Kusukela ngo-1959, iBarbie ikhuthaze amakhono angenamkhawulo entombazaneni ngayinye. Njengoba imisebenzi engaphezu kuka-250 iveziwe kanye nefa lokugqugquzela elihlanganisa izizukulwane ezintathu, iBarbie iyaqhubeka nokushintsha njengesibuko sanamuhla somhlaba wanamuhla. Okusemqoka kulo msebenzi yi-Barbie Inspiring Women Series, kanti kulo August, iBarbie iyasamukela ngokuziqhenya isithonjana sethenisi, usomabhizinisi, kanye nommeli wokulingana kwemiholo u-Venus Williams ku-Inspiring Women Series.
Njengoba nje iBarbie isichithe iminyaka engaphezu kwengama-65 igqugquzela imicabango futhi ikhuthaza amantombazane ukuthi akholwe ukuthi angaba yikho konke, u-Venus Williams uyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza umhlaba wonke ngeziphumelelo zakhe kwezemidlalo, ezebhizinisi, kanye nokumela ukulingana. Ngemiklomelo eyisikhombisa yeGrand Slam singles, imiklomelo engu-14 yeGrand Slam doubles, kanye nezindondo ezine zegolide kuma-Olympic, uzibekezelele njengomunye wabadlali abaningi abaphumelele emlandweni wethenisi.
Ngaphandle kwezihloko zakhe, ukumela kuka-Williams imali yemiklomelo elinganayo eWimbledon ngo-2007 kwaphawula isikhathi esibalulekile sokulingana kwezinsikazi kwezemidlalo. Kusukela lapho uyaqhubeka nokumela izimbangela ezikhuthaza abesifazane, okuhlanganisa nokusebenza njengenxusa elisungula uhlelo lwe-WTA-UNESCO Gender Equality Program.
"Ngesikhathi ngikhula, ngafundiswa kusenesikhathi ukuthi noma yini ingenzeka ngokusebenza kanzima nangokubekezela," kusho u-Venus Williams. "Lokho kukholwa kungiqondise ukuba ngiqede imigoqo futhi ngisebenzise isikhulumi sami ukumela izimbangela ezinjengokulingana kwemiholo, hhayi nje kimi, kodwa nakulabo abangilandela. Ukuhlonishwa njengeBarbie Inspiring Woman kukhethekile ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngithemba ukuthi lesi sidoli sizokhuthaza abantu abasha ukuthi baphuphe okukhulu, bazi ukubaluleka kwabo, futhi baphishekele izinjongo zabo ngokuzethemba nangokuzimisela."
Izibonelo ezinjengo-Venus Williams zimelela amathuba angenamkhawulo uBarbie ayemi kuwo kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo. Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi amantombazane abandakanyeka kwezemidlalo maningi amathuba okuthi akholwe ukuthi ahlakaniphile ngokwanele emisebenzini yawo yamaphupho, akhe ukuzethemba okuphezulu, futhi akhe izifiso zobuholi. Ngokugubha u-Venus Williams ngokudlala, iBarbie iyaqhubeka nomgomo wayo wokugqamisa i-"Dream Gap" futhi ikhombise intombazane ngayinye ukuthi ingaba yikho konke.
I-Inspiring Women Venus Williams Doll yakhiwe ngokubambisana okuseduze no-Williams ukubonisa ngokugcwele ukubukeka kwakhe nesitayela sakhe. Isidoli sigqoka umfaniswano omhlophe odumile osuka ekunqobeni kwakhe i-Grand Slam tournament ngo-2007, sihlobise ngomgexo wamatshe aluhlaza okhuthazwe ukubukeka kwakhe okuwina, kanye ne-wristband, i-visor, i-tennis racket, kanye nebhola. Le ngubo ikhumbula isikhathi lapho aba ngowesifazane wokuqala kuthenisi ukuzuza imali yomklomelo elinganayo emncintiswaneni wezinga eliphezulu.
Abantu abake bahlonishwa ngaphambili ku-Barbie Inspiring Women Series bahlanganisa izithonjana zomlando nezesimanje ezinjengoDkt. Maya Angelou, u-Billie Jean King, u-Rosa Parks, u-Frida Kahlo, u-Ida B. Wells, u-Amelia Earhart, u-Eleanor Roosevelt, u-Anna May Wong, uDkt. Jane Goodall, uMadam C.J. Walker, kanye no-Florence Nightingale.
I-Barbie Inspiring Women Venus Williams Doll izotholakala kusukela ngo-Agasti 15, 2025, kubadayisi abaphambili ezweni lonke, ngentengo ephakanyisiwe engu-R939,99.
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