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In the 1995 Holiday Catalog, Pleasant Company introduced a line of 18" dolls
with modern outfits and accessories. At first there were twenty "American Girls of Today", each with a different combination of hair color, eye color, face sculpt, hair smoothness and skin tone. This also marked the first Asian-American Girl doll (AGOT #4) which had an all-new face sculpt.
In 1997, AGOT #6, which had black hair, light skin and dark brown eyes was changed to a blonde with green eyes. The name of the modern 18" doll line
was changed to "American Girl Today" in 1998.
And in 1999, AGOT #18 was given bangs and AGOT #19's eyes were changed from gray to green. Then, in 2001, the twenty-first AGOT was added; she had curly honey-blond hair and hazel eyes.
August 2004 saw the introduction of three new American Girls of Today: AGOT #22, 23 & 24. These were different in that they had no bangs and two had freckles. At that time, three girls were retired: AGOT #9, 10 and 20.
Two new American Girls of Today (AGOT #25 & 26) were introduced in September 2005.
Most recently, in 2006, two new AGOT's were added, #27 and 28. With the addition of #28, for the first time an AGOT had the same face sculpt as Josefina, Nellie, Marisol & Elizabeth.
It may be of interest to note that the AGOT's share the same faces as several of the historical girls:
- Samantha, Kirsten, Molly, Felicity, Kit, Emily, Lindsey, Kailey, Nicki & Mia share the same face with American Girls of Today #2, 3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-25 and 27.
- Addy shares the same face with American Girls of Today #1, 11, 18 and 26.
- Josefina, Nellie, Marisol, Elizabeth & Julie share the same face with American Girl of Today #28.
- Jess & Ivy share the same face, but no American Girl of Today has it.
- Kaya has a unique face and shares it with no American Girl of Today.
- No historical doll yet has the same face as the Asian American Girl of Today #4.
AGOT #1 (Dark skin, textured black hair, dark brown eyes)
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AGOT #2 (Medium skin, dark brown hair, light brown eyes)
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AGOT #3 (Light skin, blond hair, blue eyes)
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AGOT #4 (Light skin, black hair, dark brown eyes)
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AGOT #5 (Light skin, red hair, light brown eyes)
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AGOT #6 (Light skin, blond hair, green eyes)
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AGOT #7 (Light skin, light brown hair, blue eyes)
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AGOT #8 (Light skin, red hair, green eyes)
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AGOT #11 (Medium skin, black hair, dark brown eyes)
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AGOT #12 (Light skin, blond hair, light brown eyes)
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AGOT #13 (Light skin, light brown hair, light brown eyes)
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AGOT #14 (Light skin, dark brown hair, blue eyes)
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AGOT #15 (Medium skin, textured black hair, dark brown eyes)
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AGOT #16 (Light skin, dark brown hair, light brown eyes)
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AGOT #17 (Light skin, red hair, blue eyes)
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AGOT #18 (Dark skin, textured black hair, light brown eyes)
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AGOT #19 (Light skin, light brown hair, green eyes)
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AGOT #21 (Light skin, curly honey-blond hair, hazel eyes)
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AGOT #22 (Light skin, platinum-blond hair, blue eyes)
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AGOT #23 (Light skin with freckles, reddish-brown hair, blue eyes)
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AGOT #24 (Light skin with freckles, blond hair, brown eyes)
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AGOT #25 (Light skin, black/brown hair, dark brown eyes)
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AGOT #26 (Medium skin, curly black hair, amber eyes)
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AGOT #27 (Light skin, layered blond hair, blue eyes)
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AGOT #28 (Medium skin, short brown hair, brown eyes)
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Retired Girls of Today
AGOT #9 (Light skin, light brown hair, gray eyes)
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AGOT #10 (Light skin, dark brown hair, green eyes)
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AGOT #20 (Light skin, blond hair, gray eyes)
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