Ashley Swain

THE EVOLUTION OF BODY IMAGE

Every second, three Barbie dolls are sold. With

31,536,000 seconds in a year, the total number of Barbies

sold annually is 946,080,000, which translates to $3.6 billion in annual sales. In

1959, the year Barbie made her debut at the American

International Toy Fair, 300,000 dolls were sold.