The new shapes -- along with seven skin tones, 22 eye colors and 24 hairstyles -- are offered to girls in the name of diversity and inclusion. Girls can now play with dolls that look more like the ...

Mattel released three new body shapes for its line of Barbie dolls, marking its most dramatic change to the icon in 57 years. Jan. 28, 2016, 10:39 AM EST / Source : TODAY Eun Kyung Kim ...

New Hulu documentary 'Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie' shows how the diverse new dolls came to be. We talk to designer Kim Culmone about Barbie's future.

Meet the New Wave of More ‘Diverse’ Barbie Dolls The additions include dolls with no hair, ... boast an 18-inch waist and lack the minimum amount of body fat required for a typical woman to ...

Barbie," "Botox Barbie" and "Water retention Barbie." Loose Canon also suspects that new, more realistic body-type models for the Ken doll are in the works. Those could include "Bud Lite Ken ...

Barbie has courted controversy since her birth. Her creator, Ruth Handler, based Barbie’s body on a German doll called Lilli, a prostitute gag gift handed out at bachelor parties.

When no adults were in the focus group room, a 6 year old girl picked up the doll and said “Hello, I’m a fat person, fat, fat, fat…” while the rest of the girls snickered.

A new study reveals that 3-10 year-old girls tend to reject the new “curvy” Barbie, ... of children ranging from thin to fat were more likely to ... Barbie dolls are significantly ...