While curvy Barbie’s hips, thighs and calves are visibly larger than before, from the waist up she is less Jessica Rabbit than she is pear-shaped. Mattel refuses to discuss the actual ...

It wasn't until 1997 that Barbie's impossibly tiny waist was made bigger as she was given more realistic body proportions. By 2015, you could buy Barbie dolls with curvy, tall and petite body types.

Barbie: Hi, Ken! You're looking unrealistically ... Narrator: First, we measured each of the dolls, their height, waist, and so on, and used some high-school algebra to figure out their life ...