See Anna Nicole Smith’s Daughter Dannielynn Birkhead Through the Years

2010

At just 3 years old, a pink-clad Dannielynn Birkhead made her Kentucky Derby debut with Dad.

2011

“It’s tough raising a little girl without a mom,” Birkhead, at the Derby in 2011, told Steve Harvey in 2016. “You always want to make sure you’re doing the right things and a thing that a mom would choose that a dad might not choose.”

2012

At the 2012 race, Dannielynn opted for her very first Derby-esque headpiece. Though Birkhead keeps his daughter out of the spotlight, the pair lives in rural Kentucky and make an annual trip to the horse race.

2013

The father-daughter duo went to Churchill Downs in 2013 as Mary Poppins and Bert — parasol and all!

2014

“I look at her and she’s my everything,” Birkhead — with his daughter at the 2014 race — told Inside Edition. “She reminds me so much of her mom and as she gets older, and her features are changing, it’s just like having a little miniature Anna Nicole running around in so many ways.”

2015

In a February 2017 interview with 20/20, Birkhead said Dannielynn, at the Derby in 2015, is “fearless like her mom.”

2016

“We went from diapers and teething to braces and sports bras overnight,” Birkhead told Wendy Williams in 2017. “It’s great and it’s a lot of work.”

2017

For the duo’s eighth Derby, the proud pop and his 10-year-old coordinated in pink. Birkhead also took Dannielynn to the Barnstable-Brown Party, where he’d first met Anna Nicole Smith in 2003.

2018

Like previous years, Dannielynn was dressed to the nines at the 2018 Derby — this time wearing a white silk Southern belle gown with blue hydrangea appliqués from Lesy boutique. Her dad coordinated in a blue checkered suit from menswear designer Nick Graham.

2019
Dannielynn was in her brightest ensemble yet for the 2019 event, making an appearance at the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Gala before the official kickoff of the horse race.

In June 2019, proud dad Larry shared three photos of his 12-year-old daughter celebrating her seventh-grade graduation.

“Surprised Dannielynn with @HamiltonMusical tickets for 7th grade graduation,” Birkhead captioned the sweet snaps. “I think she is happy!”

2021

COVID-19 meant no appearance from the pair at the scaled-back 2020 Kentucky Derby, but fans got an even broader look into the Birkheads’ life in a February 2021 20/20 special that told Anna Nicole Smith’s story.

“Dannielynn’s a teenager now, and she doesn’t really know a ton of things about her mom,” Larry said in a voiceover on the trailer. “To be really honest, I didn’t know a whole lot about Anna — you know, her early years,” he added.

2022

Dannielynn attended the 2022 Barnstable Brown Gala in the same outfit Janet Jackson wore to the same event in 2003.And the next day, she and Dad got all dressed up again for the Kentucky Derby.Talk about a dream come true! The father-daughter pair met Janet Jackson backstage at the singer’s June 2022 concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.

“After hours of singing, dancing and sweating through the @cincymusicfest we got to hang with @janetjackson She killed it, managed to include all of her hits, sing and dance in the heat and still find time for two of her fans,” Larry wrote. “A great weekend. How cute is Janet 👀 ❤️?

2023

The 16-year-old and her dad attended the 34th annual Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Eve Gala on May 5, 2023, where she wore a black tulle skirt and blouse featuring her mom’s photographs from her famous Guess campaign, accessorized with rhinestone shoes.

“She’s showing off her fashion sense but at the same time paying tribute to her mom,” Birkhead told PEOPLE just ahead of the annual gala.

Dannielynn and her dad attended the 2023 Kentucky Derby together, where the teen wore a sunflower print dress designed by Leo Lin. She accessorized the look with a crystal necklace and bracelet from her mom’s archives.