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Texas student's DWI arrest leads to Barbie Jeep fame

By Ben Hooper
Texas State University student Tara Monroe has become well known on campus for riding around in her Barbie Jeep. San Antonio Express-News video screenshot
Texas State University student Tara Monroe has become well known on campus for riding around in her Barbie Jeep. San Antonio Express-News video screenshot

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SAN MARCOS, Texas, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A Texas State University student who lost her license after a DWI arrest is turning heads on campus and around town by motoring around in a Barbie Jeep.

Tara Monroe, 20, a junior studying industrial engineering, said her license was suspended and her father took her car away after she refused a Breathalyzer test during a DWI stop following a Waka Flocka Flame concert.

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"Riding a bike around campus sucks," Monroe told the San Antonio Express-News. "Like really sucks."

Monroe's solution came in the form of a $60 electric Barbie Jeep she found for sale on Craigslist. She said she named the vehicle Charlene in honor of its previous owner.

Pictures and videos of Monroe getting around in the child-sized Jeep have gone viral on social media.

"Most people don't find the things me and my friends do very funny, just immature, so I didn't expect to get this big of a reaction," she said. "People who don't know me are shocked but my friends weren't even surprised because I do stuff like this all the time."

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"This is the best way I could have gotten my 15 minutes of fame," she said. "Basically, it was the best decision I've made in college, yet."

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