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The origin of Barbie doll
Barbie appeared on 1959. The "mother of Barbie" is Ruth Handler. Ruth Handler's idea of making plastic dolls came from her daughter. One day, Ruth saw her daughter playing with a paper doll, so she thought of making plastic dolls for children to play with. She named these dolls Barbie after her daughter. Barbie, whose height is 1 1 inch, was born in America. Barbie's clothes are very fashionable. Soon, Barbie became the perfect idol in the eyes of girls. Barbie has a friend Ken. Barbie also has many friends from different countries. Christie is Barbie's first black friend, born in 1968. There are also Scottish Barbie, Eskimo Barbie, Japanese Barbie and so on. Barbie also has many pets. Barbie doll has a history of 44 years now. People love Barbie dolls very much, and now more than 900 million Barbie dolls have been sold all over the world. Many cities in the United States have Barbie fashion shops.

Barbie legend

● A Barbie doll is worth $3.

● Sell three Barbie dolls every second.

● Barbie speaks for 45 nationalities.

Barbie has 43 kinds of pets. Her first pet was a horse named Dancer.

● Barbie has worked in more than 80 occupations. Her first job was as a fashion model.

● The length of all Barbie families sold from head to toe exceeds the distance of 7 circles around the earth.

● Since 1959, about 10 billion pieces of clothes have been produced for Barbie and her companions to wear, and about 100 pieces of new Barbie clothes are introduced every year.

● Barbie's appearance has been modified and improved about 500 times before it becomes what it is today.

● The best-selling Barbie is "Long Hair Barbie", whose hair length extends from the top of the head to the toes.

● Barbie has three sisters, Qiao Bi introduced by 1964, Stacy introduced by 1992, and Little Kelly appeared by 1995.