When You Wished Upon A Star By Melissa Byrum
The Evolution of Anna Nicole Smith.
This article has been a long time coming. I have hauled the book around with me most every where I go. Reading it again and again searching for the right parts to cover.
The first part that I wrote concerning Missy’s book about Anna Nicole came pretty easy. But after the inquest where a Bahamian jury was basically told what verdict to come back with, I exchanged emails with Missy and she was devastated. She was once a loving caretaker of Daniel Smith. The tow headed happy little guy that adored his mother as well as his grandmother whom he called ‘Mee Maw”. Missy was there to see it. She lived it. And to tell it, she bravely revealed parts of herself that I am positive she never would have wanted under public scrutiny. Her grief however was not for herself, but for Anna Nicole Smith’s mother.
Missy felt that the facts needed to be told and she did a fine job of doing so. So what I will do here is excerpt some of the misconceptions of Anna Nicole’s early years and some of the early year fiction that has become present day tall tales as well, as written by Melissa Byrum.
Daniel lived with Virgie after she brought Anna Nicole and Daniel back from Mexia when she and Billy Smith broke up. Actually, the way it was is that Anna Nicole’s belongings lived with Virgie and she spent weekends there when she was not working. Missy did not find this out until she spoke to Virgie in 2007. She always wondered about the nightly phone call which was to tell Virgie that she would not be home.
Daniel finally moved in with his mother when he was six years old. It took him awhile to adjust as he severely missed his Grandmother.
Missy and her friend who called herself “Nicki” shared stories about their childhood with each other. Missy’s childhood was horrible and as Anna Nicole Smith was born, so was a re-creation of Missy’s childhood as Anna Nicole’s own.
Before her death, Missy recalls that ANS recited one of her stories verbatim on Entertainment Tonight. Missy expressed sympathy for the pain that Virgie must have felt over the years being portrayed as a villain in a fabricated childhood.
While ANS was still working as an exotic dancer, she lived in fear of the embarrassment that she would feel if her mother ever found out that she was stripping for a living. But the money was too good and it was hard to break away.
ANS took Missy to Virgie’s house one day. She had described her mother as an unreasonable insensitive tyrant who was dirt poor. Missy said that she was shocked to arrive at a neat well maintained brick home. Although nervous to meet Virgie, Missy found her to have a great sense of humor and was a typical caring mother.
A date of Anna Nicole’s had stolen her ID’s with checkbook and had written checks all over Houston. Ultimately, Virgie got involved to help clean up the mess. At the same time, Virgie found about how ANS was making a living.
The story went that she came to the club where Anna Nicole was working and dragged her out by the hair. In a recent conversation with the club manager, Missy discovered that was not true. Virgie walked into the club with another officer and asked for Anna Nicole. They then walked calmly out of the club. Virgie was concerned about the lifestyle that usually comes with taking your clothes off for a living.
Missy said that while ANS may have bettered herself financially, she never lost the “dancer mentality”. However, various rumors have floated around saying that Anna Nicole was turning tricks. Missy said that is absolutely not true. She made thousands of dollars dancing and that is all she did.
Here is one that I am sure we will all enjoy. Anna Nicole and Missy were working one night when a man came up to Anna Nicole and wanted to hire her for a “big pile of cash” to dress up in S&M gear and berate him while he cleaned his house. Anna Nicole said to the man, “No way you freak. What’s wrong with you?” Missy said that they laughed about it for years to come. So no matter how much money was offered, Anna Nicole wanted nothing to do with “freaks” that practice S&M.
Anna Nicole praised her mother after she had gotten the huge breast implants and came down with a horrible infection. She told Missy that she credited her mother with her recovery as Virgie had stayed with her all though the ordeal until she was well again.
Skipping ahead to 1992, Missy recollects that Virgie and Anna Nicole spoke often on the phone. She says that Anna Nicole was often unfair to her mother for fear that she wanted to replace ANS as Daniel’s mother. Anna Nicole’s mother reassured her that no such thoughts existed.
