--- title: Watch Abby Wambach Unveil Her Very Own Barbie description: The retired soccer star was on hand at the MAKERS 2016 Conference in California when the Abby Barbie was unveiled. canonical: https://time.com/4208079/abby-wambach-barbie/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-04T18:25:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:43.092Z og:title: Watch Abby Wambach Unveil Her Very Own Barbie og:description: "It just proves that we really are getting somewhere" og:url: https://time.com/4208079/abby-wambach-barbie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Abby Wambach Unveil Her Very Own Barbie twitter:description: "It just proves that we really are getting somewhere" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Abby Wambach Unveil Her Very Own Barbie  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 4, 2016 6:25 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 4, 2016 6:25 PM UTC It was just last week that Mattel released three new Barbies — each with a [different body type](http://time.com/barbie-new-body-cover-story/) — to be sold alongside the original model in order to demonstrate the shifting of beauty ideals in today’s society. Now, the toy company has revealed another addition to the lineup: an [Abby Wambach](http://time.com/4152509/abby-wambach-wants-fans-to-forget-her-commercial/) doll. The [retired soccer star](http://time.com/4089561/abby-wambach-retirement-from-soccer/) was on hand at the [MAKERS 2016 Conference in California](http://www.makers.com/blog/2016-makers-conference-photo-highlights/5) when the Abby Barbie was unveiled. She spoke about how she loved playing with the dolls growing up, but didn’t always identify with the way they looked. > [](https://twitter.com/UN%5FWomen/status/694942423903035392) **Read More:** [How Barbie Got Curvy: Inside the Radical Remake of an Icon](http://time.com/4196229/barbies-new-body-watch-designers-explain-why-they-changed-her/) “You guys may not believe this but I was a Barbie kid, like for real. I’m not just saying that,” said the two-time Olympic champion. “I think this is a really impactful statement…It just proves that we really are getting somewhere. Not everybody is created equal and if you’re out there and maybe your doll doesn’t look exactly like you feel, here’s another option.” The doll is part of Barbie’s “Shero” Collection, which seeks to [honor real life women](http://www.mtv.com/news/2142771/barbie-shero-campaign/) who, “like Barbie, have broken boundaries, challenged gender norms and proven girls can be anything they want to be.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4208079/abby-wambach-barbie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4208079/abby-wambach-barbie/"},"headline":"Watch Abby Wambach Unveil Her Very Own Barbie","datePublished":"2016-02-04T18:25:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:43.092Z","description":"\"It just proves that we really are getting somewhere\"","url":"https://time.com/4208079/abby-wambach-barbie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","feminism","Sports topic","Barbie","Soccer","mattel","Dolls","Abby Wambach"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4208079/abby-wambach-barbie/","name":"Watch Abby Wambach Unveil Her Very Own Barbie"}}]}] ```