Finding Juliette
Child Focus / VML Belgium + VML, Antwerp
CREARCHIVE Score
63.2
Child FocusFinding Juliette2025

Campaign Images
BrandChild Focus
AgencyVML Belgium + VML, Antwerp
Award ShowD&AD
CategoryDIGITAL
Year2025
CountriesBelgium, United States
Description
A year and a half after Juliette Goormans went missing, the search had faded. To reignite it, we changed Juliette’s name into Nafi Thiam. The three-time Olympic champion is the most searched Belgian woman on the internet. Then we launched a search campaign with her new name. People who searched for 'Nafi Thiam' on Google or YouTube, now got a search ad featuring Juliette’s missing poster as the top result. With more than 2 million searches, Juliette became the most searched Belgian in the world. Just three weeks into the campaign, a new lead led to finding Juliette. Alive and well.
Awards
- • Cannes Lions — A07 - Not-for-Profit / Charity / Government — Shortlist
- • Cannes Lions — C02 - Breakthrough on a Budget — Shortlist
- • Cannes Lions — C03 - Data-Driven Targeting — Shortlist
- • D&AD — Media — Graphite Pencil
- • D&AD — Media / Use of Talent — Shortlist
Credits
BrandChild Focus
ClientChild Focus
Design AgencyVML Belgium
Entrant CompanyVML Belgium
Advertising AgencyVML Belgium
Production CompanyVML Belgium
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