Liliputins - 215-3

Marriage is the dark side of the honeymoon ... "
Marilyn Monroe

Plastic boobs don't add to the chemistry of love ... "
Marilyn Monroe

I would rather be a plus-size living role model than a minus-size Barbie doll ..."
Marilyn Monroe

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this ?
http://www.stihi.ru/2012/08/18/5368

Мэрилин Монро Из несказанного
http://www.stihi.ru/2012/01/31/8738





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" I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic "
Andy Warhol

http://iwannabeplastic.wordpress.com/

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Nov 22, 2011 ... 23, Marilyn Monroe is portrayed as a shy, pill-popping star who's bullied by her ...
... then Lee Strasberg's wife, Paula Strasberg, would call Marilyn over, whisper in her ear, ..."Honey—just think of Coca-Cola and Frank Sinatra ...
 


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Barbie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.

Barbie is the figurehead of a brand of Mattel dolls and accessories, including other family members and collectible dolls. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for over fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parody of the doll and her lifestyle.

Controversies

Criticisms of Barbie are often centred around concerns that children consider Barbie a role model and will attempt to emulate her.

One of the most common criticisms of Barbie is that she promotes an unrealistic idea of body image for a young woman, leading to a risk that girls who attempt to emulate her will become anorexic. A standard Barbie doll is 11.5 inches tall, giving a height of 5 feet 9 inches at 1/6 scale. Barbie's vital statistics have been estimated at 36 inches (chest), 18 inches (waist) and 33 inches (hips). According to research by the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the 17 to 22 percent body fat required for a woman to menstruate.[16] In 1963, the outfit "Barbie Baby-Sits" came with a book entitled How to Lose Weight which advised: "Don't eat!."[17] The same book was included in another ensemble called "Slumber Party" in 1965 along with a pink bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs.,[17] which would be around 35 lbs. underweight for a woman 5 feet 9 inches tall.[18] Mattel said that the waist of the Barbie doll was made small because the waistbands of her clothes, along with their seams, snaps, and zippers, added bulk to her figure.[19]
In 1997, Barbie's body mold was redesigned and given a wider waist, with Mattel saying that this would make the doll better suited to contemporary fashion designs.[20][21

"Barbie Syndrome"

"Barbie Syndrome" is a term that has been used to depict the desire to have a physical appearance and lifestyle representative of the Barbie doll. It is most often associated with pre-teenage and adolescent females but is applicable to any age group. A person with Barbie syndrome attempts to emulate the doll's physical appearance, even though the doll has unattainable body proportions.[77]

Ukrainian model Valeria Lukyanova has acquired attention from the press, due in part to her appearance having been modified based on the physique of Barbie.[78][79][80] She stated that she has had breast implants, but said the rest of her body is completely natural and slender due to daily gym workouts and special diet.[81]