barbie and ken

oh barbie and ken.


first of all, a wiki history:

Barbie's full name is Barbra Millicent Roberts. In a series of novels published by Random House in the 1960s, her parents' names are given as George and Margaret Roberts from the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin. In the Random House novels, Barbie attended Willows High School, while in the Generation Girl books published by Golden Books in 1999 she attended the fictional Manhattan International High School in New York City.

She has an on-off romantic relationship with her boyfriend Ken (Ken Carson), who first appeared in 1961. A news release from Mattel in February 2004 announced that Barbie and Ken had decided to split up, but in February 2006 they were hoping to rekindle their relationship after Ken had a makeover.

Barbie has had over 40 pets including cats and dogs, horses, a panda, a lion cub, and a zebra. She has owned a wide range of vehicles, including pink Corvette convertibles. trailers and jeeps. She also holds a pilot's license, and operates commercial airliners in addition to serving as a flight attendant. Barbie's careers are designed to show that women can take on a variety of roles in life, and the doll has been sold with a wide range of titles including Miss Astronaut Barbie (1965), Doctor Barbie (1988) and Nascar Barbie (1998).

Mattel has created a range of companions for Barbie, including Hispanic Teresa, Midge, African American Christie and Steven (Christie's boyfriend). Barbie's siblings and cousins were also created including Skipper, Todd (Stacie's twin brother), Stacie (Todd's twin sister), Kelly, Krissy, and Francie. Barbie was friendly with Blaine, an Australian surfer, during her split with Ken in 2004.

At barbieandken.com, you can learn all you ever wanted to know and more about this fabulous couple. Here is some of that celebrity goodness:


Ken met Barbie on the set of their first tv commercial together in 1961. This is proof of love at first sight.




Ken has been America's most fashionable "first man." These two love birds have been teaching the rest of us what to wear and the ultimate trends.



In the '70s, Quick Curl Barbie and Superstar Ken showed us how to do our hair.


Sun-lovin Malibu Barbie and Ken made us all want to go to the beach and get that perfect tan! (now we know who to blame for the want of skin cancer.)


Dream Date Barbie and Ken came out in the '80s. They starred in 10 movies together and tried new hobbies and careers such as being pilots, dancers, and Olympians.


On Valentine's Day 2004, Barbie and Ken split. They needed some time apart. This hit Americans pretty hard. I mean if a perfect plastic couple can't make it work, especially on Valentine's Day, who can?

Barbie went on to date Blaine, an Aussie surfer. Barbie and Ken stayed busy with jobs and getting connected to new technology. They are both on Facebook (barbie, ken), Twitter, and Foursquare.

And then... something happened.




That's right, Ken is after Barbie again! Maybe there is hope for us!


Go here to vote. Looks like Barbie is leaning towards letting him down easy.... vote now if you want them to get back together and give the rest of the world hope!





Ken is working hard. He's trying everything. Also have you noticed how amazing Ken is? Yep so has the reality tv world. Check out this tv show here.



good luck ken!