Sometimes they went out for cocktails. One night Anna Nicole and Virgie were reminiscing about some of the stunts that ANS had pulled. They laughed as Anna Nicole described a time when she had been blitzed out of her mind and could not believe that she was tearing up her own apartment and attacked her own mother. Virgie handcuffed her to get her under control. For rumor mongers, that would be the story that ANS told about an alleged beating that she received when she was 21.
Concerning Daniels baby pictures that Anna Nicole asked for and was allegedly never given. This did not happen after Daniels death. It happened long ago and this is how it went… After J. Howard Marshall had bought Anna Nicole her dream ranch, she told Missy that Virgie was going to give her Daniels baby pictures and she instructed Missy to copy them and get them returned to her mother. Virgie and Anna Nicole set up a date to hand over the pictures but Anna Nicole later had to cancel. There was never another date set to copy the photos.
It turns out that Anna Nicole’s mother Virgie had kept a dark secret from her but the truth came out after Anna Nicole had hired a private investigator to find her father. She flew him to Los Angeles and had a reunion with him and her half brother Donnie who Missy says was a really nice young man. Virgie had never let Anna Nicole see her father. Here is why and Missy stepped into the truth by accident.
Anna’s Aunt Kay was living at one of Anna Nicole’s houses when Missy went to check on Daniel at Anna’s request. Missy told Kay that Anna Nicole had just had a reunion with her father. All the color drained from Kay’s face. When Missy asked her what was wrong Kay told Missy the reason that Virgie had left Anna Nicole’s father was because he had raped Kay when she was just 10 years old. He served some time for it. Anna Nicole’s reaction to the news is not noted in the book. Could it be that the reason that Anna never attempted to hook up with dear old Dad could have been hearing about what he did to her Aunt Kay?
This book is full of facts about Anna Nicole from the day that Missy met her when she hired on as a dancer thinking that she would be dancing in her bathing suit to the day that Anna Nicole became so successful that she morphed from the shy scared Nicki that Missy loved into Anna Nicole Smith. Someone that was a stranger to Missy.
Reading the book, I could tell that Missy had a mighty love for her dear sweet Nicki but rumors had to be dispelled and the truth told about the metamorphous of a shy but stunning young girl who made a name for herself as an international icon.
Missy recently prevailed in a lawsuit against Eric Redding, the author of “Great Big Beautiful Doll”. In their book, Redding and his wife D’eva made defamatory statements about an elevator that Anna Nicole and Missy were in on Bourbon Street. They also claimed that Missy and Anna met in 1992 which was long after they actually met. See the order resolving claims by Ms. Byrum. Also an interview as explained by Missy’s husband Rick Duncan that will help with understanding the terms of the lawsuit.
I would like to end with this excerpt from the end of the book.
This concerns the infamous “Mommy Dearest” interview, one of Anna Nicole’s last. It was filmed and broadcast by Entertainment Tonight. This is the interview that is now being litigated in Federal and possibly State court in Texas. You can read the actual filings in our “Legal Document” section. As Missy watched the “battle rage on” in the Florida court concerning Anna Nicole’s final resting place, these were her thoughts.
Missy writes; That interview is one of the single most disturbing and unsettling things I have seen concerning Nicki to this day. As I was watching the whole thing unfold on Fox News, it occurred to me that if I hadn’t been there to see the whole thing happen, I would have felt as sorry for Nicki as I now do for Virgie. The way Nicki was shaking in the interview, her misplaced anger visible in every gesture and word, made me realize how far over the edge she had gone. I think she was actually delusional at this point, and with Howard Stern coaching her along, it was apparent that her perception of her relationship with her mother had been completely skewed. I couldn’t help but ask myself how Tokyo Rose ended up in an American Courtroom…
You can purchase Missy’s book at the link to your right or visit her at http://www.annaandmissy.com/
May 15th, 2008 at 3:37 am
I sure wish Hugh Hefner had taken that little boy under his wing, like he did Vickie, LOL.
Of course, he was Billy’s kid, or ‘that kid’…
Gosh, Thank God For Birth Control!!!
May 15th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Thank you, QV. Excellent article and one that I was hoping you would write.
Missy is the ONE person that I believe…all the other books written about Anna that I’ve read, just don’t ‘do it’ for me.
When I need some sanity from all the BS on the blogs these days, I come right here to read your articles!
