Barbie has timed her changes well, and she is never the same for long. She has more than 100 new costumes every year and follows each new fashion with enthusiasm. Barbie does more than just have fun - she is a working woman. Mattel is pround of the multi-career approach which has made her a role model to millions of young girls. Over the years Barbie has been an astronaut, a surgeon, a business executive, an airline pilot and even a Presidential candidate. All in all, Barbie has seventy-five different careers, making her the most highly qualified woman in the world, and creating a 1.9 billion industry at the same time.