January 1988, in Yongzhou, Hunan, China, and is a model, currently signed with The Society Management. During her career, Liu has achieved several notable accomplishments, including becoming the first East Asian model to participate in Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and Estée Lauder’s first spokesmodel of East Asian descent, among other endeavors.

Have you ever wondered how rich Liu Wen is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Wen’s net worth is as high as $35 million, an amount earned through her successful career in the fashion modeling industry, which has been active since 2005. Thanks to her successful career, she has been included in Forbes magazine’s highest-paid models list, the first Asian model to achieve such a ranking.

Liu Wen Net Worth $35 Million

Liu grew up in a working class family, which only drove her towards success. When she reached her teens, her mother steered her towards modeling, telling her to cut down on her weight and eat healthy food. Also, Liu began competing in modeling contests and she was soon ‘discovered’. Then in 2005 her professional career started, when she competed in the New Silk Road World Model Contest, and although not victorious, she then started working as a model, very soon for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, which are extremely popular magazines in her native China, therefore becoming a star in the country.

Two years after her successful start, Liu began working with German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, and fashion house Viktor & Rolf, and caught the attention of the international fashion industry, marking the start of her international career. In 2008 she was a part of the Paris Fashion Week, and signed a contract with a fashion agency.

The same year Liu appeared firstly for Burberry, and then closed the Trussardi show in Milan. She continued to grace runways in Paris, walking for Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier and Hermès, and becoming one of the most sought-after models, so in 2009 appearing in 74 shows including in London, Paris, Milan and New York, while the following year she made 70 major appearances, which made her the second most booked model, after Constance Jablonski. In 2009 she graced the runway for Victoria’s Secret Fashion show, the first Chinese model to appear, and then a part of Victoria’s Secret shows consecutively from 2010 throughout 2016, significantly lifting her net worth.

In 2010 she also became the first spokesmodel of East Asian descent for Estée Lauder, and two years later, she appeared on the cover of The New York Times and did an editorial for their Style “T” Magazine’s Travel Issue. In 2014, Liu she graced the cover of Vogue China’s November issue, and for that she wore an Apple Watch. Most recently Liu appeared on the front cover of the American Vogue, the 125th Anniversary March 2017 issue, and by that became the first Asian model to achieve such a thing.

During her successful career, Liu has also campaigned for Roberto Cavalli, Calvin Klein, Diesel, Hugo Boss, Oscar de la Renta, Alexander Wang and many others, while she appeared in such magazines as Vogue Germany, GQ, Pop Magazine, British Vogue and Numéro, all of which added a substantial amount to her wealth.

Regarding her personal life, Liu is single and has stated that she has never had a boyfriend. She is good friends with her colleagues Constance Jablonski, Lindsey Wixson, Du Juan, Joan Small, and several other Chinese models, including Fei Fei Sun, Xiao Wen Ju among others.

In several interviews, Liu has stated that she plans to launch an acting career in the upcoming years, but that she would also like to work as a stylist or fashion designer, but for the time being remains fully focused on her modeling career.

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Her vast popularity has been reflected in her Instagram and Weibo accounts, on which she has garnered a massive fan base. Due to her extreme popularity online, American Vogue dubbed her as a leader in the digital movement, and she was mentioned in their April 2014 issue as by far the most popular model online.

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