According to Aqua's famous song, "Barbie Girl," "life in plastic" is
"fantastic." But judging from this photo showing how Barbie's proportions would
look on an actual human woman, emulating Barbie doesn't seem all that
great.

The photo began making the Internet rounds after Australian blog,
"So Bad So Good" tweeted it:

The woman in the photograph is model
Katie Halchishick, co-founder of Healthy Is The New Skinny, an organization
dedicated to "revolutionizing how we think about, talk about, live in and love
our bodies."

This is hardly the first time that someone has pointed
out how unrealistic a Barbie doll's proportions are, but it's still interesting
to see the proportions drawn out onto an actual body. Some initial
observations:

-- Oddly pointy chin.
-- A chest about half the width
of her chest.
-- Giant eyes!
-- A neck that seems unlikely to be able to
support her head.