Person of the Year 2007

In the none-too-lasting existence of Vickie Lynn Hogan, as she was born, she circumnavigated the life cycle of celebrity as quickly as others lose and gain weight (which she also did). Smith rocketed to fame and plummeted to disgrace. She married into money and then had to fight to the Supreme Court to get it. Everything seemed to come too easily — but then, like her men, never stay long.