Who Is Sarah Milkowski, the World’s Sexiest Darts Influencer?
THE PDC World Darts Championship, which took place last month, has resulted in an explosive rise in popularity for darts.
One celebrity aiming to profit from the seasonal boom in darts is darts influencer Sarah Milkowski.
Known as “Sapphire” and originally from Dusseldorf, Germany, Sarah has amassed over 90,000 Instagram and TikTok followers to date.
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Before transitioning to traditional steel-tip darts in 2018, she began her darts career as a hobby in 2016 with soft-tip electronic darts at her neighborhood bar in Germany.
In an interview with Darts News, she described how the attention her online images garnered led to offering letters of intent to participate in exhibition events in Germany and the UK.
She said: “I realised very soon that the pictures got a lot attention in the darts community and I started to post more about it and my journey in darts. I never expected this to be such a big thing.
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“When I was close to 10,000 followers at beginning of 2020 I thought this is amazing and the most I’ll ever reach…
“I got a lot of bookings and requests for playing exhibitions or visiting dart clubs and shops for a meet & greet. I’m grateful for all the interest and opportunities to do what I love.”
She claims that darts is simply a part-time profession for the time being, though, despite the fact that her increasing online presence helps her network with pros.
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She said: “It is definitely a part time job. My personal goal is to make a living from it.
“But I also want to focus more on my game, practice harder and improve to achieve better results in official tournaments to show I’m more than just a social media person.”
She further added: “I get recognised by players very often. Not everyone in the darts scene know me but I would say a lot heard my name yet. The reactions are 99 per cent positive.
“They say I’m doing great work for the darts in Germany, to reach more young people and females to get their interest for the sport and maybe stick to it and be part of the growing community.”
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She has met a number of people, including Fallon Sherrock, one of her two idols who she usually faces in the PDC Women’s Series as an English thrower.
Sarah said: “My idol is Gerwyn Price. It’s inspiring how he managed to be a professional player in no time.
“And only needed seven years to become the world champion and world number one and that’s absolutely spectacular.”
“And for the ladies it’s definitely Fallon Sherrock. What she achieved for herself and of course for all female players is huge.
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“In my eyes, she deserved all the publicity and support from the PDC as she gained big attention all over the world for the PDC circuit.