Overview
- Mattel’s Team Barbie honors Ilona Maher, Ellie Kildunne, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe and Nassira Konde with dolls created in their likenesses.
- Maher’s signature Barbie is the only model slated for retail, scheduled for fall 2026, and was designed to reflect her broad shoulders and muscular build.
- Kildunne, Woodman-Wickliffe and Konde received one-of-a-kind commemorative dolls that are not for sale.
- Mattel introduced a new Muscular body sculpt featuring a straighter athletic torso with visibly defined arms, legs, core and back muscles.
- The company pledged donations to girls’ sports organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand and France, including a reported £20,000 to the RFU to support female participation.