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Barbie Introduces A Doll With Vitiligo & A Doll With Hair Loss To Help Promote Diversity

<p>As the years go by Barbie continues to introduce new dolls that help to promote diversity&period; For their latest designs&comma; they have introduced a doll with vitiligo and a doll with hair loss to help show consumers that they continue to be diverse with their brand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;style&sol;article&sol;barbie-vitiligo-hairless-dolls-wellness-scli-intl&sol;index&period;html">CNN<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Mattel&comma; the parent company behind the brand&comma; said in a statement that the company wants to show &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a multi-dimensional view of beauty and fashion&comma;” through their Barbie Fashionistas line&period; They said that the prototype of the doll with vitiligo made its debut on Instagram last year and became its most-liked post ever&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When it comes to the doll with hair loss&comma; they said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If a girl is experiencing hair loss for any reason&comma; she can see herself reflected in the line&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last year&comma; the brand launched a doll with a prostatic leg and also a doll in a wheelchair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A few years back&comma; the brand received backlash for the lack of diversity&period; They were called out for upholding a &&num;8220&semi;slim&comma; white&comma; domestic ideal&&num;8221&semi; for their dolls&period; Since the launch of their Barbie Fashionistas line&comma; they have created more than 170 diverse dolls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;barbie-honors-rosa-parks-and-sally-ride-with-their-own-dolls-on-womens-equality-day&sol;">Last year<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Barbie honored Rosa Parks and Sally Ride by releasing a line of dolls in their honor to celebrate Women&&num;8217&semi;s Equality Day&period; Amelia Earhart&comma; Katherine Johnson&comma; and Frida Kahlo were other dolls released under the brand&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;Inspiring Women Series&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out the new diverse barbies below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B76hocuBbBc" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B74DlizhT4p" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; 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