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Don't you want a fatwa? I mean a Fanta!
Few people realize that the Fantanas, Sofia, Lola, Kiki and Capri, do not really live on a desert isle, nor do they run, dive, swim, or surf around the globe delivering Fanta to the needy of their own volition. These girls are working girls and doing a darn good job. How many of you could run around in tight clothes singing a song that is all of two lyrics in length; especially one that is like the "It's a Small World" theme song on crack.
So, who are the Fantanas? The girls are really from Fullerton, California and "Oh My Gawd," just like American Idol are being replicated all around the world. After extensive research the unapproachable Iraqi market was tapped for a Fanta Fatwa. Yes. Fanta was going to get in to the emerging market before the soda giants like Pepsi wedged their way in and what better way to tap this market than with the tried and true globally successful formula ... The Fantanas.
The Iraqi market is so new and the flavors so exotic, Fanta decided to add a few new characters to promote the additional flavors in its Fanta Girl line up. Now, to complicate the story, the Fullerton Fantas (i.e. the Original Fantanas) are required to escort the new girls to Falujah to help them acclimate and to mentor the newbies on what it is like to be a "Fantana." Lessons include, singing lessons, posture and of course etiquette (one should never offer a Fanta to a diabetic! Unless of course, the diabetic was old and feeble and had left a large sum of money).
Fanta learned the hard way not to send out untested girls into a foreign market. The Russian experiment ended with the formation of the Gyrl group T.A.T.U. and few sodas were sold and the bodies of the other four Fantanas were never recovered, though it has been rumored that they were caught filming adds for Russianlovematch.com. So Fanta has been leveraging the Halloween festivities to test the new girls in an arena that doesn't draw attention ... The Castro!
To be honest, the Falujah Fantanas are going to have to leverage their good personalities if they are going to promote the soda. The outfits are culturally correct though a touch more colorful.
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