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So which other familiar faces have been blessed with the best Barbies – and whose likeness has proved to be most valuable? Read on to find out.
1. Queen Camilla
For International Women’s Day this year, Queen Camilla was gifted a lookalike Barbie by the Women of the World Foundation. Complete with an Amanda Wakeley outfit and a pair of ultra-glam earrings, it was hand carried to London from LA by the global head of dolls at Mattel. “Brilliant, you’ve taken about 50 years off my life,” the queen quipped when she laid eyes on it.
2. Mariah Carey
Just in time for Christmas last year, the queen of the festive season was made into a US$75 collectible doll, who can be seen clutching a microphone and wearing the red sparkly dress she wore in the original “All I Want For Christmas Is You” video.
“If I could go back and tell my little-girl self that one day I would have a Barbie made in my likeness, I would flip out!”, the songstress told People in November.
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3. Tina Turner
One of the dolls in Mattel’s Signature Music Series, the Tina Turner doll commemorates the Grammy-winning artist and one of her most iconic outfits. Turner died just 7 months after the doll was released.
4. Shania Twain
Released in early March, Shania Twain is one of the newest celebrity Barbies to grace shelves, and for our money she’s one of the best yet. The “That Don’t Impress Me Much” singer seems to agree …
5. Naomi Osaka
Giving little girls a role model has always been central to the Barbie ethos, so it was only a matter of time before some of the world’s most impressive female athletes were immortalised. Enter Naomi Osaka Barbie, released in 2021 and, at US$30, remains one of the more affordable and accessible Barbies that’s still available.
6. Prince William and Kate Middleton
On the occasion of their first wedding anniversary, British royals William and Kate were turned into dolls by Mattel. Both represented in their wedding attire, Kate is dressed in her Alexander McQueen gown and William in his spiffy red Irish Guards uniform. It initially retailed on Amazon for just over US$150.Barbie and Ken IRL? Meet Margot Robbie’s low-key husband, Tom Ackerley
7. Karl Lagerfeld
All hail one of the most collectible Barbies of all time – the Lagerfeld Barbie – created in 2014 to pay homage to the iconic Parisian fashion designer. Only 900 were made and originally sold for around US$200. They sold out within an hour and now go for over US$10,000.8. Zendaya
“When I was little I couldn’t find a Barbie that looked like me, my … how times have changed,” she wrote on her Instagram at the time. “Thank you … for allowing me to be a part of your diversification and expansion of the definition of beauty.”
9. Beyoncé
Perhaps you only get one shot at being Barbie, which is a shame since the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer was immortalised as the doll back in 2005 when she was still in Destiny’s Child. She clearly loves the brand though. She even gifted Blue Ivy an US$80,000 bejewelled Barbie doll for her first birthday.11 of Beyoncé and Blue Ivy’s best mother-daughter matching fashion moments
10. Heidi Klum
In 2009 Mattel released a Blonde Ambition collection, featuring none other than Victoria’s Secret model Heidi Klum. “I am so into Barbie. It has been a dream come true,” she told People at the time.
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