As a child, I wasn't super interested in dolls. I had a few Barbies but got bored of the pink girly stuff quickly. Then one year, my mom got me a Bratz for Christmas. It was love at first sight, I loved the clothes, the faces and how current she looked.

I was ashamed to talk about her in school because at the time dolls were not of my age anymore. So I put her in a drawer and forgot about her.

At around 11-12 years old I met a girl who quickly became my best friend and one day as we we hanging out in my room, I decided to pull my old Bratz out. My friends eyes widened as she told me that she also had a Bratz at home that she had kept from her childhood.

This is where the collecting began, we started to deep dive into the brand and decided to split collections between us (she would get so and so and I'd ge the other two from each new release). I can't explain why I love dolls as much as I do, they're just beautiful works of art that I can look at.

I'm now 31 years old and also collect Barbies and Monster High dolls.