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Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson (1961–1967, 1969–present): Barbie's boyfriend and the second character added to the line. After a short break in 2004, they officially got back together in 2011. According to the 1960s Random House books, Ken's full name is Kenneth Sean Carson.
In the Barbie mythos, Ken met Barbie on the set of a TV commercial and is her boyfriend, per promotional box inscriptions from his debut until 2018. Currently, he is perceived as one of Barbie's main friends.
Soon thereafter, Toy Fair 2004 introduced another male doll in to Barbie's Cali Girl beach-themed line of toys. This was Blaine, a boogie boarding Australian native, who is now dating Barbie.
Originally released in 1959, Barbie is two years older than Ken who was launched in 1961 in the markets. In the Barbie movie, however, people have a problem with Hollywood's old ways, as the actor Ryan Gosling is 10 years older than Margot Robbie.
February 14, 2004: Barbie and Ken officially broke up.
The newspaper assigned the split to Ken's failure to commit and Barbie's excitement to commit, wearing multiple wedding gowns. This was also a year that Barbie ran for president, so she was quite busy.
But the real-life Barbie and Ken were never a couple. The plastic dolls were actually named after a sister and brother – the children of Mattel cofounder and Barbie creator Ruth Handler.
Kenneth "Ken" Carson is the official boyfriend of Barbie and is the deuteragonist of Barbie Life in The Dreamhouse. He loves Barbie with a passion and will do anything to make her happy.
On Valentine's Day in 2011 , Mattel announces that the two are finally back together but the culmination of their love story still seems far away, no marriage or child in sight. And while there have been groom and bride looks for both Barbie and Ken, over the years, it was just "doll's" fiction.
Truly, they were a golden couple. Barbie has left Ken for Blaine.
Breakup that rocked the world: Ken and Barbie shocked their fans -- and the world -- when the doll world's "golden couple" went splitsville in 2004. The couples' romance began 50 years ago when they met on the set of their first television commercial together in 1961.
Ken met Barbie in 1961 on the set of their first television commercial together. The couple fell in love and started dating. Barbie broke up with Ken on Valentine's Day in 2004.
This dollhouse wasn't the typical pink, plastic dream house made by Mattel, but a more traditional looking house that was "Barbie-sized." Among the rooms was a nursery for a Barbie baby, which posed a problem: Barbie is technically not married and, technically, she can never have a baby.
1961-present: Ken Carson was introduced on March 11, 1961. He was named after Kenneth, the son of Barbie creator Ruth Handler. Ken's backstory is that, like Barbie, he is from Willows, Wisconsin.
In 1963, Mattel debuted Barbie's best friend: a wide-eyed, freckle-faced doll named Midge Hadley.
Kelly Roberts is the younger sister of Barbie, Skipper and Stacie and the older sister of Krissy. Kelly was introduced in 1995 and retired in 2010.
Barbie's official birthday is March 9, 1959, the day she was unveiled to the toy industry during New York Toy Fair.
While some on social are wondering how Barbie snagged a girlfriend before them, or when exactly she came out, Aimee Song weighed in to make the relationship Twitter-official. “I am the girlfriend,” Aimee tweeted, alongside a photo of herself and her Barbie likeness wearing her “Love Wins” t-shirts.
She is described as a technology lover who likes "being a gadget girl and trying out the hottest techie toys." As of Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures, this iteration of Skipper is fourteen years old.
Though no specific age was given when she was first released beyond her being a “teenage fashion model,” Mattel has since disclosed that Barbie is, and will forever remain, 19 years old.
Barbie on Instagram: “Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, but you can call her #Barbie. ?”
It was around that time Barbie began dating her partner Elle Puckett, a musician known as Rosie Ugly. They've been together since 2019, though the 26-year-old actress rarely posts about her girlfriend on social media (apart from a few Instagram stories here and there).
Skipper. Skipper is Barbie's first sister who debuted in 1964. She was Barbie's little sister back then and was 10 years old when she was first introduced. Nowadays, she comes as a teenage girl doll with dark brown hair, sometimes brunette, and pink/purple highlights.
Did you know #Barbie has 3 sisters? Skipper, Stacie, and Chelsea.
In 1968, Mattel created Christie. Christie had the same body as Barbie so that their clothes were interchangeable. But her face was a new design intended to highlight the facial features of a Black woman. Many consider Christie to be the first “Black Barbie.” Christie was part of a series of talking dolls.