Lauren Bernat became a viral video sensation after her boyfriend, Giovanny Gutierrez, filmed her playing Wii Fit's interactive hula hoop game and uploaded it to YouTube.
The video has been viewed more than 2 million times and has spawned numerous copycats and parodies.Telegraph: Wii Fit underwear girl: A marketing hoax? (June 11, 2008)
Lauren Bernat's Background
Bernat works in advertising in the Miami, Florida, area and lives with Gutierrez.
Both Bernat and Gutierrez work for the advertising firm Tinsley Advertising, which has led to speculation that the two are actors and that the clip was an engineered viral video intended to impress Nintendo executives.Celebridiot: Lauren Bernant is the Wii Fit Panties Girl (June 10, 2008)
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Born
ca. 1983
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Boyfriend
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Occupation
Advertising account executive
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Gutierrez titled video "Why every guy should buy their girlfriend Wii Fit"
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Because Bernat and Gutierrez work in advertising together, there has been speculation that the video is a marketing ployTelegraph: Wii Fit underwear girl: A marketing hoax? (June 11, 2008)
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Earned Bernat the name "Wii Fit Girl" and "Wii Fit Underwear Girl"
