Children’s TV Show And Toy Brand, Rainbow High, Celebrates Diversity And Representation

Remember the early 2000s when toys and tv shows only portrayed the lives of thin, able-bodied, Caucasian individuals, leaving no representation for well… quite truthfully, anyone else?

Well, fast forward 20 years, and for the Kids’ toy and animation industry, this is still, (with the exception of a few!) much the same.

However, MGA’s Rainbow High, new leading global fashion doll brand and hit animated Netflix and YouTube seriesis changing the game.

MGA are known for creating popular kids’ franchises’ like Bratz and L.O.L Surprise! that bring forth accessible representation for kids from all walks of life. MGA have become a key player challenging the dominant and unfairly exclusive narratives in this field. The new MGA franchise, Rainbow High, is no exception to this sentiment.

Each Rainbow High Fashion Doll assortment that MGA introduces has championed notions of diversity and representation. The 2022 doll series included characters Jewel Richie with Vitiligo and Delilah Fields with Albinism. The brand-new Series 2 Shadow High dolls are no different.

Jewel Richie and Delilah Fields, released in 2022

Added to the collection at the beginning of 2023 were six new Shadow High Fashion Dolls, Karla Choupette, Zooey Electra, Dia Mante, Monique Verbena, Reina “Glitch” Crowne and Rexx McQueen.

Meet the new Rainbow High Characters

Karla Choupette

Karla Choupette has a passion for fashion, expressing her own style in a pink and white dress, paired with her always glistening attitude and personality. Karla stands to challenge gender norms in her day to day through fashion.

Reina “Glitch” Crowne

Reina Crowne, currently the host of Rainbow Vision, Rainbow High’s signature music contest, encourages people to find your voice and get loud, encouraging kids to not be afraid of shouting their passion from the rooftops.

Rexx Mcqueen

Rexx McQueen dresses in black and white from head to toe, expressing his own style in a charming black and silver puffer jacket, printed black and white hoodie, black denim, sneakers, and fun accessories.

Zooey Electra

Zooey Electra is light green from head to toe and always expresses her own style through her signature avant-garde inspired ensemble. Zooey loves everything ‘futuristic.’ She is the epitome of tech-savvy.

Monique Verbena

Monique Verbena expresses her own style in a beautiful purple layered organza dress, diamond gem belt, purple sandals, gloves, and fun accessories. Monique loves fashion with all of the frills and also champions the idea of hard work and diligence.

Dia Mante

Dia Mante is purple from head to toe, dressing in a fabulously loud, all-white ensemble. Dia shows everyone that being a girl-boss is possible, as she is en-route to building very own fashion empire.

More about Rainbow High

The Rainbow High and Shadow High Instagram accounts have a combined following of over 150K, with the YouTube channel having close to 700K subscribers. Rainbow High has resonated and been welcomed by kids and parents all around the world.

The signature Rainbow High hashtag #LetYourTrueColoursShine has over 19,851 posts on Instagram, encouraging kids to be themselves and embrace their own diversity.

All dolls are available at all leading Australian retailers. The Rainbow High series is available for viewing on Netflix and Youtube.

19 Comments

- - RA1234756 said
  - 03 Apr 2023
    7:54 pm
May l ask how these are diverse? They don’t seem to represent anything other than fashion people.
- mom492462 replied
  
  06 Apr 2023 , 2:31 pm
  Yes I think the same way
  The dolls as dolls are alright bright
  and fashionable , but can’t see the diversity tho
  I watched a few of the episodes and I wouldn’t want my kids watching this to be honest
- - mom489365 said
  - 01 Apr 2023
    9:25 am
Cool dolls but they still look trashy for kids toys. Too much makeup. I was lucky enough to have dolls collected from around the world. Late 70s early 80s I had girl dolls, boy dolls (with a Willy) Asian dolls, African American dolls.

- - Jessica said
  - 31 Mar 2023
    6:52 pm
I thought these looked familiar…I remember the bratz dolls from back in my day
- mom492462 replied
  
  06 Apr 2023 , 2:44 pm
  Yes between a Bratz dolls and a light version of the living deatd solla
  - mom492462 replied
    
    06 Apr 2023 , 2:57 pm
    
    And a take on monster high dolls
- - Mumofboys said
  - 20 Feb 2023
    9:26 am
I like the rainbow high dolls, they look nice. It’s nice to see a few inclusive dolls, but they are still very much not teenage looking dolls, very adult looking

- - mom111059 said
  - 19 Feb 2023
    9:54 am
Perhaps a doll in a wheelchair would be inclusive too.

- - CrystalG said
  - 11 Feb 2023
    2:13 pm
Love these and the dolls look great!!
- mom93821 replied
  
  13 Feb 2023 , 7:22 am
  Some of the fashion is very funky looking and fun, most welcome.
- - mom486197 said
  - 11 Feb 2023
    11:35 am
These dolls look a little odd, nice idea though. Not sure my daughter will like these.

- - mom93821 said
  - 11 Feb 2023
    8:52 am
They are interesting looking dolls.

- - cassy26 said
  - 10 Feb 2023
    9:20 am
My daughter was watching this the other day and she loved it

- - Ellen said
  - 10 Feb 2023
    8:50 am
My oldest 3 have outgrown dolls and my youngest is more into baby dolls than this type of dolls

- - TraceyGail said
  - 10 Feb 2023
    7:08 am
A nice idea but I think vanity as a whole is a problem that needs addressing and these dolls give off a very vain image. All about fashion and appearance.

- - mom265671 said
  - 09 Feb 2023
    8:08 pm
I didnt think it made a difference but nice to see different dolls

- - BellaB said
  - 09 Feb 2023
    7:28 pm
Any efforts are better than none, but this doesn’t really move the needle on representation.

- - mom160270 said
  - 09 Feb 2023
    1:04 pm
I like the new additions and I’m sure there will be many more.

- - Chelsea1905 said
  - 09 Feb 2023
    12:55 pm
I love the concept, so cute