MIX Means Variety » Life-size Barbie http://mix941kmxj.com Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Life-Size Barbie Has a Shocking Look [VIDEO] http://mix941kmxj.com/life-size-barbie-has-a-shocking-look-video/ http://mix941kmxj.com/life-size-barbie-has-a-shocking-look-video/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:00:25 +0000 Lori Crofford http://mix941kmxj.com/?p=5474 As a 16-year-old, Galia Slayen made a life-size Barbie out of wood, chicken wire, paper-mache and -- of course -- two big balloons as way to deal with her anorexia.

Now, four years later, Slayen is a sophomore at Hamilton College and is using the massive (but freakishly slim) doll she built to start a conversation about eating disorders and body image issues.

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