Meet Diana Flores, trailblazing Super Bowl halftime star who joined NFL icons in ‘trick’ commercial during Chiefs-Eagles
DIANA Flores is the trailblazing flag football star from Mexico who starred on Super Bowl night.
The 25-year-old was thrust into the limelight in front of 100million Americans as part of a 'trick' commercial.
Flores was the star of the during the Super Bowl.
This year it aired just after Rihanna's sensational performance at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
And Flores was chosen for the spot to promote women in sport and flag football, the non-contact version of the sport like tag rugby.
The NFL teased the commercial with star defensive backs Jalen Ramsey and Sauce Gardner in the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl.
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And when it began to air on Sunday night, it looked like a 'trick' as part of the live broadcast.
FOX Sports host Erin Andrews began interviewing Diana from the side of the field.
But, as Erin tried to rip the flags from her waist - it became clear it was a commercial and not part of the game feed.
Flores sprinted out of the stadium with NFL players and icons in pursuit of her.
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Ramsey and Gardner began the chase, while Cam Heyward and Aidan Hutchinson joined in.
Tennis icon Billie Jean King also starred, as did YouTuber Mr Beast.
Flores evaded them all and made it home where, to her surprise, her mother also tried to rip the flags away.
The Mexican national team star was at Super Bowl 57 on Sunday night with her family.
She also posed for photos with the Bella twins and Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul.
Diana has been part of Mexico's national women's flag team since she was just 16 back in 2014.
The quarterback was the fourth youngest at the 2022 World Games.
She grew up in Cuidad de Mexico and began playing flag football when she was just eight years old.
But due to a lack of age groups, she often found herself pitted against 16 and 17 year olds.
In an interview with she said: "My dad was the one that brought me to my first flag football practice.
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"And my dad used to play football when he was young, so he always connected with me with this dream of being better and better."
Flores is now leading an attempt to get flag football included at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
