Daniella Brittany Karagach Pashkova, born December 26, 1992, is an Americandancer. 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. They have made many other television and newspaper appearances. She became a professional dancer on Dancing With The Stars in 2019.
Career
Karagach dances with Pasha Pashkov. Pasha and Daniella started dancing together in January 2009. Together, they are seven-time United States 10-Dance Champions and Latin Champions. Daniella is the youngest US competitor to ever hold this title. Daniella and Pasha were selected to represent the US at the 2009 World Games in Taiwan. They made the semifinal in the world championship, taking place in Spain. Pasha and Daniella held on to their 10 dance US championship in both, the NDCA and USA Dance Nationals in 2010 and 2011. They represented the US at the 10 Dance World Championship in Austria, the Ballroom World Championship in Germany in November 2010 and the World Cup in Korea. In 2011, they represented the United States at the World 10 Dance Cup in Szombathely, Hungary, World Latin Championship in Singapore, World Ballroom Championship in Moscow, Russia, as well as the Ten Dance World Championship in Shanghai, China. In October 2011, they won the UK Open Ten Dance Championship, which took place in London. In 2012 they became the US dance national Latin champions. In 2012, they made the semifinal of the prestigious Blackpool Dance Festival. Pasha and Daniella are the first US couple in 40 years to represent the US in all four styles at the world championships. They were featured in the touring shows Dancing Pros and Dance Legends. In 2017, after turning professional in the Latin Dancesport division, Karagach and Pashkov won the Blackpool Rising Star Professional championship, as well as the UK Open Rising Star Professional championship. In 2018, they won the United States Latin American Showdance Championship. They appeared on NBC's 2nd season of World of Dance. Daniella and Pasha are both pros on the 28th season of Dancing With The Stars, on ABC television.
