New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

More than a doll BRAINS BEHIND BARBIE

Toy story

As the world’s most-recognised doll, fans might think there’s nothing they don’t know about Barbie. After all, she’s been part of children’s lives around the globe since 1959.

There’s been Tropical Barbie, Peaches ’n’ Cream Barbie, Malibu Barbie – and in more recent times – even a Dame Valerie Adams Barbie!

But it turns out the iconic doll – all 29cm of her – has had a secret life all along and it’s about to be revealed, with movie, starring Hollywood heavyweights Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

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