Fiji water lady makes splash as first Golden Globes 2019 meme
Pour yourself a glass of the first Golden Globes 2019 meme -- and maybe the first meme of the year.
The awards hadn't even started yet when people began noticing a common thread in red-carpet photos of stars smiling and posing at Sunday night's show in Beverly Hills, California. A lovely brunette woman in a deep-blue gown -- later identified as model Kelleth Cuthbert -- was holding a tray of Fiji water and standing behind the actors in practically every photo.
Jim Carrey? She was there. Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans? There. Cody Fern and Richard Madden? There she was, in the background, tray in hand, almost always making eye contact with the camera.
Ironic how thirsty for attention the Fiji water girl is. pic.twitter.com/WvcfosZj2c
I am literally going to photoshop the Fiji Water girl into every picture I take from now on #GoldenGlobes #Fijiwatergirl pic.twitter.com/QaNaFGB2TJ
FYI: I have already written 200 pages of the Fiji Water girl's inner monologue tonight pic.twitter.com/2VvMGRJPW4
Ryan Murphy just greenlit my limited series about the Fiji water girl. #GoldenGlobes
The Fiji water lady at the #GoldenGlobes is gaining attention online for upstaging the celebrities with her 10/10 smize. pic.twitter.com/qLTXfl1aHA
who is she & why doesn’t she have a billboard on sunset?? https://t.co/HWGNk1aFSr
tired: spilling teawired: serving fiji water #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/TTou8mz8Cs
Fiji water girl stealing the show is my favorite #GoldenGlobes story of the decade. https://t.co/u5pqhA8zJk
Please lord let it be that she just brought her own tray and water bottles and was able to access the red carpet without actually being hired to do promo work
Fiji Water did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Cuthbert later shared an Instagram photo of herself at the event, with the caption, "Not the worst way to spend a Sunday... #goldenglobesfijigirl#fijiwatergirl."
Not the worst way to spend a Sunday... #goldenglobesfijigirl #fijiwatergirl
A post shared by Kelleth Cuthbert (@kellethcuthbert) on Jan 6, 2019 at 5:25pm PST
The bottled water has been the official water of the Golden Globe Awards since 2015, Time Magazine reported, but it's fair to say the brand has never made a splash like this.
First published Jan. 6, 5:20 p.m. PT. Update, Jan. 6 at 8:21 p.m. PT: Adds model's name and Instagram photo.