Paul-Tyson ring girl Sydney Thomas reflects on newfound fame, career goals

Sydney Thomas, who went viral for being a ring girl at the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight, discusses how she handles her newfound fame and what else she has in store.

Sydney Thomas has caught her big break.

Thomas, who just turned 21 on Tuesday, went viral on social media after she was selected to be one of the ring girls for the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight.

Thomas had a social media following prior, which is what originally got her the nod for the fight. She actually could not go to the first date, but when it was postponed to November after Tyson's ulcer, Thomas was still top of mind, and she jumped at what she thought was a missed opportunity.

Then all it took was a couple of posts to blow up.

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Sydney Thomas poses in the ring during Paul-Tyson. (Raphaela Milagres)

Thomas posted several TikTok videos from Arlington, Texas, but after 60 million households watched her on Netflix, plug Tyson's viral slap of Paul the night before, her phone began to blow up.

"It really hit me more after the fight when I woke up. I had gone up 200,000 followers," Thomas said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. "I knew a lot of attention was around it when Tyson slapped Paul. Everyone was focused on the ring girls in the background, and I was like, ‘We’re getting so much attention from this.’"

It should go without saying that the Alabama student's Instagram and TikTok DMs are flooded, and one should be willing to bank on some messages not being very pleasant.

But Thomas said she has put herself around a good "circle" to keep herself in the right headspace.

"I have a lot of people in my circle that are very trustworthy in that I can lean on with these things," Thomas said. "It’s a lot. A