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PROFILE | ErIcA WILD<br />
WALK ON THE<br />
WILD<br />
S I D E<br />
Stunning model erica Wild has been<br />
adding glamour to the game of darts for<br />
over a decade. She told <strong>Inside</strong> <strong>Darts</strong> all<br />
about life as a walk-on girl.<br />
What do you think of your job as a<br />
walk-on girl?<br />
It is, by a country mile, the best job<br />
I’ve ever done and will probably<br />
ever do. Nothing <strong>com</strong>pares to that<br />
adrenaline surge you feel. I can only<br />
imagine how rock stars feel.<br />
How did you get the job?<br />
It was shortly after Miss Blackpool,<br />
I remember it like it was yesterday,<br />
October 1999. The agency that<br />
ran the <strong>com</strong>petition wanted me<br />
to attend a casting. I had to walk<br />
up and down in various cocktail<br />
dresses and have a few pictures<br />
taken. About a week later I got the<br />
call that I’d been successful and<br />
then I was on my way to the World<br />
Championships in Purfl eet. My<br />
walk-on partner for that week was<br />
Joanne Birchall, who is still a very<br />
close friend.<br />
How did you feel before your fi rst<br />
walk-on?<br />
I was sure I was going to do<br />
something wrong. Looking back<br />
I defi nitely did too much over<br />
thinking but I was petrifi ed. I was<br />
convinced I was going to fall over.<br />
Back then when I fi rst started we<br />
had to carry fl ags and they weren’t<br />
small. The ceiling in the Circus<br />
Tavern was so low as well, so all I<br />
kept thinking was don’t look down<br />
but don’t look up and don’t trip.<br />
The feeling after is worth it though,<br />
it’s the best.<br />
Can you describe a typical night’s<br />
work?<br />
We arrive at about 3 or 4 pm and<br />
go straight into the dressing room,<br />
to put rollers in our hair (so glam).<br />
Then we go and eat with all the<br />
crew on the catering bus (yes,<br />
still in rollers). Then back into our<br />
dressing room where we have our<br />
makeup done, and then before you<br />
know it its 6.50pm and we have to<br />
be changed and ready to go. In<br />
between it’s usually a case of outfi t<br />
change, re apply any makeup and<br />
48<br />
—<br />
‘nothIng ComPareS to that<br />
aDrenalIne Surge you<br />
feel. I Can only ImagIne<br />
hoW roCK StarS feel.’<br />
—<br />
then chat and watch the match in<br />
our room.<br />
How does it differ to your other work?<br />
Quite a bit actually, not everything<br />
I do is quite so glam. No other job<br />
I’ve done has felt anything like it<br />
feels when you’re on that stage, in<br />
front of what can sometimes be ten<br />
thousand people.<br />
Who is your favourite player?<br />
That’s really tough. I have spent<br />
a fair bit of time with most of them<br />
but I have great banter with James<br />
Wade and I have a soft spot for<br />
Simon Whitlock too.<br />
Thanks for your time Erica.<br />
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