The movie may be telling part of Barbie’s story, but Good Housekeeping has some surprising facts about the Mattel model that we had no idea about ...
• Barbie and Ken broke up for seven years back in 2004.
• Barbie’s rebound was Blaine Gordon – a surfer from Australia.
• Barbie is from Wisconsin.
• Barbie has seven siblings, including sister Skipper and twins Todd and Tutti, and a cousin, Francie, from the U.K.
• Barbie got a makeover in 1971.
• Barbie has had over 250 careers.
• There has been a “Barbie for President” doll in every election since 1992.
• Barbie has an estimated one billion outfits.
• Barbie can now wear flats.
• If Barbie’s Dream House were real, it would cost about $16 million.