{"id":19238,"date":"2023-01-10T03:26:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T03:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=19238"},"modified":"2023-01-10T03:26:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T03:26:07","slug":"meet-kavi-sharma-the-first-ever-south-asian-american-girl-of-the-year-doll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2023\/01\/10\/meet-kavi-sharma-the-first-ever-south-asian-american-girl-of-the-year-doll\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Kavi Sharma the First Ever South Asian &#8220;American Girl of the Year&#8221; Doll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN, January 2, 2023 (India West): American Girl, a cornerstone in the Mattel portfolio, unveiled its 2023 Girl of the Year: Kavi Sharma. Kavi\u2019s character comes to life in a beautiful 18-inch doll, featuring brown eyes, medium skin tone, and layered dark-brown hair styled in a half ponytail. \u201cWhether it\u2019s singing show tunes or learning new dance moves, Kavi loves performing. And, growing up with her close-knit Indian American family in New Jersey, she\u2019s only a short train ride from her two favorite places in the world: New York city and Broadway. While Kavi shines onstage, keeping up with her offstage priorities like schoolwork, friendships and family responsibilities can be a challenge\u2013just like it is for so many kinds today,&#8221; Mattel said. <br><br>To create Kavi\u2019s story, American Girl worked with New York Times bestselling author Varsha Bajaj (Thirst and Count Me In). &#8220;Kavi&#8217;s story is important to all the young readers who will see parts of their lives represented. I took immense delight in showcasing slivers of Indian culture, including dance, yoga traditions, food, clothing, and magical festivals like Diwali and Holi.\u201d In addition to Bajaj, a team of advisers also helped with Kavi\u2019s development, providing real-world insight on products and story themes and weighing in on key products to ensure authenticity and accuracy.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/indiawest.com\/meet-kavi-sharma-the-first-ever-south-asian-american-girl-of-the-year-doll\/\n\">https:\/\/indiawest.com\/meet-kavi-sharma-the-first-ever-south-asian-american-girl-of-the-year-doll\/<br><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN, January 2, 2023 (India West): American Girl, a cornerstone in the Mattel portfolio, unveiled its 2023 Girl of,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19266,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19238\/revisions\/19266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}