Daniella Karagach
Daniella Karagach Pashkova (née Karagach) is an American dancer. Karagach and dance partner Leonid Juashkovsky are three-time United States junior I and II Latin champions. They were the 2007 junior II 10 dance champions. Abroad, they reached the finals in the Celtic Classic, Moscow Open and Barcelona Open. Karagach and Juashkovsky were the United States representatives to the World Championships in Latvia, Russia and Barcelona. They appeared on seasons 2 and 3 of America's Ballroom Challenge on PBS. After Leonid, she paired with Pasha Pashkov, with whom they won numerous US and world championships, including, National titles in Latin, Ballroom, 10 dance and showdance. They won the Rising Star championships in Blackpool,UK Open and UK Open 10-dance. She became a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars in 2019, when she was paired up with Nelly. She went on to win her first Mirrorball trophy in (her second season) with celebrity Iman Shumpert.[1]
Daniella Karagach
December 26, 1992
Daniella Karagach Pashkova
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Personal life[edit]
Daniella Brittany Karagach was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York by a single mother, Regina Karagach. Her parents are both immigrants from Moldova. Her parents divorced when she was one.[4] Daniella began to take ballet lessons at the age of 3. She went on to study Latin dance at 6, and ballroom dance at 11. She attended public school and graduated from Franklin D. Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn, NY. She went on to study at the City University of New York at the Staten Island Campus. Daniella began dating her dance partner, Pasha Pashkov. The two dated for five years before they got married on July 18, 2014.[5] In 2020, the duo announced their plan to launch WeddingDance.School, a platform geared towards engaged couples looking to learn various wedding dances before their wedding.[6][7] In November 2022, Karagach announced via Instagram that she and Pashkov are expecting their first child.[8] Their daughter Nikita Sofia Pashkova was born May 30, 2023.[9][10]