You might remember Diana Flores from her popular commercial that aired during Super Bowl LVII in 2023. As she ran through a football stadium and then an entire city, the quarterback and captain of the Mexican national flag football team evaded the women and men trying to grab her flags. Flores leaped and spinned and jumped, her hips jutting side to side to escape each opponent, until finally she was joined on the street by a crew of other women football players. While that commercial raised the profile of both Flores and her sport, it also changed her life by bringing her in contact with a legendary figure in women’s sports.
Among those who made a cameo in the action-packed commercial was Billie Jean King. While King’s appearance in the ad was fleeting, the impression she made on Flores during filming was not.
