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Life Size Barbie
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Our life-size Barbie Doll resides in the Wellness Resource Center. She is built in direct representation to the actual Barbie doll. The purpose of Barbie is to force people to see what an unrealistic image young children (in particular young girls) have as their ideal model. Read some of Barbie's specs below and find out just how UNrealistic she is . . .
The REAL Barbie . . .
- would have to crawl to support her top-heavy frame.
- would only have room for a radius OR an ulna in her arms.
- would only have room for a tibia OR a fibula in her legs.
- would only have room for an esophogus OR a trachea in her neck (she could either eat OR breathe . . . we guess she must just breathe)
- would wear a size 3 children's shoe
- would have a severly distorted face (like the pictures of aliens), due to the almost triple average size of her head.
How Tall Would She Be?
Take your current hip measurement and find out how tall Barbie would have to be . . .
| Hip |
Head |
Waist |
Bust |
Arms |
Legs |
Foot |
Height |
| 30" | 25.5" | 21" | 40" | 24" | 39" | 3.4" | 6' |
| 32" | 27.2" | 22.5" | 42.6" | 25.5" | 41.5" | 3.6" | 6' 5" |
| 34" | 29" | 24" | 45.3" | 27.2" | 44.2" | 3.8" | 6' 9.5" |
| 36" | 30.5" | 25.5" | 48" | 29" | 47" | 4" | 7' 2.5" |
| 38" | 32.3" | 26.5" | 50.6" | 30.5" | 49.5" | 4.3" | 7' 7" |
| 40" | 34" | 28" | 53.3" | 32" | 52" | 4.5" | 8' |
| 42" | 35.6" | 29.5" | 56" | 33.6" | 54.5" | 4.75" | 8' 5" |
| 44" | 37.5" | 31" | 58.6" | 35.2" | 57.2" | 5" | 8' 9" |
| 46" | 39" | 32.2" | 61.3" | 37" | 60" | 5.2" | 9' 2.5" |
| 48" | 41" | 33.6" | 64" | 38.5" | 62.5" | 5.45" | 9' 7" |
 
Wellness Resource Center
Vanderbilt University
Station B - Box 6033
Nashville, TN 37235
(615) 343-6073
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