Mattel’s new line misinterprets a real-life woman’s body. Firstly, when you think of a Barbie you probably think, tall, skinny, nice make-up, and blonde hair, and that is exactly what original Barbie is. However, Mattel has come out with three new Barbie’s, curvy, petite, and tall, to join original Barbie. There is lots of controversy about whether or not curvy Barbie is realistic to a real woman’s body. To compare curvy Barbie to a real life body of a woman you can use the "play scale" a ratio of 1:6. The new Mattel 'curvy’ Barbie is 27.9 cm tall if you multiply that by six you get 5ft 6in, which is taller than the average UK woman at 5ft 3in and also slightly taller than the average US woman just under 5ft 4in. Curvy Barbie is also slimmer
