Photo : Anna Nicole Smith's Daughter Dannielynn Birkhead, 6 , Types for GUESS

Dannielynn Birkhead is prepared for her closeup.

Two years after her mother became a earth - popular model for GUESS -- and five years following her premature demise -- the six - year - outdated daughter of Anna Nicole Smith makes her modeling debut for GUESS youngsters.

In the advertisement, the pretty very little woman strikes a pose on the beach front as she wears a denim mini-skirt, white-denim vest, graphic t-shirt and a fedora.

"Dannielynn has the similar playful spirit that her mom had on a set," stated Paul Marciano, Imaginative Director for GUESS?, Inc. in a push release. (The ads for the Spring 2013 campaign will appear on buses, billboards and more beginning in mid-January 2013.) Adds Marciano: "She is a 2nd - generation GUESS woman, which can make this marketing campaign a 1st for us."

Next an prolonged paternity dispute with Smith's companion Howard K. Stern, Dannielynn's father was verified ( through DNA exam ) to be Larry Birkhead, one of Anna's former exes.

Anna Nicole Smith in the course of "Be Cool " Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals at Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, United States.
Credit history : Albert L. Ortega/WireImage.com

Birkhead, 39, opened up to Us Weekly back again in June 2011 about life as a solitary dad to Dannielynn -- and how he explains Anna Nicole's tragic death to his little girl.

"Dannielynn knows that her mother passed absent. She clearly does not know the details," he instructed Us. "At initial I mentioned, 'Your mommmy's up in the clouds.' Then we had been on a plane from Kentucky and she requested, 'Which cloud is my mom on. Perhaps she can come engage in ?' You have to be forthright but hold it on a child - welcoming amount."