Icelandic frog advert makes Malaysian woman a Facebook cult hit
The 19 year-old, from
The commercial, starring popular actor Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, features a frog who lisps the slang word “Essassu”, which roughly translates to “is it you?”.
It was later discovered that the phrase was similar to the Malaysian woman’s name on Facebook.
She is now an internet sensation and has become the centre of a Facebook group “We want to get Essasa Sue to Iceland!”.
Organisers said it started as a “joke” but now it has almost 1,000 members.
“One of the most popular person(s) among all Icelanders… now it is not time for her to be flown to Iceland and maintain curating all Essasa Sue,” says the group’s blurb.
Hundreds of people have since “friended” her on her site over the past few weeks and at last count Miss Sue, whose real name is Essasa Sie Sue Wei, has almost 2700 friends with the number getting higher by the day.
Many of her new “friends” have posted messages on her wall in Icelandic, saying hello and wishing her
At one stage she wrote: "thanks for all the iceland ppl that adding (sic) me on facebook!!!
Earlier she wrote: "i was in the iceland news... oh my god."
On her site she describes herself as “just a normal girl & having a very bored & simple life” in Malaysia, who “likes to make new friends”.
Miss Wei told The Daily Telegraph that she was surprised at the group’s popularity but denied she was a “cult hero”, explaining that it wasn’t actually her real name, only her online identity.
“I think it's unbelievable… the advertisement will say something kinda like my name,” she said.
“I like it cause can knew and make more friends with others country people. I don't like it because I do not deserve what they
“I don't think am a 'cult figure' and I just feel sorry and (I) apologise to all the Iceland people, because my real name is Essasa Sie not Essasa Sue.”
She said her and her friend one day wanted to visit the country “because Iceland people are so friendly, nice and good”.
Sigurjón Hallgrímsson, one of the founders of the Facebook tribute group, said it had started as a joke.
He said he was not surprised that it had become an internet sensation because the advertisment was popular in Iceland.
“We decided to start this group after finding out that the numbers of Essasa Sue´s Icelandic friends are just getting higher,” he said.
“I’m not surprised that the group or Essasa Sue is so popular.
“The ‘Essasu’ commercial is played by one of the most popular Icelandic actors, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon.”
He added: “Being (a) frog and saying those funny words with a baby sound has apparently made a big hit."
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