Her doll-like face and figure have taken Bollywood by storm. So, it’s only fitting that Katrina Kaif becomes the Indian face of Barbie, the most popular doll in the world.
Kats impressed Mattel, the makers of the world’s favourite doll, so much that they have decided to give the ‘Bollywood Barbie’, which will be modelled after the pretty actress, a position of pride in the Barbie Museum in Bloomingdale, New York.
The museum also has dolls of American singers Beyonce Knowles, Cher and Diana Ross and Hollywood actresses Elizabeth Taylor and Lindsay Lohan and supermodel Twiggy.
Confirming the development to the media, Katrina said, “The customised Barbie being made for the American museum will be just like me.” The production of Bollywood Barbies will begin in September, said a Mattel spokesperson.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the doll, which enjoys a huge fan following in India, too, Mattel had run a contest at the Lakme India Fashion Week for designers, urging them to come up with a costume for the Indian Barbie. Designer Nishka Lulla won the contest and her winning dress was modeled by Katrina at the fashion week. This costume will be worn by the Bollywood Barbie, when she hits the shelves in September. “The doll will be a Katrina Kaif look-alike,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying in media reports.
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Katrina said she is ‘flattered’ to have her face on the dolls she has played with when she was a child. “As a kid I used to play with Barbie dolls. Almost every household has one. It’s every little girl’s dream companion,” she said to a national daily.
Katrina refused to let rumours that Aishwarya Rai was the original choice for the Indian Barbie dampen her enthusiasm and denied that she had replaced Ash.
Katrina will soon be seen in the film New York, alongside John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh.
From:www.littleabout.com