Barbie’s new Kristi Yamaguchi doll represents the Asian American Olympic gold medallist figure skater and adds to a growing collection of dolls inspired by or designed in collaboration with trailblazing Asian women
This month Barbie announced the latest addition to its Inspiring Women doll collection as it recognises Olympic athlete Kristi Yamaguchi, the first Asian American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating.
Barbie’s Inspiring Women series “pays tribute to courageous women who took risks, changed rules and paved the way for generations of girls to dream bigger than ever before” according to the Mattel website.
Yamaguchi joins a collection of dolls that includes tributes to Cuban singer Celia Cruz; conservationist Jane Goodall; the first-ever female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Wilma Mankiller; American entrepreneur, philanthropist and…
