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Anna Nicole Smith in 1999.
Dannielynn Birkhead is practically all grown up, and she looks very much like her famous mom.
The 14-year-old daughter of late model and actress Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead was the subject of a “20/20” special, “Tragic Beauty: Anna Nicole Smith“, that gave fans an update on her life as a young teen. Dannielynn was just five months old when her mother Anna Nicole died of an accidental overdose at age 39.
Fourteen years later, the teen has braces and wears eyeglasses, but she shares her mom’s blonde hair and facial features, as well as her playful sense of humor.
“When I see how big she’s become, I’m just so proud of her,” Larry Birkhead told Entertainment Tonight of his daughter. “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.”
Anna Nicole’s Hometown Best Friend Also Noticed How Much Dannielynn Looks Like Her Mom
On one of the early stops on their father-daughter journey, Jo McLemore took Larry and Dannielynn Birkhead to Jim’s Krispy Fried Chicken, where McLemore described working with Vickie Lynn Hogan as a teenager in Mexia, Texas. #ABC2020 https://t.co/DSRhLM9DDW pic.twitter.com/mApLC0jX9n
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In the special, Dannielynn traveled with her dad to Smith’s childhood hometown of Mexia, Texas. Dannielynn and her dad visited a fried chicken restaurant where Smith once worked.
Once there, the daddy-daughter duo met up with Smith’s best friend from her teen years, her former fast-food coworker Jo McLemore.
“You are your mommy. You look just like her,” McLemore told Dannielynn when they met for the first time, per People.
Dannielynn Was Stunned to See a Storage Unit Filled With Her Late Mother’s Personal Possessions
In another segment shot in Los Angeles, Birkhead took his daughter to a storage facility to show her some of her late mother’s memorabilia that she has never seen before. The items included personal photos, artwork and clothing items, including a Blondie T-shirt from a date with Birkhead, as well as the wedding dress she wore when she married oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall III in 1994.
Birkhead said his daughter has a “big heart” like her mom and would appreciate seeing the sentimental items.
In a cute exchange, a sassy Dannielynn acted like a typical teen as she told her dad to “please stop” as he boasted about how “cool” he was when he dated Smith.
Birkhead Traditionally Shares Photos of His Kentucky Derby Tradition With Dannielynn, but He Had to Skip It in 2020 Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Birkhead has kept Smith’s fans in the loop throughout Dannielynn’s childhood. He always shares a Kentucky Derby photo with his daughter as they attend the annual horse race and celebrity party. In 2019, Dannielynn wore a pink dress topped with the memorable oversized pink hat Smith wore to the 2004 Kentucky Derby.
Unfortunately, the sweet Derby tradition was put on hold in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, so fans missed a whole year of Dannielynn’s growth.
In May, Birkhead shared a throwback from a previous Derby with Dannielynn and wrote, “It seems weird not to be going to The @TheKentuckyDerby & The Barnstable-Brown party this week. Going to watch the virtual Derby on @NBCSports. Still betting on a good time for the rescheduled events in September. Until then, sharing this memory of simpler times (and a kid that didn’t talk back as much.)”
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