CURRENT AFFAIRS

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: -To date, Barbie has honored 50 role models and is committed to showing girls more role models by honoring a minimum of 10 each year.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Curvy Barbie has a slightly rounded stomach, thicker legs, and no “thigh gap.” But the term curvy is a bit misleading. While not emaciated-looking like the original Barbie, she’s still quite thin, likely a US size 4 or 6. The “tall” Barbie has longer legs and is as thin (if not thinner) than the original.

Detailed explanation-5: -Barbie’s more modern professions include game developer, lab scientist, and robotics engineer - very male-dominated fields, even now. Barbie, and all of her careers, influenced the image of how a woman could work, have autonomy, and be in control. She showed little girls all the things they could be.