College student, Galie Slayen, made a life-sized Barbie look alike to highlight the unrealistic proportions of the doll as a part of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. The model she created had the following measurements: 39in breasts, an 18in waist and 33in hips.
Having fought a battle with anorexia herself, this was her way of letting others know how distorted the perception young girls have about themselves and women around them.
For more information on the Get Real Barbie Campaign and Galie, see her interview with HLN’s Dr. Drew posted today on cnn:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2011/04/25/drew.barbie.intv.hln?hpt=C2
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