She was originally the butt of distasteful jokes about women, but then Bild made a doll of her, initially bought ironically, but soon the kids actually got interested in it. Later, Ruth Handler would buy one on a trip to Switzerland, and that’s how Barbie was born.
Life in Plastic
In June of 1952, the Bild tabloid was looking for a placeholder for an empty section of their paper when Reinhard Beuthien drew a blonde lady with a ponytail called Lilli.
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