| Billionaire's widow Anna Nicole Smith dies
HOLLYWOOD: Anna Nicole Smith, the small-town Texas girl turned Playboy Playmate who became a tabloid fixture while fighting all the way to the US Supreme Court over the estate of her elderly billionaire husband, has died in Florida at the age of 39.
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HUGH HEFNER'S TRIBUTE... VIEW VIDEO Smith, a statuesque blonde who also gained fame as an actress for Guess jeans, died at a local hospital shortly after she was reported needing medical help at her Florida hotel room by a private nurse, police said. Authorities said an autopsy would be conducted to determine the cause of death. The sudden death of Smith came just five months after Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel Smith, died in the Bahamas three days after the birth of her daughter.
Too much botox?
The X-Factor judge has had several cosmetic procedures - including a face lift, tummy tuck, neck lift and a boob job - and has regular Botox injections - but her daughter thinks it makes her look odd sometimes. "Sometimes mum has gone too far with the Restylane and Botox and ended up looking extremely surprised, said Kelly. .
Grant helps JCJC replace 1,500 trees
ELLISVILLE - The foliage thickens. Horticulture and forestry students at Jones County Junior College are cultivating more than 1,500 hardwood seedlings for eventual replanting on campus, in Ellisville, Laurel and beyond, thanks to a recent grant worth more than $43,600 from the Mississippi Forestry Commission. .
Self-esteem booster
BACK when my eyes were still wide with innocence, the only unrealistic standard of beauty thrown in my face every single day was Barbie. And I knew she wasnt realno one I knew looked like her. The thought of comparing her blonde hair, perfect waist and curves to my dark locks, protruding tummy and baby fat never entered my mind. She, to me, was just another toy. Little girls have it much tougher nowadays. Unrealistic standards of beauty are imposed on them every single day. On television, in magazines, on the Internet. Photoshopped pictures, plastic surgery queens, crash diets left and right. The Olsen Twins, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton are on every other fashion cover. Long-term self-esteem Studies have shown that a girls view of beauty during her formative years (6-17 years old) may have a negative or positive impact on her long-term self-esteem.
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