


Barbie has been given a makeover... and a very REAL one at that.
The famous doll has been revamped by US artist Nickolay Lamm to have a realistic body shape.
The measurements of an average US 19-year-old girl's body were used as the unrealistically proportioned doll was changed up, Yahoo! reports.
Twenty-four-year-old artist Lamm set out to create the 3D model with human size dimensions to see if she would still succeed on the market.
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Barbie compared to the revamped doll...
Original Barbie has measurements of 36-18-33, Lamm's Barbie is a much more realistic 32-31-33.
New Barbie's neck is almost twice as wide as the original, she has shorter legs and a slightly smaller head. She's shorter and has more womanly curves.
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Barbie and her revamp from the back.
Lamm said: "I wanted to see if an average sized Barbie had market potential.
"A lot of people are saying that we shouldn’t criticise Barbie because she is a toy.
"At the same time, nobody feels its wrong to be critical of skinny models, who are real people with feelings.
"If you think about it, what has more influence on a young girl? Skinny models in ads or Barbie, who she may play with everyday?
"So, if there's even a small chance of Barbie in its present form negatively influencing girls, and if Barbie looks good as an average sized woman in America, what's stopping Mattel from making one?"