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During the 11 years after Barbie scored her first ’Vette, she also received a purple 1978 Donny & Marie Osmond van, a remote-control Corvette, a Volkswagen Golf, an unbranded off-road vehicle, a Jeep 4×4, and more ’Vettes in more colors than we care to count. Then came a bright spot: a 1987 Ferrari 328 GTS. The sports car favourite in the US is also the most consistent model in Barbie's six-decade collection. One Of Your Favorite Affordable Brands Is Launching A New Plus Collection". Archived from the original on September 4, 2018 . Retrieved September 4, 2018. Denton, Elizabeth (January 25, 2016). "Curvy Model Barbie Ferreira Slams Critics Of Her Aerie Campaign". Seventeen. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016 . Retrieved April 18, 2016. Ferreira starred in How to Behave, the 10-episode Vice series about etiquette. For this she won a Webby Award for Best Web Personality/Host. [24] She also starred in the Teen Vogue web series Body Party, about body positivity. [25]For comparison, you can count boyfriend Ken’s cars on one hand. Let’s face it, the guy is just along for the ride. More about that later. Dazed (March 13, 2018). "Watch Dounia's goth girl-inspired new video, directed by Barbie Ferreira". Dazed. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018 . Retrieved July 27, 2018. And what did the fashionable 11.5-inch-tall doll drive in ’62? A Corvette, you say? Nah, Babs didn’t own America’s Sports Car until America celebrated its 200th birthday in 1976. An iconic Volkswagen Beetle? Nope, that came later too. Mattel decided the perfect car for a teenage girl living in cold-weather Wisconsin was … wait for it … an Austin-Healey 3000 MKII. Maybe it had snow tires? One thing it didn’t have was a top. Barbie’s most expensive and rarest car ever is the Ferrari F2003 F1 car. Specially produced for a Barbie Collectors’ Convention, this Formula One car boasts a whopping 930hp. It’s certainly faster than the Beetle – it’s a good job there’s a Ferrari Scuderia Barbie to try and tame this beast! Cherrington, Rosy (January 26, 2016). "#AerieReal Campaign Model, Barbie Ferreira, Is The Body Confidence Inspo We All Need". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016 . Retrieved April 18, 2016.

Barbie Ferreira – How to Behave". Webby Awards. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018 . Retrieved September 4, 2018. Picardi, Mayan Toledano,Phillip. "Introducing 'Body Party' by Barbie Ferreira, the Body-Posi Video Series You NEED to See". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018 . Retrieved July 27, 2018. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) a b McColm, Wendy (December 1, 2017). "Gift-Giving with Barbie Ferreira". H&M. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019 . Retrieved July 2, 2019. 21-year-old Barbie Ferreira... Romano, Evan (July 1, 2019). "5 Things to Know About Barbie Ferreira, Euphoria's Kat". Men's Health. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019 . Retrieved July 2, 2019. Allen, Maya (January 25, 2016). "Size-12 Model Barbie Ferreira Goes Unretouched for Aerie's New Campaign". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016 . Retrieved April 18, 2016.Barbie Ferreira announces she's leaving 'Euphoria' ". NBC News. August 25, 2022. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022 . Retrieved August 29, 2022. According to a series of 1960s novels published by Random House, Barbara Millicent Roberts—yes, that’s Barbie’s full name—grew up in the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin. She likely didn’t venture far from home in her early years, maybe because she couldn’t. Forced for decades to walk on her tippy toes, Barbie was in desperate need of some wheels. She finally got her first car in 1962.