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Barbie Turned 50?

Mar 12, 2009
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Geez, who knew?

A half-century mark and no wrinkles, sag, cellulite or gray hair.

Sure, she's been blamed for poor self-images and eating disorders. Banned in Iran (can't enter the country because she's a ''Satanic doll'' due to her Western garb and lifestyle).

Vanity Fair called her ''freakishly proportioned'' and ''a role model to preteens and drag queens, and the Antichrist to feminists and PC parents.'' That's a bit harsh.

She's taken a lot of abuse in the press and at the hands of brothers who would beat her up and do lewd things to her and GI Joe.

And through it all, this 11 ½-inch trooper is still larger than life and smiling.

Luckily, she has a support group. More than 55 relatives and friends, some of them celebs in their own right.