New Kristi Yamaguchi Barbie Doll Inspires Young Girls to Follow Their Dreams

A brand new Barbie doll will encourage younger ladies to comply with their desires, on and off the ice!

Kristi Yamaguchi, the primary Asian American girl to win an Olympic gold medal in determine skating, is teaming up with Mattel for the most recent Barbie Inspiring Ladies doll. Yamaguchi has devoted her profession to motivating younger ladies to pursue their passions, and now she has a Barbie doll endlessly memorializing her achievements.

The brand new doll is part of the Barbie Inspiring Ladies sequence, and options Yamaguchi in a black determine skating leotard with gold accents, impressed by the costume the skater wore within the 1992 Winter Video games by which she received gold. Different equipment embrace a gold ribbon in her hair, silver earrings, a bouquet, and white skates. 

Collaborating with Mattel to create my Inspiring Ladies Barbie doll is a pure extension of our shared goal, and I hope it serves as a relentless reminder for younger youngsters in all places to comply with their desires.

Kristi Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi has continued to encourage younger girls past her performances on the ice. The skater is the writer of a number of best-selling kids’s books, together with Dream Large, Little Pig! She additionally established At all times Dream, a company targeted on bettering kids’s literacy with efforts reminiscent of elevated entry to books and inspiring household engagement. 

The brand new Barbie Inspiring Ladies Kristi Yamaguchi Doll is obtainable now, retailing for $35, on Mattel Creations, Amazon, Walmart, and Goal. Barbie will even be making a donation of $25,000, cut up between At all times Dream in addition to ASPIRE (Asian Sister Collaborating in Reaching Excellence) in honor of the doll’s launch.