"Then they're weighted like a real baby ... The most expensive dolls are made of full-body silicone, and those can cost up to $6,000 and even beyond that. In case you missed: Millions of people ...

With no rules against plastic surgery or body modification, Valeria’s unique look helped her stand out among 300 contestants. Her popularity soared as her doll-like photos went viral online ...

By 1963, feminists were protesting the improbably-curvy doll’s body and sexualized origins. Find out more Barbie secrets—like ...

Mattel finally began producing “plus-size” doll models in 2016, and dolls currently come in five different body types ... are accused of somehow acting like white people (a.k.a. “Black ...

eye colours and facial structures and has since expanded to include body diversity, dolls reflecting permanent disabilities, dolls with no hair and dolls with skin conditions like vitiligo ...

While Mattel did later sell Black dolls like “Christie” and “Nurse Julia ... and for the literally impossible unrealistic body proportions Barbie embodies.) Some of the Black women ...

Barbie dolls were for our imagination ... and helped my storytelling abilities.” Like James, her body image was also influenced by her peers, celebrities and magazines. Mina Liccione, a Dubai ...

That included shaping the doll's body to include a shorter frame and longer ... "Diversity is important as people need to see more people like me out there in the world and not be hidden away ...

Sounds like me,” said NSU senior, Laylah Wilson as she held one of the dolls in the box. 13News Now showed a group of NSU students one of the dolls named "Hope." Her character is Student Body ...