Barbie Doll all set to come as a Computer Engineer version too

February 16th, 2010 - 12:17 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

bar New York, Feb 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Barbie Doll is the omnipresent toy of the little girls in their childhood, and almost very little girl has played with them and also dressed them up, married her off with Ken etc. It is almost like a collectors item, and the little girls eagerly await every new version of Barbie. Barbie Doll is already present in the avatars of various professions.

Toy major Mattel is going to introduce 2 new Barbie dolls, which are the Computer Engineer and the News Anchor Barbie. The other interesting part is that, these 2 professions were chosen by a public poll. The popular vote went to the Computer Engineer Barbie whereas the girls voted for the News Anchor Barbie.

The Computer Engineer version of the Barbie doll was designed with the help of the Society of Women Engineers. They designed the doll with the aim that more and more girls would get encouraged and motivated to join the Computer Engineering profession. Nora Lin, president of the Society of Women Engineers said that, “As a computer engineer, Barbie will show girls that women can design products that have an important and positive impact on people’s everyday lives.”

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