Did you know that
every Barbie doll has a real name?
It’s Barbara
Millicent Roberts.
That’s the good news
about Barbie.
Statisticians say just
about one woman in a 100,000 is “genetically capable” of achieving the “Barbie
doll” body: 5’9”, about 110 pounds, measurements 36-16-33. Oh yeah, and a Body Mass
Index of about 16.24, mostly anorexic, with a squashed liver only half normal
size and mere inches of intestine, which of course makes weight management a
snap. In fact, you don’t want to look like Barbie. A real person who looked
like Barbie very possibly would be on life support.
The average American
girl ages 3-10 owns eight Barbie dolls. Only about 1 out of a 100 of these young
ladies in this age group doesn’t own a Barbie.
Too many folks think
they wish they looked like Barbie, but it ain’t gonna happen.
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| Mannequins of "average" American bodies |
The U.S. fashion
industry still says size 8 is “standard,” translated to a 35-27-37.5 body.
Among women ages
36-45 in America, the average white woman is 41-34-43, the average black woman
is 43-37-46 and the average Hispanic woman is 42.5-36-44.
Strictly speaking,
Barbie looks weird.
Footnote: Barbie is
a $billion-plus revenue machine for Mattel.
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Richard Carl Subber 2015 All rights reserved.
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