If you take the average measurements of a 19 year old and compare them with a lifesize model of Barbie proportions this is what you get. Quite a difference.

Barbie is huge! She is 5 inches taller than the average young woman.

Barbie isn’t just a thin woman — her waist is almost half the size of an average woman’s, just 18 inches.

Barbie is also missing a rib cage.

Barbie’s hands are tiny.

Barbie has a smaller torso but larger bust size.

Note that you’re looking at the “same” person — only the hair color and the body proportions have been changed.

 

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