Fiji Water girl 2.0: Another pretty lady photobombs stars, this time at the Independent Spirits Awards... after Kelleth Cuthbert caused a fuss at Golden Globes
- Kelleth Cuthbert, the Fiji Water Girl who became a viral sensation at this year's Golden Globes, sued the bottled water company that employed her
- And on Saturday another Fiji Water girl was born
- She was seen at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica
A Fiji Water girl was seen photo bombing stars at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Saturday.
This new lady was seen standing behind Dakota Johnson, Joaquin Phoenix and Carey Mulligan, aming others.
This comes after Kelleth Cuthbert caused a big fuss when she stood behind celebrities at the Golden Globe Awards.

Fiji strikes again: A Fiji Water girl was seen photo bombing stars at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Saturday. Dakota Johnson pictured

Double do: Here the girl stood farther back as Chloe Moretz and Riley Keough were arm in arm
This new lady looked like a toned and trim model, just like the last one.
She had on a blue dress with a lace overlay adding nude heels. Her hair was worn down and swayed in the wind. And just like Kelleth, she stared right into the camera as the stars posed away.
Fiji was an advertised for the awards show.
Kelleth had a hard time after her sudden fame. Last month she hit back at the model whose photo-bombing stunt at the Golden Globes went viral, claiming she tried to extort the company by demanding $500,000 after reneging on an initial brand partnership agreement.

Did he know? Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay with FIJI Water lady
Kelleth Cuthbert, whose real name is Kelly Steinbach, enjoyed her 15 minutes of fame last month after photobombing stars on the red carpet while carrying a tray of the trendy bottled water.
She participated in media interviews, posed on Instagram and even entered discussions with Fiji Water to become an official brand ambassador.
At some point during those talks, there was a disagreement and earlier this month, Steinbach filed a lawsuit against Fiji Water's parent company, The Wonderful Company, seeking $12million in damages.

Sneaky or smart? Here Carey Mulligan poses in her pretty gold dress with the lady behind her
She claimed that she never gave permission for the company to use her image in cardboard cut-outs which it placed in stores after the stunt, and that she has not been paid a dime.
Though she went to the company's office and signed a document agreeing to become an ambassador, she claims it was 'fake' and that she was pressured into doing so while a camera was rolling.
On Friday, The Wonderful Company counter-sued her in a Los Angeles court and accused her of trying to extort the company for $500,000 before filing her lawsuit.
In their filing, the company's lawyers describe her as 'greedy' and say she has 'bitten the hand that feeds her' by trying to come after the company which put her on the map.
'This action arises from the simple greed on the part of Kelly Steinbach and her agents.


The model planted herself behind celebrities on the red carpet at the Golden Globes on January 6 and became an overnight viral sensation

Afterwards, Fiji Water printed these cutouts of her to place in stores for fans to take their own 'photo-bomb' picture with her but Cuthbert claims they did not get her permission first

In this January 8 email exchange that was included in the lawsuit, Fiji Water sets out terms including that it can use the model's likeness and that she will be paid for it

In his response, Cuthbert's lawyer replied 'understood, we're in agreement' to the terms
'Ms Steinbach reneged on a valid agreement between herself and FIJI to serve as a Fiji Water Brand Ambassador and permit FIJI to use her likeness in its related advertising campaign and instead, attempted to extort close to half a million dollars from FIJI because she wanted a better deal than the original $90,000 she had originally accepted in exchange for such rights.
'FIJI refused to pay this steep ransom and instead insisted upon its contractual rights,' the lawsuit, which DailyMail.com obtained a copy of, reads.
'Ms Steinbach has now bitten the hand that feeds her by suing the very company that is entirely responsible for providing her the opportunity and the means to capitalize on her fleeting 15 minutes of fame,' it goes on.
The lawsuit describes how Cuthbert came to work for the company with a handful of other models at the January 6 show.
After she became the standout of the event, her agent at Wilhelmina models began discussing how she would become a brand ambassador for the company the next day over email, the lawsuit states.
Over that email exchange, it was mapped out that she would be paid $75,000 plus 20 percent to be a consultant and brand ambassador for the company.

