Exclusive | Meet the women schooling singles on how to become WAGs: You gotta be bold

Scoring a 22-carat championship ring, à la the 2026 New York Knicks, is no easy feat. But scoring a custom blinged-out engagement ring from a professional basketball player is no sweat for WAGs — wives and girlfriends of NBA, NFL and other big league athletes — with game, like Julia Benville, 29.The gutsy Manhattan med student, engaged to Josh Sharma, 30, a 7-foot hunk playing pro ball in Greece, is schooling single women on how to land a hotshot — while swatting away the dreaded “gold digger” label.“Just figure out leagues, look up names and team roster pictures, follow [a player] on social media, send him a message and go from there,” Benville encouraged to The Post.“Don’t wait around hoping the world is going to magically give you the man of your dreams.

Go after him.”It’s advice Benville took to heart.She slid a flirty message into Sharma’s DMs in September 2020, though she declined to reveal the details of her digital overture to The Post.“You can meet any athlete on Instagram,” said the MD-PhD candidate.

“You gotta be bold.I’m just that type of girl.

I’m brave and really straightforward.I saw him, wanted him, went for it and got him.

Josh always says my bold approach was really attractive.”She recently alley-ooped similar advice to her more than 71,000 online followers with a cutesy tutorial titled “How to Become a WAG.” The post drew heaps of praise from single women hailing Benville as a “queen” for her heroic how-to.The enthusiastic response suggests Benville has tapped into a fantasy for women fed up with today’s dating scene: landing a pro jock.In today’s dismal dating world, becoming a WAG has emerged as a coveted status symbol, promising single women the prospect of romance, financial security and a luxe lifestyle.From Taylor Swift and Jordyn Woods to Olivia Culpo and Grammy winner Ciara, these VIP voluptuaries embody the fantasy of scoring big in love and gaining entry into an elite world of weal...