United Kingdom, May 3 -- Dannielynn Birkhead wore her late mother's dress to feel like she was "getting a hug" from her.

The 18-year-old star is the daughter of legendary supermodel Anna Nicole Smith - who died of a of a drugs overdose at the age of 39 just months after she gave birth - and as she attended the 2025 Barnstable Brown Gala wearing the same black number her mom wore to the event 21 years ago, Dannielynn admitted she had been crying "on and off" the whole day in the build-up to it all.

She told AccessHollywood: "I feel good in it, gonna once again, try not to cry when I say this. I can't know my mom sadly and this is one of the only ways and reasons that I can.

"And, this is the closest that I'll ever get to a hug from her ...