Viral Ring Girl Sydney Thomas Attends NFL Game in Revealing Outfit
Sydney Thomas, the ring girl who went viral during the Jake Paul–Mike Tyson fight, is busy knocking things off her bucket list.
Thomas, 21, attended the football game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, November 24.
“First NFL game ✅,” Thomas captioned a photo she shared via her Instagram Story.
Thomas, who became an overnight sensation after appearing as a ring girl during the Netflix fight between Paul, 27, and Tyson, 58, on November 15, hit the game in a Raiders hat, black leather jacket, jeans and a revealing see-through top.
She was joined at the game by Love Island USA season 6 cast member Daniela N. Ortiz Rivera, who also shared a video from their endzone seats featuring Thomas.
Thomas has been the beneficiary of a massive uptick in her social media following since the fight, which she noted on Sunday night.
“We just hit 1,000,000 followers on TikTok!!” she wrote via Instagram Story. “I cannot express enough how grateful I am for each and every single one of you. I love you guys, thank you ❤️.”
Thomas’ following on Instagram is nothing to sneeze at, either, with the model — who is currently a senior at the University of Alabama — boasting more than 745,000 on that platform, as well.
In an interview with Us Weekly on Tuesday, November 19, Thomas said her follower counts on both TikTok and Instagram exploded by more than 350,000 overnight.
“I woke up and saw how my followers had gone up, and then saw all the news articles that had been written about me,” Thomas told Us. “I refreshed my feed and it was just pictures of me and memes and everything. I think that was the moment for me where I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, like I really am going viral.’”
In the immediate future, Thomas said she’s focused on securing her college degree while simultaneously capitalizing on the moment that’s been laid at her feet.
“I think what’s next for me is to continue building up my social media and continue working with [Paul’s] Most Valuable Promotions and being a ring girl,” she expressed. “I think dialing into the ring girl and modeling aspect of my life and sharing that with my audience that I’ve now built up.”
Thomas acknowledged that the experience has been “overwhelming” and her DM’s have “been flooded” with fans, but she’s doing her best to take everything in stride.
“I’m also very blessed and very grateful,” Thomas told Us. “You know, what a problem to have.”