The side-view ‘average’ Barbie looks grotesquely fat.
Obese is the new normal.
Only because as a society we're conditioned by models, actresses, others shaping our vision of beauty who are grotesquely thin. It's a guy thing....you look at the side-by-side figures and say new Barbie is fat. It's mostly because she's wearing the clothes that were designed to look good on anemic Barbie.
steve85, if that new Barbie were an a solid color no-frills bathing suit that emphasized her curves, you'd be drooling!