BARBIE® FUN FACTS
BarbieÒdoll has kept up with the times and trends since her debut on March 9th 1959. In matters from career, to family and friends, to fashion, she is right there changing along with girls and the world.
Some fun facts to boost your Barbie I.Q. . .
1. BarbieÒdoll has had more than 80 careers -- everything from a rock star to a paleontologist to a presidential candidate.
2. BarbieÒdoll's first career was a teenage fashion model.
3. BarbieGoes to College was introduced in 1964.
4. Army Barbie, introduced in 1992, represented a medic Sergeant enlisted in Desert Storm.
5. The first Olympic athlete Barbie was introduced in 1975; she is competing again as an Olympic swimmer in 2000.
6. Summit Barbie dolls were introduced in the 1980s to commemorate the end of the cold war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
7. Barbie doll represented a candidate for President in 1992 and is running again in 2000 with a platform of opportunities for girls, educational excellence and animal rights.
8. The military series of Barbie dolls, Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps went through approvals by the Pentagon to ensure the most realistic costumes.
9. Barbied oll represented an astronaut in 1965, 1986 and 1994.
10.In 1997, Share A Smile Becky was the first Mattel, Inc. fashion doll introduced with a wheelchair.
11.The Barbie Sport collection, including a clothing line and sport-related dolls, was introduced by Mattel in 1998 to allow girls to play out their athletic aspirations every day.
12.Barbiedoll was introduced in Europe in 1961.
13.Italian was the first nationality Barbie doll represented in the Dolls of the World Collection.
14.Quinceanera Teresadoll was released in Mexico in 1994 to celebrate Girls Day.
15.The Barbie doll is currently marketed in more than 150 nations around the world.
16.Placed head to toe, Barbie dolls and family members sold since 1959 would circle the earth more than seven times.
17.Every second, two Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world.
18.One of the latest nationality Barbie doll is Spanish Barbie, released in 2000 wearing an ensemble inspired by the "traje de luces" (suit of lights) worn by toreadors.
19.BarbieÒdoll has represented 45 different nationalities.
20.The first black and Hispanic Barbie dolls were introduced in 1980.
Do you remember your first Barbie?
I also had a Sindy doll and a Tressy!
LOL!
I remember making beds out ofshoe boxes.
How much fun eh!
Lots of fun and games..............check out Barbie's own site here
What is truly amazing about reading about Barbie, is I am collecting 3 via Freecycle sometime next week!
So, if anybody can think of any little girl out there who would like to give a home to a Barbie please leave a comment and I will draw 3 names after the weekend.
It is Friday, shopping with Enid day.
I have to go to Whitby to collect my new glasses, so we are going to go for a drive through Heartbeat country on our way there.
You will be pleased to know I am taking my camera and NOT relying on the phone in my mobile phone.....I am STILL trying to work it out!
Kai will be setting off sometime today, so safe journey honeybunch, see you soon.
Back later with photos!
Dx
3 comments:
Glad to see you back - and quicker than expected - enjoy your day out.
Sorry I was out when you phoned - will be in all day today though - or at least in earshot of the phone
My girls have a box full of 'Barbies' and they won't let me give them away! There 18 & 16!!!!
Ok barbies freak me out, especially so many looking at me like that.
Tom and Jane not, coming, but biker friends of theirs. May have to re word it.
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