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Barbie may seem young, but the emblematic doll really had 60 years in 2019. And although she is one of the best-known toys in the world ever seen, there are still a lotFacts about Barbie which are barely common knowledge. She has lived a plastic life that is really fantastic. Continue reading to learn interesting Tidbits on the world's most famous fashion doll.

While Barbie may seem as American as apple pie, she was modeled afterA German doll named Lilli. As cultural criticismM.G. Lord notes inForever BarbieThe doll was based on a comic strip of the 50s on a high-end call girl appeared in the German tabloid.Bild-Zeitung.

The Lilli doll inspired by these comics was designed as a gag gift for adults - but when the co-founder of MattelRuth ManagerI saw him while traveling in Europe, he triggered Barbie's idea. "I did not know who Lilli was or even his name was Lilli," she says Lord. "I have only seen an adult body that I had tried to describe for years and our guys [to Mattel] could not be done."

We haveBarbara Handler, daughter of the co-founders of Mattel Ruth and Elliot, to thank for Barbie. When Barbara was a child, she would play with paper dolls for hours. According toMattel's website"This has sparked Ruth's vision to create a 3D doll for girls to play their dreams."

In honor of his inspiration - his daughter Barbara-Handler named Barbara Millicent Barbie Doll Roberts. Ironically, however, the real Barbie was 17 years old when the doll made his debut and was therefore not particularly interested in being associated with the child's toy.

"[Kids] would come to me and say," Then you are the Barbie doll, "said the managerPeopleIn 1989. "I did not like that. It's very strange to have a doll named on your part."

When he arrived the time to create Barbie, Assigned Manager Designer MattelJack Ryanto the job. An Alum Yale, Ryan worked for an aerospace company before joining the Mattel team. In fact, he helped design the Government's Hawk and Sparrow III missile systems before contributing Barbie.

After designed the barbie doll, Jack Ryan got marriedGilligan Island actressZSA ZSA GABOR In 1975. At this point, however, the designer's relationship with Mattel was rocky, like him and Handler could not agree on who really had the idea of ​​the doll.

"He could not think of anything original," said the managerThe New Yorker. "But once you've directed it, and says what he should do, then he understood how to do it." In 1980, Ryan continued Mattel for royalties and settled on the court.

Barbie was introduced in the world on March 9, 1959 at the New York Toy Fair. And when Greiner & increase, the company behind the Lilli doll, saw Barbie, they were not happy. They accused Mattel to copy elements of his design, especially his hip articulation - without their permission.Greiner & Hausser Sued Mattel For the violation, and they settled out of the court in 1963. A year later, Mattel bought the rights in Lilli.

According to MattelBarbie official websiteBarbie comes from the fictional town of willows, Wisconsin. And even if it is not a real place, the state of Wisconsin proudly claimed it as an indigenous girl. A first version of the doll is even presentedIn the Wisconsin Historical Museum.

According toTime, Mattel became the first sponsor of the first year ofThe Mickey Mouse ClubIn 1955.Television advertising Were a new advertising approach for toys at the time and Mattel is widely credited with being the first company to broadcast advertisements for children. When the company launched Barbie, they strongly encouraged the doll toMickey Mouse Clubthe viewers. She became a shot as soon as theadvertising were in regular rotation.

Given the constant flow of television ads, Mattel has produced for Barbie since its inception, it is not too surprising some celebrities have got their big breaks via Barbie advertisements.Kunis of Mila,Fergie, andBRADY BOUQUET.Maureen McCormick Are just some of the celebrities that appeared in ads for the doll before becoming household names themselves.

The original Barbie was available to buy either a blonde or brunette. But according toStrong, "The blonde doll has sold so much better, the brunette was soon relegated to the back of the tray. »

Barbie lips had pinched origin which gave her very serious air. It was not until 1971 that Mattel presentedMalibu Barbie, The first version of the smile doll with his teeth. His pearly whites really sparkled against his tanned skin!

