For all you people who seem to think Barbie is flawless and perfect...Shes farthest from it

The design flaw that Mattel really needs to address is that Barbie's legs are 50 per cent longer than her arms, whereas the average woman's legs are only 20 per cent longer than her arms.

This means that if Barbie were real, the length of her legs in proportion to her torso would make her unable to walk.

Also, she would be constantly falling on her face. It has been estimated that the only way a human Barbie could walk upright would be to walk on all fours.

Her feet are so proportionately small that her pointy chest would pull her continually forward on to her toes.

If Barbie were human, she would need someone to support her head while crawling around because her neck is twice as long as the average woman's.

Also, Barbie weighs about 45.8kg and is 213cm in height, meaning she would have a body mass index of 10 and would lack the 17 to 22 per cent body fat required for a woman to menstruate or have children, if she wanted them.

Barbie's body would have room for only half a liver and only a few centimetres of intestines, as opposed to the usual 7.9m.

She would suffer from chronic diarrhoea and death from malabsorption and malnutrition.

In case anyone wants to look like Barbie, a healthy woman would need to add 61cm to her height, subtract 15cm from her waist, add 13cm to her chest and 8cm to the length of her neck.

nmq