2009 Convention Competition Categories

Please note in all categories you are able to use Barbie® &/or friends manufactured by Mattel

Vintage Celebration (1959 - 1966)
Celebrate Barbie's® beginnings by showing off your dolls and fashions from the vintage years.
Mattel manufactured outfits and dolls, appropriate to the era.

Mod Celebration (1967 - 1976)
Barbie® celebrated the mod era with some groovy outfits, so show us your Mod era dolls and their fashions!
Mattel manufactured outfits and dolls, appropriate to the era.

Pre-collector Celebration (1977 - 1993)
Prior to her 35th Birthday, Barbie® celebrated a lot of different fashion trends. Here's your chance to show us your favourites!
Mattel manufactured outfits and dolls, appropriate to the era.

Modern Collector Celebration (1994 - 2009)
After turning 35, like most women, Barbie® became a bit more cultured - celebrate Barbie's® womanhood by showing off your favourite Collector-era dolls and fashions!
Mattel manufactured outfits and dolls, appropriate to the era.

Mix and Match Celebration
Celebrate Barbie's® life as the ultimate model by mixing things together from her 50 years of fashion! A vintage doll in a new fashion, a new doll in a vintage fashion, or anything in between! Have fun playing and show off your results!
Mattel manufactured outfits and dolls.

Diorama - Barbie's® 50th Celebration
Barbie's® so excited to be celebrating her 50th - how will she do it? A party? Travel? By trying something new and exciting? Your imagination is the limit!
Dioramas must not exceed base size of 60cm wide x 60cm deep. Mattel manufactured dolls.

One Of A Kind Barbie's® Celebration Fashion
Barbie® needs a new outfit to celebrate her 50th - what can you create?
Original Mattel manufactured dolls only, fashion made by entrant.

One Of A Kind Creative Celebration
Barbie® has celebrated a lot of makeovers throughout her 50 years - now it's your chance to re-style, re-paint, re-root, and re-dress her, in any way that you like!
Mattel manufactured doll, altered by entrant, wearing fashion made by entrant or Mattel manufactured outfit.

Artist Celebration
Celebrate Barbie's® 50 years in any media you like - paint a picture, take a photograph, sew a tapestry, carve a statue - let your creative juices flow!

** Entrance to Competition is open to all members of the ABC Doll Club. If not attending Convention, entrant must make their own arrangements for their entry to be delivered to, and collected from, the Convention Competition Room, via an attending delegate. Whilst all due care will be given to safeguard items entered in the Competition, the ABC Doll Club accepts no responsibility or liability for entries.