# Who's the girl in Mitsubishi ad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-mitsubishi-ad/182787 "2003-06-18T20:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-mitsubishi-ad/182787/1 "2003-06-18T20:57:01Z")
Anyone know who the girl is in the Mitsubishi Eclipse commercial…wearing the pink hat, doing the weird dance to the Dirty Vegas-Days Go By song? ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-mitsubishi-ad/182787/2 "2003-06-18T22:13:26Z")
Her name, apparently, is [Dusty Paik](http://www.questforfortunes.com/dusty-paik/main.html). ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-mitsubishi-ad/182787/3 "2003-06-18T23:42:34Z")
Thanks, Antonius. I’m impressed. I searched all afternoon and couldn’t find anything. Do you have some tips for me, about searching the web? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-mitsubishi-ad/182787/4 "2003-06-19T00:06:18Z")
You think _she_ dances wierd? You should see _me_ sit-dancing when I’ve got that CD on in my hooptie. 🆒 Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-mitsubishi-ad/182787/5 "2003-06-19T00:58:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by legion \* > **Thanks, Antonius. I’m impressed. I searched all afternoon and couldn’t find anything.** You’re most welcome. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by legion \* > **Do you have some tips for me, about searching the web?** I don’t claim any particular web-searching expertise, but I _usually_ find what I want. I always start with **[google.com](http://google.com)**. I use “Exact Phrases” (i.e. in quotes) a great deal to narrow the search down. In this case, I started googling with **“Mitsubishi Eclipse” + “Days Go By”**. This brought up 387 results. Looking at a couple on the first page, I decided I wasn’t being specific enough. I tend not to be **extremely** patient when googling; if my first search returns too many hits, I’ll refine it almost immediately. Since this ad has been around for a while and is quite memorable (particularly for the “popping” actress), I figured that someone had probably asked the question before. So, I googled **“Mitsubishi Eclipse” + “Days Go By” + “who’s the girl”**. Bingo! One result. I did a search within the page for **Mitsubishi Eclipse** , which took me to the post by _sk8fair_, “ **mitsubishi eclipse commercial, WHO’S THAT GIRL?** ”. This was answered in the first follow-up by _jacky_, “**Her Name is Dusty Paik, [www.qmodel.com](http://www.qmodel.com) in LA**”. Now, **[www.qmodel.com](http://www.qmodel.com)** didn’t work for me, so I just went back to google **“Dusty Paik”**. The first match was a fan’s [Dusty Paik’s Web Site](http://www.questforfortunes.com/dusty-paik/main.html), with a still from the commercial together with the quote: > [@](#): > > "As far as the Mitsubishi commercial goes, right now, I’m trying to understand the surreal world of being a MINOR celebrity. I’ve been getting fan-mail which I find exceedingly weird. " **Dusty Paik** I looked a little bit more around the site to see if there were any signs that it wasn’t genuine, and then posted. Hope this helps. Sorry if you knew all of this already. Of course, luck does play a part in choosing the search terms. ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-mitsubishi-ad/182787/6 "2003-06-19T01:16:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Antonius Block \* > \*\*…Hope this helps. Sorry if you knew all of this already. Of course, luck does play a part in choosing the search terms. \*\* Yeah, thanks, it helps a lot. I’m going to start to “search smarter” thanks to you. I really appreciate your help.😉