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How Barbie came to life Invented by Ruth Handler in 1959. Barbie was named after Ruth’s daughter and Ken after her son.

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2 How Barbie came to life Invented by Ruth Handler in 1959. Barbie was named after Ruth’s daughter and Ken after her son.

3 Purpose of Barbie  The original purpose for the Barbie doll was to be a child’s play toy. But after it came out little girls started looking up to the model figure and wanted to be just like her.

4 Role Model Material? Known to cause girls self esteem problems, body issues, diseases, and body image obsession.

5 Self esteem  Some little girls look up to Barbie and wish to be like her, they want to look like her and feel “ugly” if they don’t.

6 Body issues  Barbie’s body is impossible to get and many girls end up having personal body issues because of that…

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8 When someone wants Barbie’s body they will go to extreme levels, and in the end they may regret it.

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10 Diseases  Some girls end up developing eating disorders trying to get skinny

11 Obsessions  Can become obsessed with something they don’t like about themselves or wish to change about themselves

12 Extreme levels  Many go under the knife to become the real life Barbie

13 Too far……

14 Before and after Valeria Lukyanova transformed herself into a living doll Heidi Montag from The Hills underwent 10 plastic surgeries in one day for the Barbie image

15 Sarah Burge  Mother of 2 girls that considers herself the “Barbie Mom”  Was on Anderson Cooper and got kicked off for her outrageous interview  http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=psigRG_JJ wA http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=psigRG_JJ wA

16 Mom material?  Sarah got her teen daughter to get Botox done so she doesn’t sweat and get nasty  Taught her 7 year old to pole dance and bought her a Botox and boob job voucher for when she turns 18

17 Other choices...  No need for girls to look up to Barbie  Other dolls with a positive outlook  Been proven to increase the self esteem by 36%

18 Emme Doll  Designed after the plus sized model from England Emme  Aims for a healthy body and promotes body image  Self esteem is higher with girls who play with her

19 Lottie Doll  Face and body of an actual little girl  Wardrobe that a real little girl would wear

20 The End Any Questions???


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