🧩 What’s Included in the Doll
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Wears a stylish blue polka-dot outfit, symbolizing global diabetes awareness.
Equipped with a CGM (continuous glucose monitor) taped to her arm with heart-shaped, Barbie-pink medical tape, and a toy phone displaying a CGM app.
Features an insulin pump on her waist and a snack-ready purse, replicating real T1D management.
🛠️ Developed with Community Input
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Created in collaboration with Breakthrough T1D, ensuring medical authenticity and real-life representation.
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Unveiled during the Breakthrough T1D 2025 Children’s Congress, with over 160 children advocating for increased research funding.
🎤 Voices & Ambassadors
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Krista Berger (Barbie’s global doll head):
“Barbie helps shape children’s early perceptions… reflecting medical conditions like T1D ensures more kids can see themselves.”
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Aaron Kowalski, CEO of Breakthrough T1D:
“It means the world… to bring greater visibility to a condition that affects so many families.”
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Lila Moss (Kate Moss’s daughter, T1D model) and Robin Arzón (Peloton instructor, T1D advocate) serve as high-profile ambassadors. Lila said having a doll that "shows the world that being different is cool" is “surreal”
🛍️ Availability & Pricing
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Part of the 2025 Barbie Fashionistas collection
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Retail price: around $10.99 USD (or £13.99 in the UK)
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Available now on Mattel Shop and at major retailers worldwide
✅ In Summary
This new Barbie is more than a toy—it’s a powerful symbol for inclusion, designed with authenticity, and aimed at empowering children by reflecting real-life experiences. It’s a vivid statement that living with Type 1 diabetes is visible, valid, and can be part of everyday life—just like play.
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