Defining a Pop Icon
With the news of Anna Nicole Smith's mysterious death, her status as an American pop icon is seemingly cemented -- after all, she died beautiful, young, and controversially. But what exactly made her a pop icon, and how do we define that illusive status? Some of the hundreds of related news articles now swiftly appearing online about Anna Nicole Smith's life and death try to define her in what ultimately becomes a complex, rich identity: high-school dropout, teenage mother, small-town wife, film actress, topless dancer, pinup girl, Playboy model, Marilyn Monroe wannabee, single mother, reality-show star, ditzy blonde, blonde bombshell, wife of an oil tycoon, widow, money-grabber, grieving mother, clothing designer, product endorser....the list can go on and on.
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