Amazing Hula Hoop Girl - Beijing

Beautiful hula hoop dancer from China.

A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck. The modern hula hoop was invented in 1958 by Arthur K. "Spud" Melin and Richard Knerr, but children and adults around the world have played with hoops, twirling, rolling and throwing them throughout history.

The hula hoop gained international popularity in the late 1950s, when a plastic version was successfully marketed by California's Wham-O toy company. In 1957, Knerr and "Spud" Melin, starting with the idea of Australian bamboo "exercise hoops", manufactured 1.06-metre (42 inch) hoops with Marlex plastic.

With giveaways and national marketing and retailing, a fad was started in July 1958. twenty-five million plastic hoops were sold in less than four months, and in two years, sales reached more than 100 million units.

Carlon Products Corporation was one of the first manufacturers of the hula hoop. During the 1950s, when the hula hoop craze swept the country, Carlon was producing more than 50,000 hula hoops per day.

The hoop was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 1999.

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