'Orange Is The New Black' actress Laverne Cox is the new face of a Barbie doll

Laverne Cox, who is turning 50, this May 29, is being honoured by the Tribute Collection Barbie. She is getting her own Barbie doll. The Emmy award-winning actor and LGBTQ activist will be dressed in a red ball gown and silver bodysuit, and be adorned with accessories like high-heeled boots and silver earrings.

Laverne Cox confessed that it was her lifelong dream to work with Barbie to create her doll, and she finally got the opportunity to do so. She is excited about the fans to find the new beauty and had the opportunity to add a doll based on a transgender person in their collection.

She said that she wishes people to be inspired by her doll. Likewise, she wants people to feel they can dream big, just like she did. She talks about the power of dreaming and manifestation and how they are significant power sources to help people achieve anything they want.


How her relationship with the Barbie doll has changed as an adult, she recounts about it. She had some traumatic memories with Barbie dolls as a child. She says how her mother shamed her during her childhood as she used to play with Barbie dolls, led to a complicated relationship with the doll. As she got into therapy and revealed the same to her therapist, he gave her advice that changed her outlook entirely. He suggested she overcome that shame and trauma by getting herself a new doll and playing with it. Everyone has a child inside them, no matter how old they get.

Laverne Cox was given a Barbie as a child, and it became her healing talisman as an adult. Now she is getting one of her own, and so can you! This is the power of dreaming and manifesting.