Barbie is 50 this month and looks about 16. She also teamed up with MAC for a special edition make up collection. She has starred in several films, need I say more?
Okay, she may not be going grey anytime soon but she is facing tremendous woe. She has been accused of promoting anorexia and her sales plunged 21 percent in the last quarter of 2008, and for seven years she has had to deal with Bratz, her nemesis that is hot on her heels. Most devastatingly she divorced Ken or Ken divorced her! Who cares, they were meant to be together forever.
In all seriousness, I think it is accurate to say that she was every little girl's first style icon. I hate generalizing, she was my first style and beauty icon. For 50 years Barbie has managed to evolve with the times. She may be looking at a bleak future but she has had a good enough run. Happy Birthday, may you continue to give little girls unrealistic standards of beauty to live up to. Only joking, well not really. ;-)
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