Kenmade his debutOn March 11, 1961, making Barbie a little cougar. Manager named Barbie Male Homologous after his son,Kenneth Handler-So even if the dolls are supposed to be dating, they are named after the brothers and sisters.

Thefirst Ken doll came with red swimsuit, a pair of sandals and a towel and here. There was not high in sight. The next year's model was a little more modest: the 1962 version of Ken came with aRed and white striped shirt, Although he was still open.

After 43 years together, Barbie and Ken famouscalled he closes In 2004, just before Valentine's Day. A spokesman Mattel saysin a press release At the moment Ken and Barbie "think it's time to spend a little bit of quality apart. »

During his Ken break, Barbie hanging with a "Cali Guy" namedBlaine Gordon, Who made his debut at the Toy Fair 2004. Blaine was very popular, and no new Ken doll were produced for two years after the new handsome barbie shelves struck.

But after taking apparently the working time on itself, Ken reappeared in 2006 with aNew look and style. He and Barbie managed toreconcile Just in time for Valentine's Day 2011 and have been together since.

Barbie has a big family and complicated to that. Of course, many of us know his child sisterSkipper, Who made his debut in 1964 and is still as good. But did you also know she has twin brothers,Tutti and Todd, Who were set up a year later? Tutti was arrested in 1971 and finally replaced by Stacie and Todd was arrested and reissued too many times to count.

Barbie Kelly toddler sister, meanwhile, arrived in the mid-1990s, although she was abandoned in 2010. That same year, the world met Chelsea, her replacement. The youngest crew is a child named Krissy, who was born in the late 90s. She does a few years before being arrested. And you thought thatyourThe family has been complicated.

Barbie has aEnglish cousin Named Francie Fairchild. She was sold 1966-1976, thenhit the tablets again in 2011. It is interesting, it was the year all eyes were riveted on the royal marriage ofPrince William andKate Middleton. Coincidence? We think no.

Christie is one of Barbie's oldest friends. She was also the first African American Barbie doll, introduced as part of the Barbie line speak of dolls in 1968. With the exception of a brief exodus in the 2000s, Christie is part of Barbie to ever extended since its launch.

It is logical that someone so famous that Barbie would have well known friends. And his first famous friend, according to theBarbie official website, wasTwiggy, Based on the model of the emblematic British fashion.The Twiggy doll, Which was introduced in 1967, wearing a yellow, green and blue mini vertical dress striped with yellow boots.

When she was sold in 1959 in a black and white swimsuit, Barbie was promoted like "Fashion model in teenage girls. Of course, it is before she took many other industries and became a seasoned businesswoman.

Over the past 60 years, Barbie has heldImpressive number of jobs, Working in the arts, business, politics and science, to name just a few. You probably did not even knew that she has experience as a sign language teacher, UNICEF ambassador, the Canadian police, and a rapper. To date, it has more than 200 careers on its appearance curriculum vitae endless.

According toThingsShe had 21 dogs, 14 horses, six cats, three ponies, parrot, a panda, a chimpanzee, a giraffe and a zebra. And in theVeterinary set of the farm In the photo above, we also see some lambs and chicks.

Barbie's story with animals even goes beyond her vast pet collection. In 2015, after the release of the documentaryBlackAquatic thematic parks face the growth of their processing on their orca whale treatment. As a result, Mattel announced that they would intercompete SeaWorld Barbie. "Barbie has a rich story as an activist for animal rights. She has been furious for all her story,"Peta spokesman said in answer. "We are delighted to see that it can keep its user friendly for animals."

After receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer and a mastectomy in the 1970s, Ruth Handler helped design and develop a high quality breast prosthesis for other breast cancer survivors with the companyAlmost me LLC technologies, which has now made prosthetic breasts and other post-mastectomy products for more than 40 years.