May 15th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Glad I never stripped, came real close, coaxed by my ‘loving friend’ Mary…God Rest Her Soul.
Misery loves company.
But, hey there’s equal blame…what about those sexy cooks, and childhood sweethearts, and what about all that money ‘making it’ the easy way…
Hefner I’d sure like to have a talk with you and what you’ve done for the USofA with your BA.
Isn’t that it? or was it an MBA?
LOL
Men are supposed to be big and strong right?
Bet he loves Hillary!!!
Yet, no way because I’m sure he loves his money and doesn’t want to pay anymore taxes, and who does?
So, I bet he’s a McCain man, LOL!!!
Behind the curtain, when you vote, nobody knows…
Good thing…because I highly doubt ‘it’ counts. After all we don’t know what the heck’s going on…or at least I hope not!!!
I’d rather leave that up to the one’s in charge.
Then my conscience is clean, at least thinking that there are really “A FEW GOOD MEN.”
May 15th, 2008 at 5:14 am
Thank you QV for another myth busting post. It is AMAZING to me how different the truth actually is from the….well you know. I am very proud to say that I own this book, and have read it at least 3 times so far!!! I also own everything else that has been PRINTED about ANS, and this book is refreshing, to say the least. To hear facts about her life from someone who was THERE with her for MANY years, who loved her, and who was truly her friend. Thank you both for getting the TRUTH out……..
May 15th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Thank you QV. You did an excellent review of Missy’s book! I think Missy has incredible courage and irreplacable memories of the “real” Vickie Lynn Smith. Missy is one of the individuals who can tell the truth about Anna’s early life, and the Sternoids hate her for it. LOL…I adore her, not because she knew Vicki, but because she is a tremendously likeable person, in and of herself! Much like you are QV. I hope both of you keep on keeping on, because I think you both have the “right” of it.
Oh, sorry, Lin….didn’t mean to ignore you!
May 15th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Great QV, You are wonderful. Red is wonderful, BamaCat, too many to name. I’m so proud to be a part of the Justice Seekers. I am trying to keep up with everything but with a new relationship it’s hard! ACK! So I’m still here, reading as often as I can. I sure miss being in the thick of it. But we have some very talented posters and funnnneeee too. Oh, I still read my paper. Thanks again PaperBoy!
May 16th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Great article, QV! I agree you and Missy are so admirable! You both are honest and willing to expose yourself for the sake of the TRUTH! And you both are strong and valiant!
Bless Virgie Arthur’s heart! She has to endure so much and yet she keeps her faith and I know she loves her baby girl and Daniel.
Three Extraordinary Women!
May 16th, 2008 at 2:36 am
Thanks all:-)
I have been trying to get these documents from the 13th, Eastern Texas division to open and finally got them. My interview in full is there and a couple more pages of Havana’s but I have not looked at the later to see what the difference is yet. These are Virgie Arthur vs Nelda (Rose) Milligan Turner and Kenneth Turner
http://annanicoleandhowardkstern.com/051308_Arthur_reply_Turner_response.pdf
http://annanicoleandhowardkstern.com/051308_Von_Waddle_full_interview.pdf
http://annanicoleandhowardkstern.com/051308_Chrystal_Baker_full_depo.pdf
May 16th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I read the book & loved it! I couldn’t put it down until I read it from cover to cover.
I have had the pleasure of corresponding w/ Missy almost daily since she came forward. I believe her book is the only honest book about Anna.
I almost feel bad calling her Anna after reading the book. LOL I want to call her Vickie Lynn. There was so many times throughout the book that it brought tears to my eyes reading about Daniel wanting to see his Mee Maw.
I believe Missy truly loved Vickie Lynn & Daniel. Missy came forward w/ information that also put herself in a bad light all for the sake of a friend. She could have stayed quiet & no one would have been the wiser but she chose to tell the truth about Virgie & Vickie Lynn’s relationship.
I think Vickie Lynn pushed those who truly cared for her away & that only left the users & the lowlifes. We see where that got her…dead…her & Daniel.
Missy, herself is a sweet, caring person.
She makes no bones about her past.
However she grew up (like most of us do), changed her life, got married & has a family.
