Barbies, while a classic doll toy, often get flack for their unrealistic nature. That’s why one grandma decided to do something to make the nostalgic doll a bit more realistic.
Meet Tonya Ruiz, the grandma and former model behind @grandmagetsreal—an Instagram account you may very well have seen trending on your Instagram feed. While Tonya has been collecting Barbies and minis (teeny-tiny versions of common fashion, food, and household products), it wasn’t until quarantine kicked into gear that she put her passions together to shed light on the current COVID-19 situation.
“I had always wanted to make parody Barbies like I had seen on the Ellen show,” she says. “She had funny realistic ones like Distracted Driver Barbie and Hoarder Barbie. When the quarantine started and I saw a couple of funny ‘Pandemic Barbies’—one was drinking wine, another had toilet paper and Clorox—I thought I should make a Realistic Curvy Barbie like me—wearing stretch pants and eating snacks.”
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