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Detailed explanation-1: -Story highlights. Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar is among the twenty female icons chosen by Mattel for a special edition Barbie dolls to celebrate the 60th birthday of the iconic character.

Detailed explanation-2: -And a part of the success has been because of people like Mutyala. People, ie Americans, started to learn how to pronounce Mutyala thanks to her 11 million times viewed Youtube video, How to Cover Dark Under Eye Circles, in 2015. The success gave her the courage to quit her job and turn beauty influencer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Collaborating with the Barbie-making company Mattel, Deepica is very well known for popularising brown skin makeup and now she has dropped a series of pictures on her social media handle, wherein she unveiled the Indian Barbie. And now netizens feel that she appears like Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

Detailed explanation-4: -She’s taught girls everywhere to aim high and maximise their potential, with her huge catalogue of careers and adventures. She’s been a princess, a doctor, an entomologist and even a UNICEF ambassador, refusing to let traditional ideas of a woman’s role get in her way.

Detailed explanation-5: -12 The first Barbie doll that represented the indigenous peoples of North America was Eskimo Barbie, released in 1981 as part of the Dolls of the World International Series.