Final Decision...!

Finally I have come to the decision of doing 'Barbie'...but to put my own little twist on it she a "Biracial Barbie" embracing her fuller lips, afro-kinky hair type, a wider nose & more pronounced cheek bones...!

In 2009, the makers of Barbie "Mattel Inc" launched a range of black dolls...which was to be the first time Mattel was to have sold a non-white doll that was basically not a painted black version of the original classic blonde figure!

"Designer Stacey McBride-Irby, who is black, said she wanted to create a line of figures that would better inspire her six-year-old daughter and millions of other dark-skinned children."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1219257/Barbie-launch-black-doll-look-like-real-people-having-fuller-features.html#ixzz1o56Phtuw

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