- I feel like to me,
Barbie's were mostly like
00:00
plastic things to practice
sex on with other Barbie's.
00:02
- A lot of us grew up with them.
00:15
- There was Superstar Barbie.
00:16
- Astronaut Barbie.
00:17
- And all the Holiday Barbies.
00:19
- We loved them so much.
00:21
- But never thought we could be them.
00:22
- It's Lady Like we're
getting transformed.
00:24
- Into our favorite Barbies.
00:28
- I grew up as an only
child, so my experience
00:29
with Barbies was quite robust.
00:31
- Barbies for me was right I was into
00:33
right before I got into
American Girl Dolls.
00:35
- My Barbies kinda
served as a fun way to be
00:38
making friends and to
be establishing bonds
00:40
with those other girls
that I was playing with.
00:42
- I would do their hair, I
would change their clothes,
00:45
I would cut their hair, also.
00:47
- My mom was super into
Barbies in the 60s.
00:48
And so I had all of her
old 60s Barbies too.
00:51
I feel like all of my
Barbie choices as a kid
00:54
were made entirely based on the outfits,
00:56
and not based on what I wanted to be.
00:58
- I had a bunch of variations
of the Chrissy dolls.
01:00
But today, I chose to get
transformed into Black Barbie.
01:03
- Sparkle Beach Barbie, Teresa edition.
01:07
- Totally Hair Barbie,
01:10
because I had many Totally Hair Barbies,
01:12
and I cut all of their
Totally Hair right off.
01:14
- I liked her because she had
tan-ish skin, brown-ish hair.
01:17
I remember looking at her and being like
01:19
oh, I think she kind of looks like me.
01:21
Teresa is wearing kind
of a purple, sparkly,
01:24
bedazzled bikini situation.
01:28
This swim suit style is definitely
01:30
not something I would choose for myself.
01:32
I think on a Barbie it's like okay, cool.
01:35
It never is something
I would normally wear.
01:37
- She was the first black Barbie
just given the Barbie name.
01:42
There were black Barbies before her,
01:44
but their names were Francy and Christy.
01:47
And they were like the
friends and the sidekicks.
01:49
The first black Barbie is super dope,
01:51
because it was the first
time that a black Barbie
01:53
doll was the center of the
universe and wasn't a sidekick.
01:55
Black Barbie is wearing
this really pretty red gown.
01:58
That's a little scantily
clad with a high slit.
02:02
There's this beautiful gold
piece that goes around her neck,
02:05
that's attached to the dress that I love.
02:08
And she just has natural
hair kind of frow vibe.
02:10
Black Barbie definitely looks like
02:12
she could have been in The Supremes.
02:14
- Totally Hair Barbie is the
best-selling Barbie to date.
02:15
They sold one hundred million
dollars worth of these
02:18
Barbies in the first year it came out.
02:20
Which makes total sense,
because people probably
02:22
kept cutting the hair off.
02:25
I loved Totally Hair Barbie's outfit.
02:26
She had this crazy dress
with this like weird print.
02:28
And the dress meets her
right below the crotch.
02:31
She also had a very
similar hair texture to me.
02:35
I also have hair that
looks like it fell asleep
02:37
in a crimper and you pull
it out and you're like
02:41
Also Totally Hair Barbie has a headband
02:44
that you could also use a belt.
02:46
Can you imagine having a
headband that you could
02:48
just be like oh I don't
know, I need a belt.
02:50
I guess I'll just stick
it around my waist.
02:53
I don't think I'm gonna
look like a Barbie.
02:54
I think I'm gonna look like an actress
02:56
in a John Waters film.
02:58
- It's Teresa time.
03:00
- We're the photographers for today.
03:03
We're gonna be taking photos of these
03:04
girls turned into Barbies.
03:06
Well, Barbie proportions.
03:08
I think the hardest part
will be nailing the poses.
03:09
- We'll see how they do.
03:12
- This is what we're
trying to recreate here.
03:28
- I'm gonna feel like Tyra
Banks in Disney's Life Size.
03:29
- Poor Barbie can't even move her elbows.
03:32
It's all in the shoulders.
03:35
- Keep the arms the same, like a Barbie.
03:36
And only rotate them at your shoulders.
