Trivia: The first hijab-wearing Barbie debuted in 2017 to commemorate whom?
A politician
An author
An astronaut
An Olympic athlete
The correct answer is An Olympic athlete
So why is this answer correct? : This special Barbie debuted at Glamour’s Women of the Year Summit in 2017. The doll was unveiled by its inspiration: U.S. fencing athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad, who won a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016. In an interview about the unveiling, the Muslim athlete recalled how she and her sisters used to sew their own hijabs for their Barbies, and said the doll was a “childhood dream come true.”