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Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor.She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 [2] and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
Vintage Barbie dolls from the early years are the most valuable at auction, and while the original Barbie was sold for $3.00 in 1959, a mint boxed Barbie from 1959 sold for $3552.50 on eBay in October 2004. [92] On September 26, 2006, a Barbie doll set a world record at auction of £9,000 sterling (US$17,000) at Christie's in London. The doll ...
This doll became historical for being the first doll in Barbie history to be transgender, as Cox is a trans woman in real life. Jane Goodall (2022) English Anthropologist and animal rights activist. Madam C.J. Walker (2022) American entrepreneur and hairstylist, as part of the Inspiring Women series in the Signature Collection.
The real-life Ruth Handler was, of course, ... Released in 1959, the Barbie doll was an instant hit. Mattel sold over 300,000 dolls in the first year of production, per Mattel. The Handlers took ...
If you’re one of many who go to a cool movie theater this weekend to catch a screening of “Barbie” (or perhaps, a double-header of “Barbenheimer”), you’ll almost certainly wonder about ...
The new 'Barbie' movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling hits theaters on July 21. Meet the woman behind the original doll, Barbara Handler Segal.
Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova (Ukrainian: Валерія Валеріївна Лук'янова; Russian: Валерия Валерьевна Лукьянова; born 1985) is a Ukrainian model [1] [2] [3] best known for her resemblance to a Barbie doll. [4] She currently lives in Mexico.
See more: Real life Barbie "I want to show the world that everyone can be a doll. You don't have to be skinny or blonde - just create your own look and be happy," she said.