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In pictures: Anna Nicole's funeral

Scene of the private funeral service at the Mount Horeb Baptist Church

The body of American model Anna Nicole Smith has finally been laid to rest in the Bahamian capital, Nassau.

Anna Nicole Smith's body is carried into the church in Nassau, the Bahamas

The private funeral was dominated by her favourite colour, pink - pallbearers wearing pink ties carried a coffin covered in pink sequined cloth into a church festooned with pink roses.

Anna Nicole Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, waves to the media

The ceremony followed a legal battle over where she should be buried - her mother, Virgie Arthur, wanted Anna Nicole laid to rest in her native Texas.

Hundreds of islanders and tourists mass behind police-guarded barricades

Hundreds of islanders and tourists massed behind police-guarded barricades to watch the procession - some booed and turned their thumbs down as her mother arrived.

Anna Nicole Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead (L), his lawyer Debra Opri, and Smith's companion Howard K Stern

Three hundred guests were invited. In attendance was her former boyfriend Larry Birkhead (L), his lawyer Debra Opri, and Anna Nicole's companion Howard Stern.

Cemetery workers set up a tent over the grave of Anna Nicole Smith at the Lakeview Memorial Gardens

She was later buried in a pink beaded gown and tiara beside her son Daniel, 20, who died in the Bahamas last year.




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