Barbie on the cover of Sports Illustrated: tasteful or tacky?

1,648 views · Published 19 February 2014 · 4:16 · Indexed 17 October 2026

Channel: HLN · 2014 · News & Politics

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Sports Illustrated is celebrating 50 years, and they'€™re doing it with an iconic model: Barbie. You may have seen the Special Edition cover with classic Barbie in a black and white striped suit. But for a magazine about sports and athletes, and whose other anniversary cover sports three topless models with their hands on each other's back sides, we wonder: what message does this send to young woman? For more information please visit http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/02/19/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-edition-barbie

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