Last year Mattel, the company that makes Barbie dolls, added some Barbies to its line that have different skin tones and hair textures.

If all the Barbies and her family members-skipper, Francie and the rest-sold since 1959 were placed head to toe, they would circle the Earth more than seven times.

Barbie is huge for ten-year-old Lin Yinghui, crowned and manicured as she celebrates her birthday with friends at a superstore devoted to the blond, blue-eyed American export.