Viral Ring Girl Sydney Thomas Signs With Major Hollywood Agency

Sydney Thomas is turning her sudden fame into some big-time Hollywood capital. 

Thomas, 21, who went viral as a ring girl during the Jake Paul–Mike Tyson fight, has officially signed with the sports division of Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

CAA Sports represents some of the biggest names in athletics, including MLB star Shohei Ohtani, NBA star Devin Booker, NHL star Sidney Crosby and WNBA star Cameron Brink.

Thomas broke the news on Sunday, December 1, via a TikTok video highlighting “the craziest week of my life.” In the clip — which included a snapshot from her meeting with CAA — she revealed in the caption that she had officially “signed.”

The model originally hinted that she had signed with CAA on November 21, when she posted an Instagram Story featuring two photos from the agency’s LA office.

Thomas shared a photo of herself gazing at a message on the CAA office wall, which read in part, “Everyone entering this space has been inspired to be here by an artist, an athlete, an amazing performance, or an unforgettable moment in pop culture.”

For Thomas, her unforgettable moment in pop culture came when she worked as a ring girl for the Paul-Tyson fight, which streamed live November 15 on Netflix. 

Since then, her popularity on social media has exploded —her TikTok follower count alone has surpassed 1 million at the time of publication. 

In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly after the fight, Thomas said it didn’t take long for her to realize her life had changed. 

“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 — currently in her final year at the University of Alabama — 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.’”

Thomas admitted her newfound fame had been “overwhelming,” but said she was managing to take everything in stride.

“At the same time, I’m also very blessed and very grateful. You know, what a problem to have,” Thomas said. 

Looking ahead, Thomas — who will get her degree in “management and entrepreneurship” this spring  — expressed excitement about striking while the iron is hot. 

“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 added, “And then obviously continuing with school, graduating, getting my degree and then seeing where things take me from there.”