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A third page of Dolls of the World along with other ethnic dolls that only can be found in special places.

Note: All boxes on these pages are NOT from Dolls of the World Collection,
but a mix from all kinds of releases with dolls in folk costumes from all over the world.

My dolls are not for sale. They are just show offs from my personal collection - otherwise noted.

This gorgeous bride was/is sold in India and is made under license by the Indian company LEO. Her dress is golden-and-copper colored in a beautiful pattern. 

#2125 Expressions of India - Wedding Fantasy Barbie
2002.

A friend of mine visited India in 2006, through his work and I asked him to buy me a doll for me. He came home with this beauty and a "Barbie in India" in red and gold (see further down). I had hoped he would buy another than the Wedding girl because I had the one above, but I still love her! She is gorgeous with the millennium face. The patterns of dress and veil differs from the old version but I have a feeling that may be a fact even in the same editions.

My friend returned once more to India and came back with yet another beautiful doll (and also another Barbie in India, green/orange, see below). 

India makes lovely sari dressed Barbie dolls under license and they are made in all kind of colors and fabrics of their saris. This one has a tiny flowerprint on blue background and also blue sleeves. 

This is the second edition of the Indian Barbie. She wears a pink silk sari with golden accents and has her black hair put up in a long braid on one side. 

A gorgeous girl in red and gold. So simple design and yet so beautiful!

The green and orange dressed girl, my friend brought from his second trip to India.

(Item numbers are the same on these boxes)

This girl is dressed just as young ladies in South Korea. Her outfit is pink and applegreen with golden accents. The costumes can in real life be made in any color, one more beautiful than the other. 

Second edition Japanese Barbie wore a pink kimono (looks mauve here but it is pink - my digital flashes aren't good for pink colors). Box doesn't say second but there was a Barbie in red kimono in the International series - one of the first released.

Dressed in a grass skirt and her lei, Barbie wishes you welcome to Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. 

A gorgeous girl dressed in a Thai dancer costume. 

Another Kira/Marina faced girl. This is Malaysian Barbie. My doll's box is missing its liner so therefor she is half hiding behind the right side. She is dressed in a golden and mauve/dark pink Kebaya with golden accents.

The doll from China is dressed in a pink Goazi with black and gold accents. This outfit inspired me to make some oriental outfits for Kelly and her friends too. 

Using the Kayla/Lea mold Princess of China came to life. She is a stunning regal lady.  

Also the Japanese Princess were made with the Kayla/Lea face mold but with the body of Teen Skipper. This is the palest doll ever made. Her skin tone is white as the Japanese women of tradition strave for - even today.   

10th and last doll in the Great Era's Collection. This gorgeous lady is made with the Midge/Divaface and I am totally in love with her. Stunning! 

Happy New Year Barbie. I bought this one through a friend direct from Japan. This Steffie faced beauty is dressed in a cherry red Kimono and she has long black hair. 

Happy New Year Barbie. The second edition wears a pink Kimono and her hair is brown and cut just above her shoulders. Still the Steffie mold. 

This doll was released to celebrate the first anniversary in 1998, of the returning of Hong Kong from the UK to the Republic of China. There are two different releases and this is the bigger limited edition set including a booklet describing the event and a coin. The other, more common set is just the doll in a separate box.
Click here to see more of the set.

These dolls are sold in Malaysia and they wear the Malaysian folk costume called Kebaya. Two gorgeous blackhaired girls dressed in a dark green and a pink Kebaya. There is a third version too in a white Kebaya but I don't have her. 

The second edition are sold in two versions; an aqua green and a red Kebaya. The hair is put up in a bun in this version. 

Singapore Airlines has sold two dolls that are dressed as Stewardesses of their company. They both have short blackish brown hair and the Oriental headmold. The difference is the color of the makeup and the boxes.  

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