Barbie’s Personal Bio

* Barbie’s last name is Roberts, her middle name is Millicent and her parents’ names are George and Margaret.

* Barbie’s a Leo.

* Her first record, “The Busy Buzz,” came out in 1961: “I never bothered with romance, or gave any boy a second chance, and then, I met Ken . . . “

* Her exaggerated figure (36-18-33 in real-life dimensions) was inspired by the elongated lines of fashion illustrations.

* Astronaut Barbie, wearing a hot-pink space uniform, came out in 1986, but the Challenger explosion put a damper on sales. On the other hand, when Air Force Barbie was issued during Desert Storm, she quickly sold out.

* Animal-loving Barbie’s pets have included dogs, cats, bluebirds, a butterfly and horses. Fluff, the cat, came with her own scratching post. Sachi, the puppy, “goes from party play to beach casual!” with her own outfits.

* Top-of-the-line Barbie is the limited-edition $260 Bob Mackie Empress Bride Barbie, dressed in a gold-and-white gown of brocade, sequins and faux pearl beads, inspired by a human-size creation that netted Mackie his first Emmy 25 years ago. The bride could languish in her $500 Barbie Magical Mansion, which includes a working porch light, chandelier and doorbell, a ringing phone and a running food processor.

* Two Barbies are bought every second somewhere on the planet.