Anna Nicole Smith's lookalike daughter Dannielynn, 18, wears late model's iconic dress

Daily Mail​

03-05-2025

Anna Nicole Smith 's lookalike daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead, was the epitome of her late mother as she wore the star's iconic dress this week.
The 18-year-old attended the 2025 Barnstable Brown Gala while wearing the halter-styled black gown that Smith had donned at the same event 21 years earlier.
The fitted ensemble also contains a plunging neckline as well as a small slit on the front. Sparkling silver embellishments offer a flashy flare to the look on both the front and the back of the dress.
Dannielynn pulled her blonde locks up into a messy up do, allowing her side bangs to border the sides of her face - which was similar to Anna's hairstyle when she made an appearance at the gala in 2004.
Her father Larry Birkhead accompanied his daughter to the festivities on Friday in Kentucky - and uploaded photos to Instagram.
While posing with the teenager as she wore her late mother's gown, the photographer called the moment 'full circle.'
In the caption of the post, he penned: 'Kicking off @kentuckyderby weekend with Dannielynn. First up, The Barnstable-Brown Gala.
'Dannielynn is wearing Anna Nicole's dress that she wore 21 years ago to this same event. Life full circle. She said she chose the dress because it was her Mom's and "super cool."'
He added, 'Next up the Kentucky Derby races. We are glad to spend time with my niece Chloe (pictured). I am going to try not an embarrass them with my dance moves.'
Before attending the gala on Friday, Larry told People that it was 'emotional' to see his daughter wearing her late mother's gown.
Anna Nicole passed away at the age of 39 in February 2007 - and her death was later ruled as an accidental drug overdose.
'It was emotional because the last time I saw that dress was on Anna,' Birkhead explained to the outlet, before recalling how Dannielynn 'walked over and she put her hand on the dress' when she was younger.
'And now that she's actually old enough to wear it, it just seems surreal that we're at this moment.'
The teen picked out her mother's dress to wear to the event and her father believes that 'she's doing a fashion experiment for herself. Also, I think it's really meaningful for her to wear.'
Dannielynn pulled her blonde locks up into a messy up do, allowing her side bangs to border the sides of her face - which was similar to Anna's hairstyle when she made an appearance at the gala in 2004
Larry continued, 'I'm just glad she's going through and starting to wear some of [Smith's clothes] because she could literally pick out an outfit a day for the rest of her life and never wear the same thing twice with everything.'
He currently is storing clothes that belonged to Anna in case his daughter wants them in the future.