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Item: Barbie at 50: Iconic doll has lived a full life, and she’s still going strong/Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
More Info: Little girls worship her; adult women want to be her. Iconic fashion model and doll Barbie turns 50 on Monday. So does that make her over the hill? Before you answer, consider this: She still has the supple skin of a teenager, the idealized body of a woman in her 20s and no crow’s feet to be found. To this day, Barbie wears the smallest of sizes. Then again, she’s sporting more plastic than one of “The Real Housewives of Orange County.”
Question: If Barbie were 5 feet 6 inches tall, she would have a 39-inch bust, a 21-inch waist and 33-inch hips. How realistic is that?
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JamesBond on March 08 at 10:35 a.m.
I think it’s realistic.
EagleKeeper44 on March 08 at 4:11 p.m.
Those “realistic” Barbie measurements
can be seen every summer at the CDA
docks on your average Trophy wife…
LOL
hmoffsuite on March 08 at 4:15 p.m.
Keeper >> “Barbie measurements
can be seen every summer at the CDA
docks on your average Trophy wife…”
And they are both made out of plastic. :~)
florined on March 08 at 6:04 p.m.
33” … is that per hip?
Stickman on March 08 at 6:38 p.m.
What’s a trophy wife, as I may have one.
EagleKeeper44 on March 08 at 7:00 p.m.
FYI “Big STick”
Ways to identify a “Trophy” wife.
1. She is 20 years or more younger
2. An ex-Beauty Queen or cheerleader
3. Has had extensive “Body Modifications”
4. Most have Blonde hair…
Hope this helps with your “Bird” watching on the
docks this summer….LOL