there are many great women in the world both then and now. focus on the positive and the negative can be replaced.

I mean...I could whine and point out how it could have been done better but I feel that this is a huge step forward. Especially from such a big company; a company that has had major influence over the years and could easily care only about its income and forget about any diversity. I say - congrats. :)

As a Czech I have to say it - I need Ester Ledecká as a barbie doll for my daghter.

I love this idea! And there's even Polish woman here! I like Martyna Wojciechowska a lot! Lovely!

I love Barbies. They're so much fun for little girls who aren't worried at all about body image and just want to play fantasy. These barbies are incredible, some look more like the people(Chloe Kim) than others(frida kahlo) but they send a great message...and it's a great way to get MOTHERS talking to their DAUGHTERS about these wonderful role models. Maybe show them some actual pictures of the women, and give them a little history lesson while you're at it. Because at the end of the day, parents are most responsible for what their children's minds are being fed. NOT doll makers or movie/reality stars or musicians. The parents. I would definitely by this Barbie, or any other Barbie for that matter, for my child if they expressed interest.

OK you want to get your daughter/son one of these Barbie dolls (or not) get them a book on the person's life to go with the doll. A children's book depending on the child's age. Problem solved cuz the child can decide what they think. Yahoo!!

I still collect toys so I would love a Jane Goodall or Eugenie Clark. Definitely want the Katherine Johnson. They would need to adjust the bodies and faces a bit more than they have but I am mostly ok with them. FWIW, we were tiny dark Italian girls who made our Barbies act as Charlies Angels fighting James Bond on the Love Boat.

Wow amazing collections! I don't understand why some people are still being negative? Beatiful skin tones, some are athletes representing healthy body. If it doesn't look like the real person, remember that they're dolls, not the exact human replica

I don't mean to be rude or the pessimist but some of these some of these people in these comments are saying that they played with barbies when they were younger and they are fine I loved barbies when I was younger they were my main toy and now I'm personally not fine I believe k could never get a husband or a boyfriend because I may be too ugly in the males eyes I think I have to big a waste and too big a stomache partly because of girls today and because of the young child's you the Barbie when k go to school and I see all these couples I get sad because I feel I could never have that because of today's stereotypes

I remember when Barbies used to be all blond and blue eyes. And then once I found a Barbie that actually looked at me. Tan skin, brown eyes, brown hair. AND it was a ballerina like I was. I was just like OMG YAY! And now I WANT ALL OF THESE. Because we don’t need all the girls to think they need to be someone they’re not.

I don't really like Barbie that much when I grew up, but now it might be the time for some collection.

I've had plenty of Barbies, during my first 12 years of life and I was just fine with their measurements. I never checked if my body was different or whatever. Of course it was. A little girl or boy doesn't think of body proportions and compares them to their Barbies or Kens. What I really enjoyed, was the dressing up, playing clothes and/or shoe shopping, playing fairy tales, hairdresser, building castles for my dolls made of pebbles, created them a swimming pool out of my grandma's old plastic kitchen bowl... and so on. Never ever did I ask myself or anyone else why the Barbies have big tits, narrow waist and incredibly long legs. They were dolls for me, playthings, toys. Definitely not role models or proportion advocats and whatnot shits.

No Malala?

Lisa Lionheart ......The Simpsons Did It!

Can you actually buy all these. I've tried to get Sarah Gilbert but even Mattel can't tell me where she is.

I look up to all these women :)

Should have made a Michelle Obama Barbie instead of Ashley Graham!!

I played with Barbie dolls when I was younger, and so far, I have not thought once "Oh, I'm ugly compared to my doll!" Look, this is great, but small children don't know or care what body image is. They also don't know what a 'physicist' is. I like that they are based on these amazing women, but, little kids only want to play with their doll. That's all. So I think all this debate about barbies and body image is c**p. For teens as well, because they aren't going to become anorexic based on a piece of plastic with a face! Teens are where the problem is, and the media, let your kids play with Barbies.

Where's Oprah???

The only one with a remotely realistic body is Ashley Graham Barbie. But who cares i still like Barbies lol.

I nominate Emma Watson to this list

Funny at those people complaining that they didn't give Frida a unibrow... look a bit closer and they did.

I am glad that they are trying to recognize women are more than just pretty! These dolls are a step away from "be quiet and look pretty" and a step closer to "use your brain and be something better" Thank you Barbie for listening.

What about one of the character of Bridget Jones ?

how do i order one?

Those are awesome!

All except Ashley Graham still look a bit emaciated. Why not make them with normal HUMAN proportions? Personally, I never wanted one nor played with one, but in this day and age I think it's a good idea to promote some positive female role models. We could do with fewer prostitute looking girls in the entertainment business too. Just sayin'!

Where first woman in the space?! So Russophobic...

*rolls eyes* I think if people are so worried about how a doll is going to influence their child, they have bigger problems. Give me a break, it's a doll.

Oh please, a doll is a doll they don't have to be miniature replicas of specific women!! Anything to make a dollar across the globe.

This is cool! But my question is, does the Frida have an artificial LEG? It's important, because she turned her prosthesis into a work of art! And it had a BELL on it!

No British or European women ? Barbies are sold worldwide. Many people wld not know who these women are

It makes me sad that they changed Frida. She was such a beautiful woman who showed herself as she truely was. I also hope that Matel publishes Kahlo’s story as it really was. She was bisexual, had her leg amputated, had a damaged spine and was impaled by a rail in a streetcar accident and survived. Kahlo was no pacive barbie. She was a spitfire and a cultral icon.

I want them all, sure I would fix the paint job on frida and do some shading on some of the others, but I love this!