She is to be commended for writing this book & giving us an insight into the rise of a superstar.
Too bad it was a falling star…
May 16th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Hello everyone. I would like to point out a link that has nothing to do with any religion but with a lifestyle that is really sick. I guess some people never read the bible about Sodom and Gomorrah
Nelda says that THIS is her religion.
Thanks Cat for this little peek inside the minds of demented people… HKS/BS aligned themselves with this. Oops, tried to warn them….Anna Nicole Smith thought S&M people are freaks!
Also notable that so much has been removed from the BDSM site. Don’t let yourselves be fooled. Here is a little taste of Nelda’s morality.
http://bamacatart.blogspot.com/2008/05/bdsm-fundraiser-scheduled.html
Also, if demeaning women and making slaves out of them is your thing…well…
May 16th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
I am in confusion with these women that believe you should stand up for a guy that all evidence points at him and they try to destroy others so he can be free.
Miss you Missy. I hope nobody gives money to these women.
May 17th, 2008 at 8:34 am
QV Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Hello everyone. I would like to point out a link that has nothing to do with any religion but with a lifestyle that is really sick. I guess some people never read the bible about Sodom and Gomorrah
Nelda says that THIS is her religion.
Thanks Cat for this little peek inside the minds of demented people… HKS/BS aligned themselves with this. Oops, tried to warn them….Anna Nicole Smith thought S&M people are freaks!
Also notable that so much has been removed from the BDSM site. Don’t let yourselves be fooled. Here is a little taste of Nelda’s morality.
http://bamacatart.blogspot.com/2008/05/bdsm-fundraiser-scheduled.html
Also, if demeaning women and making slaves out of them is your thing…well…
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I have a question. Can you or anyone please tell me just how it is that anyone who is supposed to be ‘terminally ill’ and confined to a wheelchair can also be into or performing this kind of SICK lifestyle? I just don’t get it!
I mean, not just like thinking about it or maybe watching, reading or whatever…but to actually perform? Give me a break…something stinks about the whole thing and the ’story line’ that’s been fed to everyone before the BDSM crap came up.
I can tell you for sure that IF I was terminally ill and confined to a wheelchair, this kind of BS filth is the LAST thing that would be in my world!
Can anyone help me out here with seeing how that is possible because I am having a huge problem with it!
BTW QV, Thank You again for the path you’ve chosen and for being you. Whatever else happens, always be assured that you made the right choice and you will be rewarded 10 fold one day.
May 17th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
We still love you Freida, please don’t stop coming here. Your always welcome and I know you are a great lady.
May 20th, 2008 at 6:31 am
Topaz,
I can’t answer for Rose but I can tell you what I have to say about it.
I, myself am bedridden. I was given 6 months MAX to live well over a year ago now. I have Pulmonary Veno Occlusive Disease as well as crippling Rheumatoid Arthritis & other medical conditions. All of my doctors (I have many specialist) are amazed each time they see me being wheeled into their office for visits.
Sex is the last thing on my mind, much less getting hung from some of the BDSM contraptions, getting my ass flogged or sitting in a corner all day. I have enough pain to deal with in my everyday life without having more inflected by someone who supposedly “loves” me. Some of the BDSM rituals are life threatening already so add to that a health issue & it should double or triple the danger. So to me it would be plain nuts to engage in it. Is her doctor aware of the dangers she exposes herself to?
My hubby of 28 years literally has had to help bathe me, wash my hair, help me to my bedside potty, and give me my shots & meds. At times when I have bad spells he has had to even wipe my ass. He cooks, cleans house, does laundry AND holds down a full time job. He has had tears in his eyes many times & told me if he could take my pain away & endure it himself he gladly would. And you know what? He has shown by his actions that I truly know that he would if he could. Now that is REAL love & that is a REAL man.
Sometimes I feel guilty about what he has to go through but he reminds me that I carried the load before he retired from the military. I raised our two children alone sometimes in a foreign country & held the fort down while he was in the field for months at a time. But that I always greeted him w/ “Welcome Home” banners & home cooking for all the soldiers to enjoy when they returned on post & waited to turn in their weapons to go home. And I took care of him when he gave his father a kidney to save his life. He had complications & nearly died himself but I never left his side. So he says now is the time for him to return the favor.
