Shelly/Kelly/Chelsea Roberts (1995–2010 as Shelly/Kelly, 2011–present as Chelsea): Barbie's youngest sister, approximately 6 years old, then later 7 years old. Since her name changed to Chelsea, she loves the color pink and has blonde hair and blue eyes like her older sister Barbie.
Ken and Barbie are friends. Ken is 2 years younger than his famous Barbie, his official birthday is on 11th March 1961. Looking pretty good for his age! Ken is exactly 12 inches tall, which makes him half an inch taller than Barbie.
Barbie has seven siblings. Skipper was introduced in 1964, twins Todd and Tutti were around from 1965 to 1971, Stacie hit shelves in 1990, Kelly was sold from 1994 to 2010 and Chelsea was introduced in 2011 as a replacement for Kelly.
The Barbie Doll Was Originally Supposed To Be 19-Years Old
Meant to be a 19-year-old woman, the doll was named after 18-year-old Barbara, the daughter of American businesswoman and Barbie inventor Ruth Handler. Today, the doll itself is 64 years old; in 2023, Barbie would technically be 83 years old if she aged.
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Who is Barbie's boyfriend?
Ken (short for Kenneth Carson) hit the toy aisle as Barbie's buyable boyfriend two years after her 1959 debut. He was available in two styles — blond or brunette hair, made of hard plastic — and came dressed in very short red swim trunks.
Barbie, formally known as “Barbara Millicent Roberts,” was born in 1959, which would technically make her 63 years old — except for the small fact that she was born as a 19-year-old. Yep, that's right: The first ever Barbie was officially 19 years old, which would make her age closer to 82-83 years old.
Like you ever thought about Ken before this?” Which Ken is Ryan Gosling supposed to be in 'Barbie'? Technically, Ken has no official age (he is a doll, after all) although he was first introduced as Barbie's boyfriend on March 11, 1961, which means he has been around for 62 years.
Calculating Barbie's age from her manufacturing debut, the first Barbie doll is now over 64 years old. Considering that Barbie was created as a 19-year-old doll, she could technically be up to 83 years old.
Raquelle Sherwood is a main character and occasional antagonist in Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. She lives in the Raquelle Mansion. Raquelle is constantly trying to prove to Ken that she is better than her enemy Barbie to win him over.
Although the doll was part of a 'Happy Family' line of dolls, there was backlash at the time for endorsing 'teenage pregnancy', so the road towards endorsing a liberating world through Barbie dolls has admittedly not always been smooth. Regardless, for Ruth the idea was to keep Barbie single and child free.
But there is one supporting character in Barbie Land who might catch your eye. Midge, full name Margaret Hadley Sherwood, who was first introduced as Barbie's best friend in 1963, and is Barbie's on-screen neighbor.
Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson is a fashion doll introduced by American toy company Mattel in 1961 as the counterpart of Barbie, who had been introduced two years earlier.
Sugar Daddy Ken is a satirical knock-off doll that made a hilarious cameo appearance in the movie Barbie, poking fun at the legacy of the iconic doll. Released in 2009 as a special edition for adult collectors, Sugar Daddy Ken was quickly discontinued due to controversy surrounding its suggestive name and appearance.
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Barbie was named after Ruth Handler's daughter, Barbara, and Ken after her son, Kenneth. She is from (fictional) Willows, Wisconsin, where she attended high school.
Skipper Roberts is Barbie's OG sister, first introduced in 1964, and the Barbie sister mentioned in Gerwig's Barbie. She's the second-oldest sister in the Roberts family, at 14 years old, though she was originally introduced as an 8-year-old.
Kelly Roberts is the younger sister of Barbie, Skipper & Stacie and the older sister of Krissy. Kelly was introduced in 1995 and discontinued in 2010. She was replaced by Chelsea in 2011.
Malibu Ken, the first African-American Ken doll, came along in 1982. Growing up, my parents didn't buy me Barbie dolls because they didn't look like me.
Ken's job in the Barbie movie is "beach," which makes him feel purposeless compared to the empowered Barbies who can be anything they want. In real life, Ken has had over 40 different jobs, including country western singer and surgeon, but still lacks a defined identity.
Relationships. He and Barbie are shown to be friends, however, Ryan makes it apparent that he loves her and wants to be more then friends. He and Ken are enemies, always trying to win over barbie. Ryan never being able to win her over because ken and barbie are already dating.
In the nineties and the early part of the first millennial decade, Barbie had a toddler sister named Kelly. She looked like the doll on the left, only blonde and blue-eyed. Fast-forward to the current year, and Kelly is gone. She's morphed into a little girl named Chelsea (right).
A standard Barbie doll is 11.5 inches (29 cm) tall, giving a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) at 1/6 scale. Barbie's vital statistics have been estimated at 36 inches (91 cm) (chest), 18 inches (46 cm) (waist) and 33 inches (84 cm) (hips).
