Barbie recreated with real-life proportions
Published: 2013 July 03 07:41:47 (4084 Views)
Artist Nickolay Lamm, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has recreated the Barbie doll using proportions of the average 19-year-old woman, according to the CDC.
"I wanted to see if an average-sized Barbie had market potential," Lamm, 24, told the Daily News in an email.
After creating a 3D model, artist Nickolay Lamm used Photoshop to add Barbie's bikini in an illustration.
"I'm pretty pleased with how the normal model looks and was personally surprised by how well she turned out," Lamm said.
His Barbie's waist is 33 inches around, compared to the original's 18-inch waist, if she were a real person.
Her neck is nearly twice as wide, her legs shorter and her head a tiny bit smaller.
"I feel there's a good chance Barbie negatively affects young girls' body image," he said. "If skinny models get so much criticism, shouldn't we at least consider the possibility that Barbie affects a young girl's self-image?"
Lamm isn't alone in his inquiry.
In April, a website published a chart illustrating how anatomically impossible it would be for Barbie to exist in real life.
With her extreme proportions, she would be forced to walk on all fours and incapable of carrying anything in her skeletal arms.
- NYDaily
"I wanted to see if an average-sized Barbie had market potential," Lamm, 24, told the Daily News in an email.
After creating a 3D model, artist Nickolay Lamm used Photoshop to add Barbie's bikini in an illustration.
"I'm pretty pleased with how the normal model looks and was personally surprised by how well she turned out," Lamm said.
His Barbie's waist is 33 inches around, compared to the original's 18-inch waist, if she were a real person.
Her neck is nearly twice as wide, her legs shorter and her head a tiny bit smaller.
"I feel there's a good chance Barbie negatively affects young girls' body image," he said. "If skinny models get so much criticism, shouldn't we at least consider the possibility that Barbie affects a young girl's self-image?"
Lamm isn't alone in his inquiry.
In April, a website published a chart illustrating how anatomically impossible it would be for Barbie to exist in real life.
With her extreme proportions, she would be forced to walk on all fours and incapable of carrying anything in her skeletal arms.
- NYDaily
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