03:38
- Barbies pose is such
a weird, unnatural pose.
03:41
But it seems like it's
maximized to make her seem
03:43
as sexual as possible.
03:45
- I think I'm gonna
have a lot of fun trying
03:46
And doing her pose.
03:50
And really trying to be stiff.
03:51
- I think seeing myself
looking like Teresa
03:53
is going to be really weird.
03:56
Because she always seemed
kind of removed from me.
03:57
It's like oh we have some similarities,
04:01
but I never felt like I
was her or she was me.
04:02
- Oh my gosh, this is so hard.
04:05
- That was a workout.
04:09
- Open your eyes as much as you can.
04:15
- I didn't realize how
big Barbie's eyes were.
04:17
In order to get your eyes
so there as big as Barbies,
04:20
you have to look a little unhinged.
04:22
- Alright, head more this way.
04:25
Yeah, there you go.
04:26
- Also, left arm down a little bit.
04:27
- I think the hardest part
was standing on my tip toes.
04:29
Because Teresa's feet are never flat.
04:32
- That's really good.
04:35
- There's more transformation to be done.
04:41
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
04:44
I'm excited to see the finished product.
04:45
I want to see what I look like
04:47
as the actual 1980 Black Barbie.
04:49
- Alright, so today is the day.
05:23
- Today I am seeing myself Photoshopped
05:24
into Sparkle Beach Barbie.
05:27
- It's been a couple weeks,
and anticipation has been high.
05:28
- I'm a little nervous.
05:31
I know I'm not gonna look like a human.
05:32
But that's okay, I mean.
05:34
Looking like a human is overrated.
05:35
Barbie doesn't even do it.
05:37
- I saw myself in my body proportions
05:38
in all the hair and makeup.
05:41
I'm curious to see how that
05:42
translates into Barbie proportions.
05:43
- I've only ever held a Barbie,
05:45
but I've never turned
into that held Barbie.
05:47
- I am prepared to laugh.
05:50
- Okay, I'm ready to see
myself as Black Barbie.
05:51
- Oh, the photos are here?
05:55
- What in the world?
06:04
- Everything is so tiny.
06:07
- I don't look that different
from my normal self.
06:09
Like my body looks different,
but that's still my face.
06:12
- The proportions of my face the same.
06:15
Body is completely different.
06:17
- What happened to my neck?
06:21
- Can a neck hold up that much head?
06:22
- Now the waist has been tucked.
06:24
Did you have to extend the breasts at all?
06:25
- The funnel shape is there.
06:28
The hips jut out like a bell.
06:30
This is like the mom that
makes the best potato salad.
06:32
- These are the size
of my hamster's hands.
06:35
- I already have really small feet,
06:36
I wear like a five and half.
06:38
This is like a size two.
06:39
- Can you get a little
close up on this, please.
06:40
- She looked normal to me growing up.
06:43
I didn't think that her neck was extremely
06:45
Or I didn't think her hands or feet
06:48
were too tiny for her body.
06:49
It's like actually pretty jarring.
06:51
- Barbie has tried to
incorporate more diverse
06:53
body types into it's
repertoire of Barbies.
06:55
But I think as long as they
keep the original Barbie,
06:58
people are still gonna
look at the other Barbies
07:01
as not the optimal Barbie.
07:03
- When I was walking in here,
07:05
I was like what if I'm going to see myself
07:06
as a Barbie and think I
look better as a Barbie.
07:09
I do not look like an actual person.
07:11
So why is it that I feel
like Barbies are pretty
07:14
and look like people and something
07:16
people aspire to look like.
07:18
- I think it's really cool how
07:20
the image of women has
changed throughout time.
07:21
This being the first black Barbie,
07:24
of course she had to be glamorous.
07:25
But this also isn't
the only representation
07:27
of women and their style and
how they carry themselves.
07:29
I think I'm just as much of
a woman as 1980 Black Barbie.
07:32
- I will say this has been super fun.
07:37
I love how much hair I have here.
07:38
I love this outfit, I love her styling.
07:40
I'd wear this outfit today, no problem.
07:42
- Getting Photoshopped
into our favorite Barbies.
07:44
- Lady all dolled up.
07:47
- Lady long hair don't care.
07:49
- Thanks, Black Barbie.
07:51