17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Meet Damon Dash's model daughter Ava – who isn't afraid of the ‘nepo baby' label: she's modelled for Skims, used to date Taylor Swift's ex, and might be in a new reality show with Ming Lee Simmons
While there is no shortage of Hollywood nepo babies riding on the coattails of their famous parents to launch their careers, very few are willing to admit that it took more than just 'hard work' to break into the highly competitive industry – Ava Dash is not one of them.
Damon Dash, right, with daughter Ava Dash. Photo: @ava_dash/Instagram
The 25-year-old daughter of entrepreneur and record executive Damon Dash and designer Rachel Roy is breaking into the modelling scene, and she has no reservations about the fact that her last name is opening doors for her.
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'I really, really appreciate being able to have a last name to stand on,' Dash admitted to People in a 2023 interview.
From dating one of
Taylor Swift's exes to appearing in a Skims campaign, here's everything we know about Ava Dash.
She moved to New York to become a model
Ava Dash in an ad for BCBG Max Azria. Photo: @bcbgmaxazria/Instagram
Ava Dash was born on 7 December 1999 in New York and is the only child Damon Dash shares with his ex-wife Rachel Roy.
After graduating from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Dash moved back to New York to pursue modelling.
'I wanted to elevate my career and experience my 20s in the city. The experiences that I can have in New York City, I just wasn't having in LA,' she told The Observer.
In 2023, Dash appeared in a campaign for BCBG Max Azria, an American clothing brand. In 2021 she even appeared in a
Skims campaign.
