Barbara Smolińska is a Polish artist.[1]
Smolińska began working in the world of music and cosmetic treatments.[2] In 2013, she started collecting hyperrealistic dolls and later decided to start a hyperrealistic baby manufacturing company called Reborn Sugar Babies. These dolls have therapeutic benefits for their customers. Film studios,[3] childbirth education schools, emergency rooms, nursing schools and doll collectors have purchased them.[4] She argues that these dolls help process miscarriages, as well as anxiety, depression, and fertility problems.[2][5] Prices of these dolls are worth from hundreds to thousands of dollars.[6]
In December 2021, she was included in the list of BBC's 100 Women.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Qué son los muñecos "reborn", los bebés de silicona hiperrealistas - Diario Hoy En la noticia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ a b "BBC names Oleśnica artist one of the world's 100 most "inspiring and influential women" for her baby 'therapy' dolls". Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Polka in the list of the most influential women in the world. He helps women who have suffered the loss of a child - 247 News Agency". Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Los sorprendentes muñecos para las madres que pierden a sus bebés" (in Spanish). BBC News Mundo.
- ^ "Polka wśród 100 najbardziej wpływowych kobiet na świecie. Jej praca pomaga przejść żałobę" (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "These lifelike dolls are helping women heal". Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year?". BBC. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "The surprising benefits of lifelike dolls". BBC News.