Can you believe Barbie is turning 63? It sounds incredible, but it is real, the beloved doll with which you surely played, and your mother too, “saw the light” on March 9, 1959 at the New York International Toy Fair, where its creator went to present it: Ruth Handler.
Since then, Barbie has conquered the hearts of millions and millions of children and adults around the world, becoming the best-selling doll -well, until Elsa from Frozen 🤭- that has ever existed.
That is why we cannot let her birthday go by just like that, we decided to celebrate it with these facts that you may not have known about her:
- Your real name is Barbara Millicent Robertsbut she likes to be called Barbie, that’s why we know her by that name of “honey”.
2. To make it, its creator was based on a German doll named Bild Lilli, which was for adults. 😳🤫🤭
3. The first Barbie commercial came out in 1959, in none other than… the Mickey Mouse Club!
Four. Barbie’s first profession was Fashion Designer; From then on we have seen her doing everything: veterinarian, stylist, chef, doctor, soccer player, politician, firefighter… In short, there are more than 200! And the reason is that Ruth wanted all the girls who played with her to realize that they could do anything they dreamed of.
5. Barbie and Ken – his real name is Kenneth Carson– they met at a dance in 1960 and dated for more than 40 years, but they broke up in 2004 and Barbie started dating Blaine, an Australian surfer. She was also romantically involved with Kevin, Todd and River, but in 2012 she got back together with Ken.
6. Barbie’s family Is made up of:
His parents: George and Margaret Roberts
His sisters: Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea Kelly Roberts
His aunts: Millicent Rawlins and Marlene Roberts-
Her cousins: Kristen Rawlens and Marie Roberts
His cousin: Max Roberts
And well, Barbie’s friends are many, we couldn’t name them all, but surely you know more than one, like Ryan and Teresa.
7. Barbie: Reshape the Conversation. After Barbie received a lot of criticism for her body structure, Mattel turned the doll on its head and created many different bodies for Barbie.
That was in 2016, and since then they haven’t stopped, now we see Barbies with different skin tones, eyes, with different hair textures, with different abilities… a great diversity.
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8. Barbie supports the LGBTTTQ+ community, because he believes that we should all be proud of who we are, regardless of our sexual orientation or gender identity; recognizes that we are all equal and that together we can make a different society, an inclusive society.
9. The best-selling Barbie in history is `Totally Hair´, a doll that had super long hair, down to her ankles. She made her debut in 1992 and a few years ago, Kylie Jenner dressed up as her, do you remember?
10. There are many celebrities who already have their own version of Barbie, but we cannot fail to mention the Mexicans who inspired some dolls, such as: the golfer Lorena Ochoa, the diver Paola Espinosa, the racquetball player Paola Longoria, Frida Kahlo and also… The Polynesians!