Mattel

From autumn next year, the popular Barbie doll will be sold with hijab. This was reported by the American toy maker Mattel, the world news agencies said.

For decades, Barbie has encouraged girls to reach for the stars, showing them through her endless reinventions that anything is possible. Now the girl who beat Neil Armstrong to the moon has brought a lifetime of fine outfits and accessories to Paris to show them off to the world at the city's Musee des Arts Decoratifs.

Barbie now looks a bit more like most women with 3 new body shapes: curvy, tall and petite.

Mattel, the maker of Barbie, announced that the famous doll will now come in three new body types and a variety of skin tones and hairstyles.

With these additions, girls everywhere will have more ways to play out their stories and spark their imaginations through Barbie.