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Barbie first appeared at the toy fair in New York on March ninth, nineteenfifty-nine. Its creator was Ruth Handler, an American businesswoman. She and her husband Elliott along with Harold Matt Matson started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. She based the design on a German doll named Bild Lilli. At present, two dolls would be sold in every second. Every American girl has 10 dolls on average, and they would like to acquire 3 more every year. All sold dolls can join hands and form seven rings around the globe. The number of the doll collectors is beyond counting. As the Barbie doll sold well, a series of accessory substances were produced, which creates a new industry to the society. It provides a great quantity job opportunities, so it makes a great contribution to the economy.To the culture, Barbie leads a trendy belief that wearing the right clothes and acquiring beautiful things will confer status, self-worth, confidence and happiness in a society with rich life-style. * Barbie A Symbols of American Barbie’s boyfriend: Ken Full name: Barbie Millicent Roberts Clothes: about a billion Birthday: March 9, 1959 Job: Babysitter(保姆) soda-fountain waitress student teacher candy-store cashier and so on Height : 27.9 cm Pats: small polar bears(小北极熊) Cats Dogs Horses The first Barbie wore a black and white swimsuit and had her hair in a ponytail (马尾辫). She looked and seemed very grown-up, but any concerns that parents would not want to buy it for little girls were soon proved wrong. Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Barbies have represented fifty different nationalities and are sold in one hundred fifty countries