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Misty Copeland is excited for girls to see a Barbie with ‘muscles and brown skin’
Source: Mashable
Barbie's latest doll is on point.
Ballerina Misty Copeland is the newest star to get her own Barbie, part of the company's "You Can Be Anything" campaign. Copeland's Mattel treatment comes almost a year after the dancer made history by becoming the first African American woman to be named a principal ballerina with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.
The doll has been in the works for two years — a tough secret to keep but well worth the wait, Copeland tells Mashable.
"It's just so exciting for this generation of kids to be able to see a Barbie that has muscles and brown skin and a bust and thighs, and for her to be a ballerina," Copeland says.
Ballerina Misty Copeland is the newest star to get her own Barbie, part of the company's "You Can Be Anything" campaign. Copeland's Mattel treatment comes almost a year after the dancer made history by becoming the first African American woman to be named a principal ballerina with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.
The doll has been in the works for two years — a tough secret to keep but well worth the wait, Copeland tells Mashable.
"It's just so exciting for this generation of kids to be able to see a Barbie that has muscles and brown skin and a bust and thighs, and for her to be a ballerina," Copeland says.
Read more: http://mashable.com/2016/05/02/misty-copeland-barbie/#V3tem2CckuqI
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