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March 7, 2018

Oprah: Life's come 'full circle' from not being able to afford Barbies to being made into one

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Oprah Winfrey said life has come "full circle" from her days as a girl playing with corn cob dolls to getting a Barbie designed to look like her character from "A Wrinkle in Time."

PHOTO: Oprah Winfrey appears on "Good Morning America," March 7, 2018.
Oprah Winfrey appears on "Good Morning America," March 7, 2018.

"My whole life we couldn't afford a Barbie," Oprah said in an interview on "Good Morning America." She said Barbies were a far cry from the type of dolls she had as a child.

"I had actually a corn cob doll," she admitted.

PHOTO: Mattel made "A Wrinkle in Time" Barbie for the character played by Oprah Winfrey.
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Mattel made "A Wrinkle in Time" Barbie for the character played by Oprah Winfrey.

"You go in the cornfield and you take the corn shucks and the golden hair, what was the silk of the corn and that's what we played with," she explained. "I started with a corn cob doll and then to have a full circle that there's a doll made in your image and the image of the character is pretty incredible actually."

PHOTO: Oprah Winfrey appears on "Good Morning America," March 7, 2018.
Oprah Winfrey appears on "Good Morning America," March 7, 2018.

Oprah, who plays Mrs. Which in the sci-fi film, said Mattel "did an incredible job" with the the doll.

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"A Wrinkle in Time" also stars Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling. Mattel also made Barbies in the likeness of their characters.

When Disney makes Barbies of your movie’s characters and you just want to stare at them all day in disbelief because you loved Barbies as a girl but never had any like these. #WrinkleinTime pic.twitter.com/7PzQsiNoyG

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) January 25, 2018

Barbie releases dolls modeled after real inspirational women

Mattel also announced it will honor 14 historical and modern-day female role models through its Shero program, showcasing women who have broken boundaries in their respective fields.

"As a brand that inspires the limitless potential in girls, Barbie will be honoring its largest line up of role models timed to International Women's Day because we know that you can't be what you can't see," Barbie executive Lisa McKnight said in a statement Tuesday. "Girls have always been able to play out different roles and careers with Barbie and we are thrilled to shine a light on real life role models to remind them that they can be anything."

PHOTO: Mattel announced a new line of Barbies to recognize great women, which celebrates their professions and achievements that inspires young girls.
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Mattel announced a new line of Barbies to recognize great women, which celebrates their professions and achievements that inspires young girls.

From "Wonder Woman" filmmaker Patty Jenkins to Team USA snowboarding Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim, the new Barbies are availible worldwide to help ignite a conversation around the importance of positive role models for young girls.

"A Wrinkle in Time" opens March 9 from Disney, the parent company of ABC News.