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• Barbie's real name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
• She grew up in the fictional town of Willows, Wis. (Although there is a town named Willow near Madison.)
• Barbie has four sisters: Skipper (1964), Stacie (1992), Kelly (1995) and Krissy (1995).
• The bestselling Barbie doll ever was the 1992 Totally Hair Barbie, with hair that hung from the top of her head to her toes.
• There is a custom-made Oprah Barbie.
• The first Barbie TV commercial aired during "Mickey Mouse Club" in 1959 and ended, "You can tell it's Mattel. It's swell!"
• New York Fashion Week in February featured human "Barbie-like" models wearing clothes by 50 top designers.
• Barbie has outfits for 108 professions.
• Barbie was created by Ruth Handler, who named her after her daughter, Barbara. Ken, invented two years later, was named after her son, Ken.
• There is a custom-made Angela Merkel Barbie, after the German Chancellor.
KIM ODE
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