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‘Fiji Water Girl’ steals the show on the Golden Globes red carpet

Canadian-born model Kelleth Cuthbert became the first meme of the 2019 awards season.

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A model handing out Fiji Water became an online sensation at the 2019 Golden Globe awards after she repeatedly posed in the background of photos on the red carpet.

With a tray of bottles and a subtly-raised eyebrow, ‘Fiji Water Girl’ was almost ever-present as the stars arrived, staring straight down the camera and winning over hundreds of social media users.

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Before the awards show itself had even started, parody Twitter accounts had sprung up.

Other users photoshopped her into classic film scenes.

But after hours of speculation, Canadian-born model Kelleth Cuthbert revealed herself as the model in question with a post on Instagram.

“Not the worst way to spend a Sunday,” she wrote, with a photo of herself on the red carpet.

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