That Barbie Pink, it truly is a Barbie world or we wish!

Yes fellow bloggers I hope you thoroughly enjoyed my research piece on the World of Barbie. I am sad to say that this is the end of our journey together. Regardless of how much I loved this whole blog experience, there is only so much extensive research a girl can do on Barbie.

Throughout this blogging experience, I learned much about Barbie but I also learned quickly how blogging actually works and the ups and downs.

Barbie, created by a company that once was tiny called Mattel, originally was created so that little girls could have a companion other than their paper dolls. Named Barbie after Handlers daughter Barbara, the doll has stolen hearts of little ones around the world since 1959. The 1959 original dressed in a pin striped black and white bathing suit, almost zebra looking. Her lips were glossed with fire engine red lipstick and her eyes were lavished with thick black eyeliner.

No one knew how to react to Barbie but to buy her off the shelves. Little ones loved her but was she ultimately having a negative effect on those little girls. Many critics of Barbie say she has been the cause to many eating disorders as well as unreal fantasies that girls try to reach with their own bodies. The Barbie body virtually is impossible to reach in real life without many plastic surgeries.

Women all over have tried to go through with these surgeries so that they too can be a human Barbie. Jenny Lee went through with over forty surgeries and spent over 100,000 dollars to make herself look like a Barbie. Come to find out that not all the operations went as planned. To this day she can not breath out of her left nostril from her second nose job.

Many competitions take place just to find the faces of the dolls. A Genuine Ken competition took place. This competition included ex-athletes, celebrities and everyday guys. The guys had to compete in a series of competitions that were judged by three celebrity judges. The winner was picked because for their last task each guy was given a certain amount of money to buy gifts for the judges, the winner Kurtis Taylor, gave each judge one penny and donated the rest of his allotted allowance to charities. He won based upon his big heart.

Although Barbie has been said to be the cause of many girls and teens disorders around the world, she also has been notified as being one of the most revolutionary toys to ever hit the market. For fifty years Barbie has been changing from an astronaut to a simple every day mom. I think that the Barbie doll teaches little ones from a little age that they can pursue anything in life regardless of their situation.

I hope you all have learned much about Barbie and legacy! Thank you for viewing my blog on the Barbie doll.

Everlasting Love:)

How far is too far?

 Has Barbie contributed to the rise in plastic surgeries done per year?

Many women as young as seventeen are now resorting to plastic surgery to transform themselves in what they think is a human form of Barbie.

 Jenny Lee now known as the 21^st century version of Barbie is on her way to becoming 100% plastic, plastic surgery that is. Lee’s surgery addiction began at the age of twenty when her husband at the time continuously mocked her body and pointed out her flaws.

 Sick of the antagonizing comments, Lee got breast implants. The new attention that they brought her made her crave more changes. This is when her addiction began.

 Today this mother of two has had over 44 plastic surgeries resulting of a grand total of $100,00 dollars spent.

 Not all of her surgeries however have worked like a charm. After one of her nose jobs, her left nostril collapsed and she says to this day she can not breath out of her left side of her nose.

 Lee, along with her plastic surgeon responsible for all her procedures sat down with Larry King for a personal interview.

Click here to view the interview.

 When asked by King if she ever planned on stopping modifying the way she looked, Jenny replied that she didn’t believe she would ever stop going under the knife, because she liked the way it made her feel.

Before and After of Lee

Many bloggers and researchers have had much to say about Barbie and her legacy. Some good. Some bad.

 The Good-

          I think parents are more afraid of Barbie’s prefect self than the child herself. I mean typically children play with Barbie roughly between the ages of four and eight. During this age Barbie is merely their companion. I don’t believe that little girls actually daydream about Barbie’s breast sizes or mile long legs.

 With technology advancing, Barbie is one of the few toys left that forces the next generation to use their imagination. Lorna Russell in her Debate: Is Barbie a Bad Influence On Our Daughters emphasizes this fact.

A Barbie is no worse for a child than a teddy or a train set,all wonderful staples of childhood that we should encourage. With a Barbie, or any doll, a child can go anywhere, do anything. Together they can have fabulous adventures that will feed their minds and develop their imaginations. Years later a Barbie found in the attic will trigger memories that can still transport her owner to a place that, sadly, she doesn’t go to much anymore.

