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St. Lucian Model Creates Line Of Nubian Barbie Dolls
Mala Bryan an international model originally from St.Lucia created her own line of Nubian dolls. The St.Lucian model found that black dolls were very expensive and decided to create her own more affordable collection.
Mala set out on an eight month long journey to create her collection of dolls called Malaville. In a recent interview with The Huffington Post, Bryan explained: “I made the decision to go ahead with the dolls because I could not find affordable kinky or curly haired black/brown dolls to add to my Barbie collection.”
“There are lots of adult doll collectors that would reroot black Barbie dolls with more natural hair but they are usually quite expensive… I notice[d] that there was a high demand for them so that was one of the main things I noted,” Bryan added.
The dolls come in different shades & hair textures as well as different outfits. “I believe that diverse representation is extremely important because children tend to associate their dolls with their playmate,”
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