The company also pointed to the fact that Cuthbert even posted photographs of herself happily posing with the cutout before she claimed it had no permission to use them. This Instagram shot has now been deleted. She took it after signing a contract she claims was fake


Cuthbert also posted photographs of the cutouts to her Instagram stories where she seemed to lap up the attention
In exchange, Fiji Water claims it was granted permission to use he image and likeness.
In one email exchange provided in the lawsuit, her agent, Steve Miller, replies: 'Understood. We're in agreement.'
On January 9, after going on television that morning, she went to the company's offices where 'during a videotaped and photographed signing session to memorialize the parties' new contractual relationship', she signed it.
The lawsuit states that she was shown the cut out and 'loved them so much that she had FIJI take pictures of her standing next to her own cardboard cut-out of her likeness.'
She posted one on Instagram with the comment: 'Met my doppleganger today. She looks kind of like me but three days younger.'
Steinbach has since deleted the image from her page but it had racked up 47,000 likes by the time it was screenshot by the Fiji Water lawyers.
Immediately after the meeting, she received a text message from a PR rep asking how it went, according to the lawsuit.
She replied: 'It went amazingly!! Everybody was so kind. Just made it home :)'
She took the only signed copy home with her and, over the next few days, posted photos of the cutouts on her Instagram story with captions such as 'even when I'm not there, I'm still there.' and 'LOL'.

Fiji Water is now also suing her for taking jobs without its approval including her cameo on The Bold and the Beautiful which she shared a photo of, above

Cuthbert posted this explanation for her lawsuit against the company saying she was left 'no choice'
Some are still on the highlights reel of her Instagram page.
It was not until January 11 when, according to the lawsuit, her agent's lawyer contacted them to say she was now demanding $500,000 and a six-month exclusivity clause in order for them to use her likeness that she would agree to it.
Fiji Water is also coming after the model for participating in media appearances and gigs which it did not approve since their dispute, including a cameo on The Bold and The Beautiful.
The company is seeking damages to be determined at trial.
Steinbach denied trying to extort the company.
In a statement, her lawyer Kecia Reynolds told DailyMail.com that it was an 'obvious publicity stunt to counter revelations of Fiji Water's unlawful actions.'
'Kelleth will not be bullied by Fiji Water, the Wonderful Company, or its billionaire owners.

Cuthbert, whose real name is Kelly Steinbach, was unknown until the stunt
'To be clear, Fiji Water has not "feed" Kelleth (sic). Fiji Water has never paid Kelleth and there was not an agreement, not an email agreement or fake document agreement.
In her own statement on Instagram after the suit became public, Steinbach said: 'The decision to sue Fiji Water was a last resort for me and I had hoped to discretely resolve this dispute.
'Fiji Water used my image without a contract, without consent and without payment, all for their own financial gain.
'Models make a living off of the use of their image. No one would expect other professions to work for free.
'Fiji Water's cardboard cutout campaign used my image unlawfully. I only seek what is fair.'
Cuthbert was somewhat unknown until the stunt at the awards show.
She was one of several models hired by Fiji Water for the Globes but was the only one which stood out by planting herself within the frame while stars posed up a storm.
The model claims that Fiji tried to negotiate with her agent on January 8, two days after the stunt when she dominated headlines, but that her likeness had been already been placed around multiple locations including the upscale grocery store Bristol Farms' West Hollywood location, seen behind singer John Legend in a photo taken of him on January 10.
The suit also alleges Fiji Water offered 'gifts to entice' Cuthbert to sign away her rights and 'pressured' her into taking part in a mock video production that made it look as if she signed on to be a 'Fiji Water Ambassador.'
Cuthbert's filing argues that it wasn't a real agreement, but Fiji went ahead with the campaign to push their bottled water products anyway.
The Los Angeles-based model is demanding that the cardboard cutout campaign end immediately and that she receive compensation for $12 million in brand exposure prompted by her viral fame.
Cuthbert was only one of four models handing out Fiji Water on the red carpet at the Golden Globes, but her coy smile and repeated appearance behind celebrities became a sensation on the social media.