Go figure - Barbie's rival dolly says hello to reality

Wider hips, a thicker waist, bigger feet and larger thighs arenot the things that little girls dream of. But they are the thingslittle girls probably will live with.

Cathy Meredig, a Minneapolis entrepreneur, hopes her newinvention, the Happy To Be Me doll, will bring little girls' dreamsin line with their reality.

Unlike its fashion doll rivals, Meredig's doll will have morerealistic measurements - 36-27-38 vs. 36-18-33 for Barbie - its feetwill be bigger and its legs will be shorter. Just like real women.

Meredig, a computer scientist by profession, spent $100,000 tobring the doll to market after she failed to persuade established toymanufacturers to …