Ms D'Amico, now 43, was "petrified" when she ran naked across the MCG during the 1982 AFL Grand Final.
"When I got out to the middle I had no idea what to do. I ran to Bruce Doull," she said.
"It was more like a safety factor. He looked like my father."
Ms D'Amico's streak during the Carlton-Richmond Grand Final has been labelled footy's most famous interruption.
More than 100,000 fans at the MCG - and millions more on television - watched the 17-year-old Ms d'Amico cross the field covered only in a Blues scarf.
US-born Ms d'Amico, who is now studying at Charles Darwin University, was arrested and fined $1000. Interest in the former exotic dancer has been fanned with Toyota's new television commercials, debuting last week.
But Perth-based Ms d'Amico said she had never been hiding.
"I haven't been hiding," she said. "I had a life."
A partner, four children and two grandchildren have surrounded Ms d'Amico for many years.
She is a qualified social worker and paramedic, and is now studying nursing until June.
But Ms d'Amico said her experience would never go away and copycats would find it difficult.
"It's just crazy, because they'll never top me," she said.
Herald Sun 28 Apr 2008
What's the first thing you think of when you're naked at a footy field?? Your father !!! Naturally !
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