PH stars, netizens join in ‘Barbie’ poster craze
MANILA, Philippines—The “Barbie” trend has overwhelmed the internet as famous Filipino stars and netizens alike join in the craze by having their own entries.
Following the second teaser and cast poster release of “Barbie” on Tuesday, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. kicked off the “Barbie Selfie Generator,” which allows netizens to edit themselves in the Barbie poster.
The generator allows users not only to edit in one’s photo but also to change the “Barbie and Ken” description.
READ: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling meet iterations of Barbie, Ken in live-action ‘Barbie’ teaser trailer
With this, Filipinos joined “barbieland” and hopped on the trend, as they edited Filipino icons into the poster.
One of the hilarious edits includes a post from a Facebook page Jolegend Slaydangal on Tuesday.
The posters include Jolina Magdangal and Marvin Agustin, whose captions were references to their famous lines in the 1998 film “Labs Kita Okay Ka Lang.”
In the Facebook post, the caption read: “This Ken is Barbie’s best friend” and “This Barbie is so stupid to make the biggest mistake of falling in love with her best friend.”
Stars named “Barbie” also had hilarious edits created after them.
Singer Barbie Almapilis’ Barbie-edited poster was edited and posted by influencer Macoy dubs on Wednesday which stated, “This Barbie is the singer of Tabing Ilog.”
Meanwhile, a tweet by @trojanprincess_ on Thursday which included actress Barbie Forteza’s Barbie edited poster stated, “This Barbie is the Jowa ni Jan Roberto.”
ETO ANG MGA TUNAY AT LEGIT NA BARBIE MGA MIH WAG KAYONG ANO DIYAN eme pic.twitter.com/VsVt3MbGyH
— ervic (@trojanprincess_) April 6, 2023
Meanwhile, some of the stars themselves joined in the trend with their own posters such as actor Maricel Soriano.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Soriano’s Barbie caption read: “This Barbie is the Diamond star”
Beauty queen Samantha Bernardo also had a Barbie captioned: “This Barbie is GRAND,” as seen in a post on Wednesday.
Influencers Macoy Dubs, Ayn Bern’s and Inka Magnaye also hopped on the trend and posted their own Barbie posters on Wednesday.
Drag Queens Precious Paula Nicole, CORAZON, and Marina Summers posted their own Barbie-edited posters on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, respectively.
This #Barbie is ….. pic.twitter.com/Z5M7ht36wQ
— Precious Paula Nicole (@PreciousPaulaN) April 5, 2023
Filipina Barbie in the house! pic.twitter.com/jfw3EAMrob
— CORAZON (@CorazonFilipina) April 6, 2023
SAMALAMEG SAMALAMEG 🥶🥶🥶 @marinaxsummers pic.twitter.com/ICdyHpclFZ
— Marina Stunners (@marinaxstunners) April 6, 2023
“Barbie” the Movie will grace the silver screen on July 21.
Netizens can hop on the trend and edit themselves in the barbie posters here.—MJ Soriano, INQUIRER.net trainee
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