Informative Essay On Barbie
I’m a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world. Life is plastic. It’s fantastic!
My name is Debbie Cooper, and I am a Barbie Collector.
What little girl didn’t grow up playing with a Barbie doll? Well many of you may not know that Barbie was, in fact, an actual person. The original Barbie’s name was Barbara Handler (nicknamed Barbie). One day Barbie’s mother, Ruth, watch her daughter & friends play with paper cutouts of women, which were very popular at the time. Ruth realized all the dolls on the market at the time were baby dolls. Ruth suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her husband, Elliot, a co-founder of Mattel toy company. He wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea. Neither were Mattel’s directors.
It wasn’t until 1956, when Ruth took a trip to Europe with her children, Barbara & Kenneth, that she came across a German toy doll called Bild Lilli. According to Wikipedia, the “Bild Lilli Doll was produced from 1950 to 1964, based on the comic-strip character Lilli.” This doll was exactly what Ruth had in mind, so she actually purchased 3 of them. She gave one to her daughter and took the others back to Mattel.
When Ruth returned to the USA, she …show more content…
One of The criticisms leveled at her often because people assume children look at Barbie as a role model and will attempt to be like her. For example: Barbie, from wikipedia.org states that one of the most common criticisms of Barbie is that she promotes an unrealistic idea of body image for women, leading to a risk that girls will become anorexic. A standard Barbie is 11.5” tall, giving a height of 5’9” at 1/6 scale. Barbie’s vital statistics have been estimated at 36” chest, 18” waist & 33” hips. At 5’9” & weighing 110 lbs, Barbie would have BMI of 16.24 & fit the weight criteria for anorexia. According to research by the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the 17 to 22 % body fat required for a woman to
My name is Debbie Cooper, and I am a Barbie Collector.
What little girl didn’t grow up playing with a Barbie doll? Well many of you may not know that Barbie was, in fact, an actual person. The original Barbie’s name was Barbara Handler (nicknamed Barbie). One day Barbie’s mother, Ruth, watch her daughter & friends play with paper cutouts of women, which were very popular at the time. Ruth realized all the dolls on the market at the time were baby dolls. Ruth suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her husband, Elliot, a co-founder of Mattel toy company. He wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea. Neither were Mattel’s directors.
It wasn’t until 1956, when Ruth took a trip to Europe with her children, Barbara & Kenneth, that she came across a German toy doll called Bild Lilli. According to Wikipedia, the “Bild Lilli Doll was produced from 1950 to 1964, based on the comic-strip character Lilli.” This doll was exactly what Ruth had in mind, so she actually purchased 3 of them. She gave one to her daughter and took the others back to Mattel.
When Ruth returned to the USA, she …show more content…
One of The criticisms leveled at her often because people assume children look at Barbie as a role model and will attempt to be like her. For example: Barbie, from wikipedia.org states that one of the most common criticisms of Barbie is that she promotes an unrealistic idea of body image for women, leading to a risk that girls will become anorexic. A standard Barbie is 11.5” tall, giving a height of 5’9” at 1/6 scale. Barbie’s vital statistics have been estimated at 36” chest, 18” waist & 33” hips. At 5’9” & weighing 110 lbs, Barbie would have BMI of 16.24 & fit the weight criteria for anorexia. According to research by the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the 17 to 22 % body fat required for a woman to