Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn Birkhead is all grown up

Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter was just a baby when the model tragically died. Now she’s been spotted in a rare outing looking just like her famous mum.

The late Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter is all grown up.

Dannielynn Birkhead, 15, was spotted in a rare outing at the weekend with her father, Larry Birkhead, at the Kentucky Derby, Fox News reports.

“Betting on a great time with Dannielynn today at this year’s @kentuckyderby, then off to the @janetjackson concert!” Larry captioned photos of the two on Instagram.

Dannielynn Birkhead and Larry Birkhead attended the 148th Kentucky Derby. Picture: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Churchill Downs

Larry added a photo of the late Smith, who passed away in 2007, at the end of the post and noted in the caption that Dannielynn looked just like her mother.

“Saw this pic of Anna and thought Dannielynn looked like her twin!” he wrote.

Larry and Dannielynn, 15, pictured at the Kentucky Derby.

Larry also uploaded this photo of Anna Nicole Smith.

Larry and Dannielynn attend the Kentucky Derby each year. He also shared photos of their night at the Barnstable-Brown Gala.

Dannielynn wore the outfit Janet Jackson wore to the same gala in 2003.

“What a night! Dannielynn got to meet @janetjackson at the Barnstable-Brown Gala, while wearing Janet’s outfit that she wore to the same party in 2003,” Larry captioned photos from the event. “Janet was so gracious and complimentary of Dannielynn in her outfit. She made Dannielynn so happy and even graciously posed for a photo with us.”

Shortly after Smith’s death from accidental overdose in February 2007, when she was just 39, Birkhead was faced with a very public custody battle where he had to prove Dannielynn was indeed his child.

Smith’s former lawyer, Howard K. Stern, had been listed as Dannielynn’s father on the birth certificate and had been fighting for custody, The New York Times reported.

Frederic van Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, had also claimed he was Dannielynn’s father.

“My relationship with Anna sometimes was portrayed as I got lucky in the DNA lottery from a one-night stand,” Birkhead previously told Fox News Digital.

“And my relationship with her was actually two years plus and we covered a lot of territory in that. There [were] a lot of ups and downs.”

Anna Nicole Smith with Dannielynn as a baby and Howard K. Stern. Picture: Los Angeles County Superior Court

Larry Birkhead was established as Dannielynn’s father in 2007. Picture: Joey Foley/FilmMagic

Birkhead first met Smith briefly in 2003 for the Kentucky Derby festivities in his home state. However, it wasn’t until 2004 – after Smith’s dramatic weight loss transformation – that the pair bonded in private.

“I couldn’t tell anybody that we were dating,” Birkhead said.

“It actually worked against me after she passed [when] I was still trying to prove paternity, even though I knew I was the father and Anna knew I was the father … but to the world, it was a mystery,” he said.

“I couldn’t talk about our relationship and there [weren’t] a lot of pictures of us and footage of us as a couple. She was supposed to be this kind of available sex goddess. That was her persona that she was supposed to be available and the object of everyone’s desire. It worked against me in so many ways.”

In April 2007, a Bahamian judge ruled that DNA tests had established Birkhead as the father.

Fox News’ Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report.

This story originally appeared on Fox News and was reproduced with permission