Talk about persistent. Barbie ran for the president every election years since 1992, excluding the 1996 race. Barbie took her progressive campaign a step furtherIn 2016, running on the first all-female ticket that the United States had ever seen.

"The President and Vice President Dolls continue our efforts to expose girls to inspire underrepresented careers by women"Lisa McKnightDirector General and Senior Vice President in Barbie,said in a declaration. "We see this doll as a timely and topical platform to continue the conversation around the female leadership."

July 20, 1969, American astronautsNeil ArmstrongandBuzz aldrin became the first human to land on the moon. And while most of the world has been naturally impressed by this feat, Barbie was everything "was there, does that." You see, in 1965, four years before the arrival of the Apollo 11,Miss Astronaut Barbie "Sashay [ed] his way into space."

According toGUINNESS WORLD RECORDSThe best-selling Barbie of all time is totally Barbie, released in 1992. To date, more than 10 million dolls were sold around the world; In 2017, Mattel even published a25th anniversary version of the doll in the light of his insane success.

In 2013, Mattel announced that Barbie would sellHis dream house in Malibu for$ 25 million. "The 8,500 square feet foot, a bedroom, a bathroom, rests on a set of 23,456 square feet and includes an ultra-private entrance 150 feet from the primordial Malibu beach," said the company in a press release. Mattel added: "This is the only property of Malibu with a breathtaking view of the ocean - after all, it has only three walls." Too funny.

In 2003,FortuneAttributed that every three seconds, someone in the world buys a new Barbie. According toTelegraphit means that the number of barbies in the world could bypass the globe of the world more thansix times.

The world is 24,900 miles of circumference and a barbie doll is 11.5 inches tall. Therefore, you would need 13.7 million barbers, stacked to make it all over the world. By using the aforementioned three-second Barbie rule, there are enough dolls to wrap the globe more than half a dozen times.

Although Barbie has generated his fair share of controversy throughout his story, 2015 saw one of the Wheirer debates on the doll. That year, Mattel launchedHello barbie, which allowed consumers to ask doll questions and receive answers, similar toApple Siri.

Criticism If Hello Barbie violated or not the privacy of children and parents, given the voices of those who speak to the doll could be recorded and stored by the technical partner of Mattel Teeck Toytalk. Others fear that pirates pirates can not use the WIFI connection in a way in one way or another, tap the home of an owner, by overchauding their private conversations.

Barbie has thousands of dedicated collectors. However, his largest fan and the most dedicated collector is a German woman namedBettina Dorfmann, who amassedMore than 15,000 dolls since the receipt of his first in 1966 at the age of five.

Barbie originally sold $ 2.99 and today it costs about $ 10 on average. Not theStefano Canturi Barbie, although. This doll has a jewel jewelry diamond necklaceStefano Canturi This includes an emerald-cut Australian pink diamond surrounded by three white diamond carats. Christie'sauction In 2010 to raise funds for the breast cancer research foundation. The last offer was $ 302,500, making the doll broke outVery expensive Barbie never sold.

In 1984, Barbie added her first designer dress to her wardrobe. Mattel associated with the famous fashion designerOscar de la RenaTo give Barbie, "Glamorous Metal Tenues Games and Metallic", as Note the official Barbie website. Since then, Mattel has teamed up with designers likeChristian Louboutin,Givenchy,Coach,Entrusted, andVera wang.

In 1986, Pop Art iconAndy Warhol Created a portrait one of his many muses,Cabotor *. However, this "portrait" was unusual in that it was not really based on an image of Billyboy *, but Barbie.

"For many, many, many years [Andy] wanted to make a painting of me. And for some reason, I did not appreciate this idea. Go out of embarrassment, I told him," Well, if you want really make my portrait, make a portrait of Barbie because Barbie is me, "billyboy * said theBBC.

In 2009, in honor of his 50th anniversary, Barbie held her first track show during New York Fashion Week. According toReutersThe designers who participated in the show included Vera Wang, Juty Couture, Badgley Mischka, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein.