# Fiji Water Girl: Star of the Golden Globes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354 "2019-01-07T13:43:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/1 "2019-01-07T13:43:56Z")
> **[Fiji Water Girl Steals The Show During Golden Globes Red Carpet](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fiji-water-girl-golden-globes_n_5c32c317e4b0733528343f1b)** > > She's already become a meme. Fiji Water Girl is my new hero. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/2 "2019-01-07T14:41:20Z")
Not mine. I wouldn’t be surprised if the HuffPo article was paid for by Fiji Water. (there I said the name. I guess they win.) Manufactured fake advertising. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/3 "2019-01-07T15:41:47Z")
Wow, that’s disappointing. I was expecting some sort of humanoid water elemental, or possibly a waterbender, from Fiji, not an ordinary mundane human hawking Fiji brand water. Clever marketing, and I’m sure the model earned her pay that day, but not really all that impressive. And as a pet peeve of mine, incidentally, she’s not a “girl”, at least judging by the pictures. She looks to be in her 20s or so, and is therefore a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/4 "2019-01-07T15:47:52Z")
Fiji _water_ girl! Fiji _water_ girl! They’ve given you a bottle, I know they’ve taken away your name. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/5 "2019-01-07T15:51:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And as a pet peeve of mine, incidentally, she’s not a “girl”, at least judging by the pictures. She looks to be in her 20s or so, and is therefore a woman. So are you language proscripitivist on other words, or [just this one](https://www.google.com/search?q=girl+definition&oq=girl+definition&gs_l=mobile-heirloom-serp.12...0.0.1.973.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c..34.mobile-heirloom-serp..5.4.1824.5sICfp1U-lg)? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/6 "2019-01-07T16:02:27Z")
I don’t give a damn _what_ she’s selling. I applaud her for ruining all those photos of movie actors at a doofus event like the GG. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/7 "2019-01-07T16:06:29Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wow, that’s disappointing. I was expecting some sort of humanoid water elemental, or possibly a waterbender “Waterbender?” Whassat? You mean, like **Fluid Man** from _The Impossibles?_ ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/8 "2019-01-07T16:19:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wow, that’s disappointing. I was expecting some sort of humanoid water elemental, or possibly a waterbender, from Fiji, not an ordinary mundane human hawking Fiji brand water. Clever marketing, and I’m sure the model earned her pay that day, but not really all that impressive. > > And as a pet peeve of mine, incidentally, she’s not a “girl”, at least judging by the pictures. She looks to be in her 20s or so, and is therefore a woman. My boys agree with you. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/9 "2019-01-07T16:30:38Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > “Waterbender?” Whassat? > > You mean, like **Fluid Man** from _The Impossibles?_ As in, the characters with powers over the elements from the cartoon _[Avatar: The Last Airbender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender)._ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/10 "2019-01-07T16:44:46Z")
Or more generally, someone waving their arms around and telekinetically controlling water. The red-haired lady in _Aquaman_ did it, too. **Darren Garrison** , my objection to calling adult women “girls” is not because it’s in some sense linguistically incorrect, but because it’s sexist. But it certainly doesn’t help that it sometimes impedes meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/11 "2019-01-07T16:50:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@Chronos](#): > > > > And as a pet peeve of mine, incidentally, she’s not a “girl”, at least judging by the pictures. She looks to be in her 20s or so, and is therefore a woman. > > So are you language proscripitivist on other words, or [just this one](https://www.google.com/search?q=girl+definition&oq=girl+definition&gs_l=mobile-heirloom-serp.12...0.0.1.973.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c..34.mobile-heirloom-serp..5.4.1824.5sICfp1U-lg)? I was corrected in college for referring in verbal conversation to a particular female student (I think a junior or senior) as a “girl”. Since then, I’ve tried not to do that. Certainly I don’t hear young adult men being referred to as “boys” nearly as frequently, so I think this is a legitimate complaint. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/12 "2019-01-07T17:26:52Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I was corrected in college for referring in verbal conversation to a particular female student (I think a junior or senior) as a “girl”. Since then, I’ve tried not to do that. Certainly I don’t hear young adult men being referred to as “boys” nearly as frequently, so I think this is a legitimate complaint. My mother called every male short of around 50 a boy–I cringed with the prospect of her calling an adult black male that with people not understanding the context (and she was utterly oblivious of the reasons doing so might be a problem.) Spinoff thread [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=868529). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/13 "2019-01-07T17:30:33Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Fiji _water_ girl! Fiji _water_ girl! They’ve given you a bottle, I know they’ve taken away your name. Since the 'Dope doesn’t have a LIKE button, this most must be manually acknowledged. Good job. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/14 "2019-01-07T17:32:34Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > “Waterbender?” Whassat? > > You mean, like **Fluid Man** from _The Impossibles?_ The Impossibles? My God, but you’re old. Of course, I immediately got it, which makes me hopelessly old, too. > **[The Impossibles (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impossibles_(TV_series))** > > The Impossibles is a series of American animated cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1966 broadcast by CBS. The series of shorts (six minutes each) appeared as part of Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles. > Posing as a trio of young rock 'n roll musicians, The Impossibles were actually crime fighters, with superpowers, dedicated to battling evil supervillains of all shapes and sizes. When performing for their adoring fans (usually star-struck, screaming teenyboppers), the lads would play thei... > **[The Impossibles](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheImpossibles)** > > Produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS in 1966, the same year as Space Ghost, The Impossibles (Coil Man, Fluid Man and Multi Man) were the secret identities of a three-man rock band, also called The Impossibles who took the fight right to evil. While … ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/15 "2019-01-07T17:33:22Z")
Coming to Halloween in 2019, sexy Fiji Water Girl costumes. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/16 "2019-01-07T17:38:12Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The Impossibles? > > My God, but you’re old. > > Of course, I immediately got it, which makes me hopelessly old, too. Well, I was five when it first aired. Of course I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. “But NOT…the ORIGINAL!” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/17 "2019-01-07T17:51:45Z")
Breaking news: her name is Kelleth Cuthbert, which only goes to prove that you shouldn’th name stomeone whilth your mouph isth full. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/18 "2019-01-07T18:18:28Z")
**CalMeacham** , I’ve taken the liberty of fixing your Wikipedia link. Unfortunately, the automatic URL parser here tends to choke on URLs ending in a parenthesis, which is common for Wikipedia links. Now I’m wondering, did Fiji specifically ask that their bottle-hander-outers try to photobomb the celebrities, and Ms. Cuthbert just did a very good job of what she was being paid to do, or did she decide on her own that it’d be a positive career move for her? Either way, I’m sure that both she and Fiji are happy about the outcome. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/19 "2019-01-07T19:29:06Z")
Fiji is thrilled, I’m sure. Learn more about Fiji and the horrible people who own it here: [The Dollop #356: The Resnicks - Water Monsters](https://thedollop.libsyn.com/356-the-resnicks-water-monsters) (spoiler: billionaires are killing California to sell pistachios. The Resnicks use more water than every home in Los Angeles and San Francisco’s bay area combined.) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354/20 "2019-01-07T19:29:45Z")
Wow, looks like the Golden Globes are taking cues from Nascar’s winners circle and American Idol. The oh-so-carefully placed beverage in the background/foreground shots. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354.md?page=2)