Toy maker Mattel is releasing a doll honoring Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (EGOT) winner Rita Moreno, a outstanding Latina actor.
“Rita Moreno has lengthy been a star on-stage, and a heroine in actual life. As the primary Latina to win the honored EGOT prize, and a fiercely outspoken advocate for illustration, her most necessary function to this point is being the function mannequin she by no means had,” the official Barbie account mentioned Tuesday in a post on Instagram.
“Barbie is proud to honor the actress and activist as the latest doll within the Barbie Tribute Assortment, inspiring future generations to step into the highlight,” the put up continues.
Moreno, past her EGOT status, became a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient again in 2004, in response to a webpage from President George W. Bush’s White Home.
In a touch upon the Barbie Instagram put up that includes her doll, Moreno mentioned, “I do know her!!!”
Late last month, Moreno and different Puerto Rican stars, together with singer-songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda and singer Ricky Martin, decried the “willful ignorance” of a rally by President-elect Trump in New York Metropolis.
On the president-elect’s occasion within the Empire State in October, comic Tony Hinchcliffe told a joke evaluating Puerto Rico to “a floating island of rubbish.”
