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Malibu is a city west of Los Angeles, California. It’s known for its celebrity homes and beaches, including wide and sandy Zuma Beach. To the east is Malibu Lagoon State Beach, known as Surfrider Beach for its waves. Nearby is the Spanish Revival–style Adamson House, with local history displays in its Malibu Lagoon Museum. Inland, trails weave through canyons, waterfalls and grasslands in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Barbie states that everyone here lives all spread out in comparison to New York City.
In the Books, Barbara Barbie Roberts is said to be an "exchange student" from Malibu, California, USA, unlike on the First Edition boxes where they state she is from Los Angeles, California, USA. While there, Barbie started her acting career. She played Heidi in the Malibu Summer Theater Festival production of Heidi. She played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz on a local cable television show. For two years before the start of the series, she was a magician's assistant to Dundarr The Magnificent at the Malibu Mall's Children's Christmas Festival.
Barbie's younger sisters, Skipper, Stacie, and Kelly, still live in Malibu.