Kurdapya meets Barbie

The world's most famous lady! Well I've read some facts about this wonderful pretty lady and thought it's neat to share it with you. This is from the interesting facts website, thank you! Winks!

~Barbie’s full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts. She is from Willows, Wisconsin, and went to Willows High School.

~Barbie was named after the daughter of Mattel founders Ruth and Elliot Handler. Their son’s name is: Ken.

~The first Barbie doll sold for $3.

~Barbie’s first career was as a teenage fashion model. She has since had other careers including astronaut, rock star, paleontologist, presidential candidate, and Olympic ice skater, as well as many others.

~More than 105 million yards of fabric have gone into making the fashions of Barbie, and her friends, making Mattel one of the largest apparel manufacturers in the world.

~Placed head to toe, Barbie dolls, and her friends sold since 1959 would circle the earth more than seven times.

~Barbie doll has had more than 80 careers -- everything from a rock star to a paleontologist to a presidential candidate.

~Barbie doll has had over 43 pets including 21 dogs, 14 horses, 3 ponies, 6 cats, a parrot, a chimpanzee, a panda, a lion cub, a giraffe and a zebra.

~Doll collecting is second only to stamp collecting as the most popular collecting hobby in America -- Barbie doll is collected by women, men and children around the world.

These are just some, of course there are still many, many more!!!