Above all, the Barbie doll made Romero believe that she ... “Somewhat fair-skinned, dark brown hair and brown eyes.” But her mom never bought her the doll. “She said it was because we ...

This doll came with a sponge applicator, allowing Barbie fans to play color scientist in a careful, controlled manner. Her ability to go from dark brown hair back to blond hair set unrealistic ...

However, none of those dolls bore the “Barbie” name — and they also lacked traditionally Black facial features, with critics describing them as “brown plastic poured into blonde Barbie’s ...

“Before Barbie, pretty much the only dolls that were available at that ... and I was a chubby little girl with brown hair who wasn’t an athlete and couldn’t do the things Barbie did ...

Rather than the long, straight blond tresses and pastel-colored fashions of the traditional white Barbie, the brown-skinned beauty rocked short, curly black hair and a glittering red dress ...

and says she felt Bratz dolls were marketed more to women of color. “If I had a Black Barbie, I felt like it did not look anything like me because they only had straight, light brown hair or ...

Margot Robbie may look like a real-life Barbie doll with her long blond hair ... In fact, Robbie's natural hair color is brown. If you look at old red carpet images of Robbie, you can occasionally ...