Someone’s sexual lifestyle choice is one thing but harping about being on their death bed while engaging in BDSM shows that someone has no respect to want to inflect addition pain to someone they supposedly “love”. And obviously the person on the “receiving” end has no self respect to allow it. This is my own opinion & perhaps my own upbringing but I was taught to honor & respect my spouse and expect the same in return.
May 21st, 2008 at 12:56 am
Bamacat, first I admire you so much. Second you made me cry for the silly complaining of little pains I have. I was on Suns chat a long time ago and met you there. I am a believer of what is. I mean I accept reality and love what is in my life. You are very lucky to have a husband like you do. We have to thank God for every day that he gives us and as far as Rose, it turns my stomach. Love you, Red, and QV and all that stand for Virgie.
May 21st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Cat, girl, you humble me! And I think you’ve just become one of my heros..to go through all you and endure, and still have your rapier wit and humor. I’m honored to know you, kiddo!
And if you’re truly a BAMA cat, so am I. lol…born and raised on the Tallapoosa River, kissed Kawliga every weekend for 18 years, watched the Bear walk on water, and drank Purple Cow till I puked. LMAO…I’m just one state away if ya’ need me!
May 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Dear Bamacat, I am soooooo humbled to know you. I am soo very greatful that you are soo strong and still here. I am relieved that you have such a wonderful man, as you deserve it. For you to be in your condition and do all that you do, you are AMAZING, truly amazing. I already felt bad that I don’t do more, jeezzzz….lol. I love you and appreciate you, and all that you do.((((BIG HUG))))
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:39 am
Thank you ladies! I appreciate your kind words. I have “met” many wonderful friends during this saga. I guess it is true, “something good always comes from something bad.” If not for my health & being down for the count I probably would not have followed this story & certainly not for so long.
When I think of a mother & grandmother that lost her family at such a young age & her right to know what really happened it makes me want to keep going…and going…and going…
There have been too many lies & too many cover-ups IMHO.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Guess this won’t be posted…
BamaCat…you’re a real human being, LOL.
What more can I sat since I don’t know you personally.
Sure would be nice if we were all good, what a wonderful world this would be, don’t you think?
Sure is a shame about Daniel.
I was almost a Daniel, I think…
Never that good, though.
Still think that ‘men’ could do a better job ‘running’ this world.
Of course, there will always be some that just want to blow themselves up…
Yet, if ‘WE’ could make them not, or prevent them from hurting others wouldn’t that be great!!!
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Is it true?
I still don’t like Marshall or Hefner, or Hitler, or ‘BANKS.’
“THE LOVE OF MONEY? OR IS THE LOVE OF SOMETHING ELSE…MAYBE POWER OR RESPECT OR”
So was Howard the evil?
Did he assist Anna with her ‘Marilyn Monroe’ wish?
Seems there’s a good woman behind every man…
so, is there a ‘man’ behind every good woman?
Reminds me of those Clintons and Kennedy’s and the rest of our government, and other governments…
Sure wish they’d ‘teach’ birth control…
Just basic Biology and Math, since we’re all too, stupid to know the rest, I think.
Or maybe just not quite good enough?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
BamaCat Says:
May 20th, 2008 at 6:31 am
Cat if I may call you that,
Though we have not talked in depth on this saga nor do we agree on alot. I have to say your post was unbelievable….. This is something I agree with you on. I believe if two people love each other and are comited to one another they dont need this type of…..is behavior the right word?
I also believe someones personal choices are just that personal. They should keep it that way, but if you choose not to then you cant turn around and lie about it because to me you are not being truthful to your self.
Bless your husband for standing by you through it all. The good,the bad, sickness and in health. Now that thats a REAL Man.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:05 am
She does look like ‘that girl on the beach’ in that movie “The Firm,” and what about that director that passed away?
Or, was it the producer…I get them confused…
Seems everyone’s throwing stones, and following ‘that lead.’
Might as well bang your own head on a rock, don’t you think?
I was all fired up then the fire went out, it’s just sad, really…
No one is great, no one is perfect…
LOL