She loved dancing as a child, and since her older sisters studied dance, she naturally did likewise. When she later entered a high school for the arts, her natural persistence led her to spend most of her time sweating away in the dance gym.
許金仙女談起這段過程，一派的理所當然、水到渠成：跳舞是從小喜歡的，姊姊們學舞，許金仙女就跟著學，但是天生的一股韌性，讓許金仙女在之後國立藝專的歲月裡，大部分都在舞蹈教室中揮汗度過。