
This entry was posted in Other celebs on by admin. Moreover, Barbie doll measurements aren’t exceptional in this – most artists know, that in order to paint handsome looking character in smaller scale, they have to use embellished measurements, such as figure that is eight heads tall, while people on average have height of seven and half heads. Tap to learn about the contributions of Barbie Role Models like Samantha Cristoforetti, Katherine Johnson, and Sally Ride. The bottom line is that while being somewhat unrealistic skinny, Barbie doll doesn’t posses extreme proportions, as it’s sometimes claimed. By highlighting real-life heroes who break boundaries in space, Barbie hopes to inspire a new generation of girls to shoot for the moon. Which is, especially in western developed countries, below average size of breasts. In fact, if modern Barbie doll had grown to living 6″1′ tall, skinny girl, her cup size would have be most likely B. People are so used to call a big-breasted girl a barbie, that they ignore visible and easily verifiable fact that doll itself doesn’t have extreme bra size. We assume in our calculation in chart above, that she’s quite tall – most likely 6″1′ which is still not extremely rare height.Īnd last but not least – Barbie’s breasts. But would real life Barbie, Miss Perfect, be only of average height? She’s most likely representing some supermodel. Some articles about this topic based all calculation on average girl height, which is 5″7′ and derived all other measurements from this number, coming to incredible 16 inches around waist etc. The height of real life Barbie is even more important. There are also some special editions like Silkstone & New Retro Barbies that have again different measurements. More modern figures have these sizes 5″ (bust), 3 1/2″ (waist), and 5 1/4″ (hips). Over a billion dollars worth of Barbie dolls and accessories were sold in 1993, making this doll big business and one of the top 10 toys sold. A girl usually has her first Barbie by age 3, and collects a total of seven dolls during her childhood. Older vintage barbies have 5 1/2″ around bust, 3 1/2″ around waist, and 5″ around hips. ABC's Paula Faris has details on Valeria Lukyanova achieves her perfect look like her favorite doll, Barbie from Mattel. The target market for Barbie doll sales is young girls ages 3-12 years of age. In fact, the only size consistent through Barbie history is the height – the doll is eleven and half inches tall.
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First, there were slight changes in doll proportions over the time and what looks like a small difference on a tiny doll, it’s huge difference once you multiply it to real life size. Super-skinny type of hourglass ( explanation) Check out also measurements of Kim Kardashian, Candice Swanepoel, and Valeria Lukyanova. But take a longer look again, her cup size is in fact pretty average at most. And third, for some mysterious reason most people tend to think that Barbie doll has huge breasts. Second, actual measurements vary a lot based of what height or “real life girl” you choose to use to derive other sizes.

First, there isn’t just one Barbie doll body type, but at least three of them. Most of these conversions to real life size are flawed for three main reasons.
