The Isabel Allende celebrity doll depicts her as herself, a world renown Chilean language bestselling author and human rights activist. Her books have been translated from Spanish into more than 44 languages. The Barbie® Inspiring Women™ series doll was made by Mattel and was released September 11, 2024. The Black Label doll was designed by Suim Noh and retailed at $35.

Allende was born (1942) in Lima, Peru to Chilean parents, returned to Chile in 1945, and was exiled in Venezuela for 13 years after a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet in 1973 . While in Venezuela, her 99 year old grandfather was dying and she wrote him hopeful letters which became her first and bestselling novel, The House of the Spirits (1982). In 1989 she moved to California when she married her second husband and was granted United States citizenship in 1993. She is also a human rights activist and runs the Isabel Allende Foundation, which is chartered to empower and protect the rights of women and children. As of 2023 she has authored 23 fiction and 6 non-fiction books and won numerous international literary awards and was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014 by President Barack Obama.

Barbie®
DOLL
INSPIRING WOMEN™
ISABEL ALLENDE
AUTHOR & ACTIVIST
“Write what should not be forgotten.”

On January 8th, 1981, while living in exile from her home in Chile due to a military coup, Isabel Allende began a letter to her grandfather, that letter become her first novel, La Casa de los Espirtus, an instant international bestseller. Readers fell in love with her enchanting prose that blurs the line between fiction and reality, ultimately making her the most widely read Spanish language author in the world. Ever since, Allende has begun writing every new novel on January 8th, crafting a rich tapestry of twenty-five more books that tell tales of love, loss, power, pain, magic, and beauty. A human rights activist, Isabel gives voice to the oppressed both through the work of her non-profit foundation and by intertwining personal and historical experiences into stories with universal resonance. All her works feature powerful, rebellious women–much like Allende herself. She has won numerous awards, including the National Literature Prize in Chile and the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom for her novels that push the boundaries of our imaginations.
Isabel Allende continues to write and inspire others to live passionately, fight for justice, and believe we all have the power to change the world.

SKU#: HRM45

The back of the box everything in both Spanish and English.

The Isabel Allende celebrity doll comes wearing a sleeveless, below the knee, red knit dress with a sewn-in shoulder cape and slit down the doll’s left side. The edge of the cape is unfortunately unfinished and can fray. The dress is opens in the back with Velcro closure.

The face is painted with brown eyes and open mouth red lips. The rooted hair is high lighted dark blonde and styled short with bangs.

Accessories include a plastic replica of her first book with one side in English and the other in Spanish, a plastic black dog, plastic orange gold dangle earrings and two bracelets. One her feet are black heels.

The doll is on a Mattel articulated Gigi body with articulations at the neck , shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, and knees bend 90 degrees. Regular stiff pointed-toe Barbie feet. 

Included are the plastic doll stand and an official Mattel Certificate of Authenticity.