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# There Were 'Fiji Water Girls' at the Screen Actors Guild Awards But There Was One Key Difference

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## Rachel E. Greenspan


Jan 28, 2019 8:48 PM UTC

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[Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/)


## Rachel E. Greenspan


Jan 28, 2019 8:48 PM UTC

The original ‘[Fiji water girl’](http://time.com/5495066/fiji-water-girl-76th-golden-globes/) did not attend the [Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards](http://time.com/5514335/black-panther-wins-sag-awards-2019/) on Sunday, but you might’ve done a double take from her colleagues on the red carpet.

Though it wasn’t by Kelleth Cuthbert, the Canadian actress and model [who went viral for serving Fiji water bottles](http://time.com/5497235/fiji-water-girl-golden-globes-interview/) while photobombing the stars at the [Golden Globes](http://time.com/5494359/2019-golden-globes-recap/), stars were again quenched by the brand’s bottles—and served by models in blue dresses.

> [](https://twitter.com/FIJIWater/status/108970461956177920)

When Cuthbert appeared at the 2019 Golden Globes, the internet fell in love with the way she stole the show. Her Instagram followers increased by more than [256 percent](http://time.com/5497235/fiji-water-girl-golden-globes-interview/) in the days following the awards show, and she has since booked an acting gig on the soap opera _The Bold and the Beautiful._ 

These new Fiji faces are less likely to go viral, though. The models seemed to stand a bit further from the stars at the SAG Awards, leading the night to end with no hilarious photobombs—the marketing tactics [were not embraced by all](http://time.com/5497937/jamie-lee-curtis-golden-globes/). “The sponsors of events need to get permission from people when they get them to take their picture next to products,” Jamie Lee Curtis wrote in a post voicing her criticism.

Fiji would have had to spend $12 million for the same level of brand exposure in traditional advertising, [Apex Marketing Group estimated](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fiji-water-girl-helps-earn-230606803.html).

Though the internet only recently discovered the Fiji water girls, the brand has been using models on red carpets during awards season for years.

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