Barbie has left a mighty legacy on little girls everywhere. Not only does she teach diversity and acceptance but Barbie also follows the up-to-date fads that have struck America. I believe Barbie teaches all little ones to strive to be what ever they want. Failure is not an option!

 The Bad-

          With the good aspects come some bad attributes that have Barbie in the doghouse. Lately social norms have skyrocketed with the celebrity influences and plastic surgery fanatics.

 In Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll,” the main character tried to alter her appearance to fit what she thought looked like a human Barbie. Needless to the plastic surgery guru ended in tragedy.

Jeff Eldridge, delegate of Lincoln County, proposed a ban on Barbie’s called “The Barbie Ban Law” He thinks that toys such as these emphasize outer beauty and not enough intellectual brain smarts beauty.

Much is understood by this bill but Eldridge has gotten some criticism for it. Many argue that Barbie has been around for fifty years why stop her now? Other simply ignore the outrageous plea.

Although Barbie is a toy she has brought about many debates and arguments of her influence on today’s youth.

Smart Barbie

The turn of the century and one little doll is created. Except this time the doll was made out of plastic instead of paper.

Ruth Handler had a vision to turn the two-dimensional paper doll in to a three-dimensional plastic doll with flowing blonde hair and numerous accesories to match.

Many of you might be wondering when the first Barbie was marketed? Who thought up the designs? And Who is initially behind this phenomenon?

To view the interview about Barbie’s history click here.

I also found a very important piece of history that i would like to share with all of you loyal viewers:)

The first ever commercial promoting the 1959 Beauty herself.  This black and white picture show debuted during Mickey Mouse Club! Click here to view.

Barbie has been around for over fifty years. I can not fathom the thought of her downfall.

Lately Barbie has been in the center of a lawsuit because of the other competing doll brands. No matter what though Barbie has been through it all and can handle whatever obstacle it must be.

I have a feeling Barbie will still be walking strong when I have children and when my children have children. Below is a list of the top five most bizarre and famous Barbie’s to ever be made.

Number One: The classic 1959 original. Accompanied by her black and white bathing suit, red fingernails and bright red lips. Her face is heavily coated with cat eyed makeup and big hoop earrings. Late in 2006 the “never been out of the box” version of this Barbie auctioned off for 25,000 big ones. She comes in brunette and blonde. So which one truly has more fun?

Number two: Midge Hadley, the pregnant one. Midge is Barbie’s best friend and first model to ever become pregnant. This one particular doll raised much commotion when she came with no husband and no wedding ring. The removable magnetic stomach opens to a little newborn baby curled up on the inside. Many mothers were not too fond of midge seeing as their innocent children were wondering why there was a baby in her stomach rather than delivered my a stork.

Number three: Chirstie- Barbie’s first black friend. Debuting in 1968, showed the next step in the Mattel generation. The Chrstie model looked identical to the light colored skin Barbie just with darker skin. The first black Barbie had a positive impact on all her viewers seeing as it helped segregation and the aspiration of young African American girls everywhere to be whoever they wanted to be.

Number four: The Worlds most expensive Barbie. This tan skinned beauty designed my De Beers is dressed for success in a gown lavished with 160 diamonds. She wears gold jewelry and high heels to match. This is not a doll to give to the children seeing as her retail price is just at about $85,000.

Number Five: Barbie and her “pooping” dog Tanner. Probably the strangest Barbie ever made. You are able to feed Tanner the dog some biscuits and what do you know, he recreates something well poop like. Barbie is able to pick up the pellets with her magnetic scooper. I don’t know what child would want to play with this one?

Barbie soon will be coming out with even more extravagant looks and designs. She has vastly become more than just a play toy but a worldly icon.

Over the hill but not yet exactly old, the ageless Ken Barbie doll turns fifty.

Many of you know that Ken is the well-known boyfriend of Barbie. He is the epitome of what every girl wants in her man. Ken can do anything from mowing the lawn to picking out shoes. Who knew that he, the hopeless romantic aged?

 As of March 21, 2011 Ken, a by-product of Mattel, turned fifty. The designers of the Barbie doll launched a new competition called “Genuine Ken: The Search for the Great American Boyfriend.”

 The competition called for the practical boy next door with a handsome complexion and a sensitive yet manly personality. The lucky crowned winner’s face got to be the new “genuine” look of Barbie’s ravishing boyfriend Ken.

