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Barbi Twins - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

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Updated on January 09, 2026

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NameBarbi Twins
First NameBarbi
Last NameTwins
OccupationFilm Producer
BirthdayApril 2
Birth Year1963
Place of BirthSan Diego
Home TownCalifornia
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignAries
Full/Birth Name
ParentsMarsha Barbi, Bob Carlson
SiblingsSia Barbi
SpouseKen Wahl
Children(s)Not Available

Barbi Twins Biography

Barbi Twins is one of the most popular and richest Film Producer who was born on April 2, 1963 in San Diego, California, United States.

Shane and Sia began modeling at the age of seven when they posed for a layout in the Sears mail-order catalog. As adults, their career has included fashion and mainly pin-up modeling. The Los Angeles Times did a cover story about the Barbi Twins when their billboard went up on Sunset Boulevard in 1989 immediately catapulting them to worldwide attention. In 1989, 1990, and early 1991, they modeled for Chanel, Thierry Mugler, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano and others.

Shane and Sia posed together in several internationally distributed Barbi Twins calendars from 1993 to 2007. After the success of their 1993 calendar the “Barbi Mania” continued with dozens of posters, a comic-art calendar and two comic books. Other merchandise such as promotional trading cards, postcards, gift cards, gift wrap, mugs, lighters and just about any product that could have their images (or more specifically bodies) stamped on it were for sale. The Daily Star UK ran a comic strip called “The Barbi Twins”, and featuring the twin models with psychic abilities. Gift shops world wide contained Barbi Twin products and every Spencer Gifts had dedicated a corner to Barbi Twin merchandise as E! True Hollywood Story reported.

Shane and Sia Barbi (born April 2, 1963), popularly known as The Barbi Twins, are identical twins, cover models, co-authors, and spokespersons for animal rights advocacy.

Barbi Twins Net Worth

Barbi is one of the richest Film Producer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Barbi Twins's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeFilm Producer
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

During their recovery, the twins armed themselves with degrees in health and nutrition, and began lecturing in 2000 on “How to eat to live, not live to eat”. They lectured at the Learning Annex, universities and high schools as well as on radio, television and on-line. In early 2001, they came out to the nation on the CBS television program 48HRS in a piece about eating disorders, entitled “Slim Chance.” They also shared their recovery story in a chapter in a celebrity addiction book called Feeding the Fame.

The twins are the daughters of property developer Bob Carlson (d. October 2001), a devout Christian and Marsha Barbi, a former Miss Ohio, but their parents divorced when the twins were just two. The twins believe that their mother was always a lesbian and when she left their father, she and they traveled to West Hollywood where Marsha became an “outspoken lesbian feminist”. According to the twins, Marsha had numerous lesbian lovers including some quite famous women. Then she met closeted singer Dusty Springfield in 1975 and the two women lived together for two years. “We were 12 when they got together and we lived in this fantastic three-story townhouse in West Hollywood. She became our unofficial godmother and every night she’d sing us to sleep,” Shane told journalist Caroline Graham in 2002.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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By the year 2000 the twins began using their modeling career to help show support and draw focus on other issues they felt important, including publishing books on fitness and health issues, showing their support for the military with their patriotic images and words of support, and animal rights.

Who is Barbi Twins Dating?

According to our records, Barbi Twins married to Ken Wahl . As of January 13, 2024, Barbi Twins’s is not dating anyone.

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According to their 2001 E! True Hollywood Story, the billboard, and the press that came from it, caught the eye of Hugh Hefner. The twins were put on the cover of Playboy magazine in the September 1991 issue which broke records by selling out in less than two weeks. In an unprecedented move, Hefner erected a billboard to promote the Barbi Twins and their second Playboy issue (which also broke sales records).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Barbi Twins height Not available right now. Barbi weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

HeightUnknown
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
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The twins’ first health and fitness book, Dying To Be Healthy: A Breakthrough Diet, Nutrition and Self Help Guide (1999), tells the story of their struggles with eating disorders and how they overcame it. Their second book, The Eco Anti-Diet, Plus Confession (2006), helps people understand how to be “eco and animal friendly” while being healthy and fit. 100% of the proceeds of the books go to animal charities.

48 Hours did a special on the Barbi Twins in 2002 on their eating disorders, and the E! True Hollywood Story did a biography on the twins in 2001. They also had several guest appearances on talk shows for television and radio, such as The Geraldo Rivera Show and The Howard Stern Show. The twins made several appearances along with William Shatner, John Landis, and many others in the American animated series Eek! The Cat playing twin rocket scientists, “Dr. Shane and Dr. Sia”. In 2007, they received an associate producer credit on Curt Johnson’s animal activist documentary titled Your Mommy Kills Animals, which received highly acclaimed reviews from Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and LA Times.

Facts & Trivia

Barbi Ranked on the list of most popular Film Producer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Barbi Twins celebrates birthday on April 2 of every year.

In November 2003, the Barbi Twins sued Larry Flynt and Hustler magazine for shots taken at Playboy studios that found their way to Hustler without permission. The twins had a vitamin line they were promoting to be introduced in 2004 and the pictures were never meant to be published. They sued for both the pictures and a fictional story that appeared in Hustler as the Barbi Twins claimed it ruined their health image.

Are the Barbi twins married?

Shane and Sia Barbi
Years active1990s–present
Spouse(s)Shane: Ken Wahl ​ ( m. 1997)​
WebsiteOfficial website

How old are the Barbi twins now?

59 years (April 2, 1963)

Who are the Barbi Twins?

Shane and Sia Barbi were the Playboy ‘it’ girls for the generation of men now in their 40s and 50s, but now the identical twins are politically engaged and opening their mouths for something more than a meaningless photogenic pout.

Who is Barbi?

Barbi Benton
OccupationPlayboy model, recording artist, actress, interior decorator
Years active1968–1986
Spouse(s)George Gradow ​ ( m. 1979)​

Who was the star of wiseguy?

Ken Wahl is award-winning actor, most known for his Golden Globe starring role in the ground-breaking, critically acclaimed, CBS crime drama Wiseguy (1987). He entered acting without experience or aspirations.

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