15 Totally Cool Things about Barbie

I’m not sure there’s a girl out there that hasn’t owned a Barbie doll. I personally had hundreds of them and I always wanted more.

We’re being nostalgic and thought we’d share 15 facts about Barbie you might not have known about.

15 Facts about Barbie

• Barbie’s birthdate is March 9,1959.
  • Her birthdate represents the date that Mattel’s President, Ruth Handler, debuted her at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

• She was born in Willows, Wisconsin, a fictional town.
• Ruth Elliot Handler named Barbie after their daughter, Barbara.
  • Ken was named after their son, Kenneth.
• Barbie has seven siblings.
• She weighs 110 pounds.
• Her measurements, if she was a breathing human being that is, would be:
  • 39″chest
  • 18″ waist
  • 33″ hips

Fun Facts About Barbie’s Wardrobe

• The first Barbie doll ever was dressed in a black-and-white striped swimsuit.
• In 2015, Mattel featured Barbie in flats for the first time, giving her poor feet a break from all those high heals.
• Over one billion outfits have been produced for Barbie and her crew since 1959.
• Barbie got a belly button piercing in the year 2000.

Barbie Stats

• In the first year, over 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold.
  • They originally cost about $3.
• Barbie is sold in over 150 countries.
• A Barbie doll is sold somewhere every 3 seconds.
• Over 1 billion Barbie dolls have been sold by Mattel.

Celebrity Barbie Dolls

The British supermodel, Twiggy, was the first to have a doll made in her image, back in 1967.

Since then the honor has been bestowed on the likes of:

• Cher
• Audrey Hepburn
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Elvis and Priscilla Presley
• Diana Ross
• Beyonce
• Cyndi Lauper
• Heidi Klum
• Shakira
• Farrah Fawcett
• J.K. Rowling
• Gigi Hadid
• Prince William and Kate Middleton
• Joan Jett
• Jennifer Lopez