 After many bachelor based obstacles, Kurtis Taylor, a 25-year-old former defensive lineman for Iowa State, won the whole competition by showing off his romantic side to the judges. Each contestant was given five hundred dollars to spend on the judges. Taylor showed off his charisma by distributing one penny to each judge and donating the rest of the cash to Make a Wish Foundation.

 Much revenue and income is spent yearly on the advertising of Barbie and Ken. Elizabeth Olsen of The New York Times says:

       Mattel, based in El Segundo, Calif., declined to disclose its ad spending for Ken. Kantar Media said Mattel spent $18.5 million on advertising Barbie dolls and accessories last year. The Ken doll is a small part of the estimated $1 billion annual sales of the many Barbie lines, but drawing attention to him with his milestone birthday could help increase sales — just as Mattel did when it revamped Barbie before her 50th.

Although much is spent on the advertisement of Barbie and Ken, more than triple that is raked in by her sales. Many stores can not keep Barbie on the shelf.

The new “Genuine Ken” look, I think will strike the hearts of many because not only is he still handsome as always but this is an actual male figure.

 We all know you can buy the Barbie without her Ken:)

The new "Genuine Ken" - Google Images

Everyone knows that Barbie looks her best in pink.

Created by Ruth Handler, Barbie has been bought off the shelves since 1959. The perfect little doll was named after Handlers daughter Barbara. In 1959 at Barbie’s out coming, she wore a black and white one-piece bathing suit accompanied with thick black eyeliner and perfect pink lips. Barbie was sold for a grand total of three dollars and her clothes between one and three dollars.

 According to many, just a short period after Handler created Barbie, she was driving a nice car and was making the big bucks! This is reasonable seeing as no store could keep Barbie on the shelf.

 As Striking as Barbie is, she with her perfect body image has tossed up some issues about personal image. In The New York Times, Yona McDonough emphasizes that Barbie “has been held responsible for numerous eating disorders and charged with offering girls a wholly unrealistic body image.” No longer are little girls satisfied with being beautiful in their own way but now a prominent roll model, The Barbie, demonstrates the unrealistic body.

Supermodels now want smaller body parts and the average little girl wants to be model thin. The Barbie known as Slumber Party Barbie came out in 1965. A prop that she sported was a little play magazine titled How to Be Thin. One of the pieces of advice given in the magazine was to not eat at all.

No matter what way you look at it, Barbie’s body is not average…and also not easily attainable.

Mattel, Barbie distributor has recently received complaints about the unrealistic body image. A massive drop in sales made Mattel promise to start making a more modern looking Barbie. This means bigger hips and smaller breasts.

We all know that Barbie looks her best in pink. How do you think the legendary icon will look like with smaller breasts and bigger hips?

Perfect Eyes of Barbie

Hi! I am honored that all of you bloggers will be joining me while I uncover the effects that the Barbie doll has had on women over many decades.

I am writing on this topic specifically because in real life Barbie is completely disproportional. C’mon I mean if someone were to reconstruct Barbie she would fall over from the weight of her breasts. From her long blond hair to her tiny waist and large breasts, Barbie has transformed the mind of little girls around the world to think that the only way to look is virtually without flaw.

First of all- who thinks up the ideas for Barbie’s outfits? How is each stitch and dye perfect? She always has her nails painted perfectly and her lipstick in tact. Do they even use real hair? So much work goes in to making Barbie look perfect, who is behind it all?

Second of all- Barbie has increasingly progressed throughout the years from the 1959 cat-eyed sweetheart to the tanned Malibu Barbie of today. Even though the evolution of Barbie is evident her waist still appears small and her breasts still appear large. Any woman or girl would love the have Barbie’s body right?

Third of all- Has Barbie influenced girls around the world in a negative or positive way? She continues to impress girls with her perfect self but are little ones beginning to care too much about what they think is acceptable to society? Are little girls beginning to wear makeup and style their hair in grade school?

By reading my blog I hope that viewers will get the full low down of Barbie’s legacy and her effect on women and children all over. You will learn the positive and negative effects of Barbie. Also my hopes are that you the viewer will get to see the behind the scenes labor that goes in to the Barbie.

It’s a Barbie world out there!

Barbie

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