The world’s most famous doll Barbie is undergoing her biggest transformation yet, with researchers finding her body is now far closer to real women than ever before. Nearly 70 years after she first hit shelves, new analysis from Adelaide University and the University of New South Wales shows the Fashionista range has quietly shifted away from the extreme proportions that defined the original 1959 doll. Associate Professor Sara Grafenauer told 7NEWS the issue was never Barbie’s bust. “There possibly would have been some pressure on Mattel over a long period of time,” she said. The original Barbie was so extreme she reflected the appearance of fewer than one in 10 million women.