If we assume that Barbie is 5 feet 9 inches tall, then we can find her bust, waist and hip measurements simply by measuring those doll dimensions and multiplying them by 6.2, which is the number...

I heard the numbers once, but can't find them. ... Approximate measurements taken from a randomly sampled Barbie doll, were 29.5 cm tall, 13.5 cm bust, 8.5 cm waist and 12.5 cm hips.

There has been some controversy over Barbie's figure when it realized that if Barbie was a real person her measurements would be an impossible 36-18-38. The Ken doll was named after Ruth's son.

If Barbie were a real person, she would be 6' 0", weigh 100 lbs., and wear a size 4. Her measurements would be 39"/19"/33". My four-month-olds' heads measure 17 1/2". She would probably have had...

As a real person, Barbie would stand around 6'5" with measurements of 33-18-34 and 12 percent body fat.

An article about the changing role and influence of that plastic female icon of Western culture, Mattel's Barbie. ... My first Barbie came into my life two weeks ago. I'm a bit older than the

Barbie's body may be perfect, but critics remind us it's plastic By Angela Cain ; Knight-Ridder ... Yet less than two percent of American women can ever hope to achieve such dreamy measurements.

And one writer even writes about a woman who went under the knife so that she could look just like Barbie, measurements and all. Amazing what a little doll can do when you think about it.

If she were a real person, the original Barbie doll's measurements would have been an incredible 39-18-33. In response to criticism that these measurements might create unrealistic expections...

• Often bashed by feminists and others who believe Barbie sets an unrealistic standard of beauty, the doll would have measurements of 38-18-34 if she were translated into human proportions.