Chinese superstar and high fashion icon Fan Bingbing, one of China's most beautiful women, has become the first Chinese actress to join the Barbie global celebrity Hall of Fame.

Barbie announced the launch of the Fan Bingbing Celebrity Specialty doll to mark the event. The globally renowned actress made a special appearance to launch the doll alongside Robert Best, Barbie's chief designer for the Barbie Specialty line.

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Mattel, Inc., the US firm that makes the hugely famous Barbie dolls, said Fan's collaboration with Barbie will give purpose and meaning to play and help ignite the spark inside girls across China to "Shine Your Way."

Fan is the latest celebrity to be added to the celebrity Hall of Fame. She gained international stardom and recognition with her Dragon Robe red carpet debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010.

The gown, co-designed by Chinese designer Laurence Hsu and Fan, features two leaping dragons, crashing waves on the hem, and an elegant bright yellow that was exclusively used by emperors in ancient China. This is the gown worn by the Fan Bingbing Celebrity Specialty doll.

At the launch event, Fan signed two of her Celebrity Specialty dolls. The dolls were presented to Mattel and also its long-term strategic partner, Toys R Us, as a token of appreciation for support and also to commemorate this moment.

It was this emotive design that laid the foundation for an extraordinary collaboration between the star and Barbie Specialty line chief designer Robert Best.

"When I first heard I had the chance to work with Fan Bingbing I instantly thought of the moment she walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010," Best said.

"Her Dragon Robe debut really struck me. The styling was perfect and it allowed her personality to break through - graceful, elegant, but with a confidence of knowing this is her moment to shine," he said.

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