DWTS Pros Daniella Karagach & Pasha Pashkov Reveal ‘The Best Thing Ever’

When “Dancing With the Stars” pros Daniella Karagach and Pasha Pashkov are not filming the show and competing for the Mirrorball Trophy, they are taking part in the DWTS tour. The tour visits 69 cities to perform 88 shows, requiring serious dedication from the dancers to deliver exceptional performances consistently. Life on the road is not easy, but is it made even more complicated by Karagach and Pashkov being parents to a 2-year-old?

Daniella Karagach Gives Insight Into Life With a Toddler

 

 

 

 

 

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The couple welcomed their daughter, Nikita, on May 30, 2023, and Karagach recently gave insight into what it has been like traveling with a toddler. “It’s the best thing ever, honestly,” Karagach told Parade on June 12. “It makes everything feel so much more fulfilled. I love performing. I love going on stage, seeing the fans. But this time around, having her was just amazing and beautiful to see the cast actually with her. She fills the room with so much positivity, and everyone just wants to play with her all the time.”

Karagach and Pashkov have a large support system, and they are also incredibly close with some of their DWTS cast members. Karagach recently told Us Weekly that Sasha Farber played an important role in their lives, and he was like family. “We love him. We get together all the time. We’re either in his house or he’s in our house,” Karagach said. “Kiki loves him. Sasha’s like our kid. We adopted Sasha, even though he’s older than us. We’ve adopted Sasha now.”

However, Farber is not the only one who is great with their daughter. In the interview with Parade, Karagach praised fellow pro dancer Britt Stewart for being a great babysitter.

“She is such a mom,” Karagach said of Stewart. “She takes care of the whole cast. She’s so responsible. She’s just honestly the coolest girl, and she’s our dance captain. And she was teaching sign language to Nikita all tour. So Kiki actually learned a lot of sign language with her. We practice with her still. It was so beautiful to watch. It was so amazing to see them together.” Fans may remember that Stewart is married to actor Daniel Durant, who has been deaf since birth.

Daniella Karagach & Pasha Pashkov Discuss Their Daughter Nikita

 

 

 

 

 

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The couple is proud parents and shares photos of their family life with fans on Instagram. This includes a celebration for her second birthday, which Karagach shared on Instagram on June 2, 2025. Fans reacted to the post with messages of love. “Hope Kiki had the best birthday,” a comment reads. “Happy bday Kiki! Hope she had the best time everything looks adorable,” another shared.

Karagach and Pashkov are careful about what they share online. “When we post anything online, we’re trying to be authentic and organic,” Pashkov told Parade. “We’re putting our life out there and letting people kind of see what our life is like. And now, Nikita is an extension of us. She is our life, and she is with us all the time. We’re not trying to specifically do anything to show her, or do anything extra. We can’t possibly hide her and just pretend like she’s not there.”