Anna Nicole Smith's Daughter Dannielynn Birkhead, 9, Is a Little Lady at Kentucky Derby 2016

The two have attended the annual event together every year since 2010

By Corinne Heller May 07, 2016 8:23 PMTags
Dannielynn Birkhead, Larry Birkhead, Kentucky Derby 2016 Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Churchill Downs

Anna Nicole Smith's baby girl is now a little lady!

The late Playboy model and reality star's daughter Dannielynn Birkhead, 9, attended the 2016 Kentucky Derby with dad Larry Birkhead Saturday. The two were photographed on the red carpet at Churchill Downs in his hometown of Louisville.

Dannielynn looked lovely in a mint tea-length dress adorned with pink flowers, paired with matching pink floral peep-toe shoes, a floral hat and a pearl bracelet. Larry matched in a mint blazer, paired with a white button-down shirt, a pink bow tie, white pants and brown shoes.

This marks the seventh time he has brought his and Anne Nicole's little girl, her only surviving child and daughter, to the Kentucky Derby. Larry has attended the Kentucky Derby with Dannielynn every year since 2010, often wearing matching outfits. Three years ago, the two attended the annual race wearing Mary Poppins costumes.

"She's my good luck charm," Larry told E! News in 2015. "She picks all the winners."

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Anna Nicole and Larry met in 2004 at the Barnstable Brown Gala, an annual bash that takes place before the Kentucky Derby.

Anna Nicole died at age 39 in 2007 from an accidental prescription drug overdose. Dannielynn was eight months old at the time.

Anne Nicole's other child, son Daniel Smith, had died, also from the same type of overdose, at age 20 just three days after she had given birth to her daughter and less than five months before her own death. After Anna Nicole died, Larry, then her ex, obtained custody of Dannielynn after a hard-fought paternity battle.

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