'Ken Doll Is Dead ... I'm Barbie Now!'
NW Magazine|Issue 4 2020
She’s ready to think pink after sharing her truth
'Ken Doll Is Dead ... I'm Barbie Now!'

Life in plastic really is fantastic for Rodrigo Alves now that she’s bravely come out as a transgender woman!

“Inside I’ve always felt like Barbie,” says Rodrigo, who goes by Roddy and uses female pronouns. “I finally feel like the real me: Glamorous, beautiful and feminine.”

Famously dubbed the Human Ken Doll thanks to an addiction to surgery, Roddy is no stranger to the operating table. So far she’s had more than 100 procedures and spent $1 million on trying to achieve plastic perfection.

This story is from the Issue 4 2020 edition of NW Magazine.

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