In The Media
She caught the media’s attention when her story was chosen to be featured in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not comic book because of its eccentricity and it is out of the norm in their culture. The news of her story spread like a wildfire.
A Comic Book Character
Being used as a reference for a comic book character is not a common thing to happen to a person. Sydney, though we are not sure if she possesses incredible power we can compare her for Plastic Man or Elastigirl. She sure got a lot of attention, though.