Dolls? No — Mighty Girls

The Mighty Girls have made their way to Amagansett.

Girl Scout Troop 596, led by Marit Molin, have given some Bratz dolls a makeover in the style of Mighty Dolls, a 2015 project by Wendy Tsao, an artist.

According to the toy retailer AMightyGirl.com, Ms. Tsao wanted to give girls dolls that more resembled real female role models, so she removed the Bratz dolls’ signature wild makeup and sewed more realistic clothing for them to create dolls in the image of women such as Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist, Jane Goodall, the scientist, and Roberta Bondar, the astronaut.

The Amagansett Girl Scout troop did the same to make what they dubbed Mighty Girls. They used nail polish remover to take off the dolls’ makeup and replaced their uber-trendy outfits with clothes they designed themselves. They made their Mighty Girls in the likenesses of Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Mia Hamm, the professional soccer player, and Celia Cruz, the salsa singer, among others.

“By studying what personality traits and work habits these famous women used to achieve their goals, we can then apply them to our own lives so that we can be successful, too,” said Natalie Mongan, a troop member.