- Barbie's full name is Barbra Millicent Roberts.
- It is estimated that over a billion Barbie dolls have been sold worldwide in over 150 countries.
- Three Barbie dolls are sold every second.
- Barbie was one of the first toys to have a marketing strategy based extensively on television advertising, which has been copied widely by other toys.
- In 2000, Barbie doll has a belly button for the first time.
- In 2007 the average 3- to 10-year-old girl in the U.S. owns eight Barbies.
- Mattel estimates that there are well over 100,000 avid Barbie collectors.
- Barbie has had more than eighty careers.
- Barbie was introduced in Europe in 1961.
- In 1985 the artist Andy Warhol created a painting of Barbie.
- Barbie is currently marketed in more than 150 nations around the world.
- Every second, two BarbieÒdolls are sold somewhere in the world.
- Barbie has represented 45 different nationalities.
- Barbie's boyfriend, Ken (Ken Carson) made his debut two years after Barbie, in 1961.
- One of the most common criticisms of Barbie is that she promotes an unrealistic idea of body image for a young woman, leading to a risk that girls who attempt to emulate her will become anorexic.
- Ken was named after the son of Mattel founders Ruth and Elliot Handler.
- During the first year of her introduction in 1959, 351,000 Barbies were sold.
- In 2009, Barbie celebrated her 50th birthday.
- A Barbie with a lower back tattoo was released in 2009.
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