Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959 . . . Happy Birthday Barbie! American businesswoman Ruth Handler (1916-2002) is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration. The orginal barbie (pictured left) is not a blonde shell bimbo, but a brunette (AKA Annette Funicello). The propotions of Barbie is a constant burden to those writers looking to dolls for eating disorders. Granted if Barbie was a real woman: She would have to grow to be seven feet tall. She would have a bust that...




