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Krystal Bailey is an all-around character introduced in 2020. She is a student at Rainbow High that focuses in Journalism.
Character Description
Krystal is the editor-in-chief for the school magazine, The Rainbow High Scene. Her opinion is EV-RY-THING. She's all about chasing the latest scoop and getting to the real deets of what's going on at the school. Krystal began writing at just 4 years old, and went on to break every story in her hometown before finding her passion in writing about the arts. She took out every book in the library on visual and performing arts and interviewed every fashion designer, playwright, street artist and animator in town.
Looks
Physical Appearance[]
Krystal is a teenage girl with a medium build and a dark skin tone. She has knee-length, wavy, indigo hair with subtle highlights of varying shades of blue, that is parted down the middle, and blue eyes. Her makeup consists of a light ombre blue cut crease buffed out with indigo eyeshadow, and pink lipstick. Her preferred style is described as being "casual-chic" and fresh.
Her Junior High doll features her with textured curly hair, implying that her natural hair is curly.
Outfits[]
Krystal mainly wears an iridescent indigo bunny-ear bow tied to a silver chain headband. She has an indigo denim jacket with the word "SPARKLE" printed on it and some ribbons laced around the sleeves. Underneath is a shimmery iridescent tee and an electric indigo denim skirt with zippers. She has black and indigo heels with silver watches as chain straps, the letter "R" on one heel and "H" on the other, and indigo tassels.
Krystal's second outfit consists of an indigo leather moto jacket with glittery silver stars; under it is a white crop top with a V-neckline. She has black fishnet stockings under a pair of indigo jeans with pockets, square-shaped holes at the knees, and zippers below the holes. Her shoes are indigo platform heels with black soles and silver watch straps.
In Junior High, Krystal wears an oversized indigo jacket with black and silver graffiti details. She also wears an indigo skirt with matching boots. Her hair is styled into two Afro puffs.
Personality
Krystal is a creative and hardworking person, being a writer and journalist since she was a kid. She is very motivated by her work and is happy to hear from others, giving everyone their chance to speak and be heard. Spending her time working on The SCENE, she uses it to always find out the most information possible and is always looking out for more hot gossip.
Etymology
Krystal[]
Krystal, more commonly spelt as Crystal, is a Greek oriented name that comes from the Greek word for ice, that being "krystallos", a reference to her somewhat iridescent color scheme.
Bailey[]
Bailey is a Scottish, English, and Irish surname that is associated with high ranking jobs and positions, likely referencing her importance at Rainbow High.
Relationships
Family[]
Indigo Bailey[]
Indigo is Krystal’s younger sister.
Friends[]
Kia Hart[]
While not being shown as of now, Kia and Krystal are said to be roommates and best friends.
Karma Nichols[]
She is apart of the scene so they should be friends and they hangout sometimes.
Timeline
- July 2020: An image of her doll was leaked.
- October 30th, 2020: A photo of her doll was revealed on the Rainbow High Instagram story.
- November 26th, 2020: She undergoes a name change from "Jett Dawson" to "Krystal Bailey".
- December 2nd, 2020: A stock image of Krystal is leaked.
- December 7th, 2020: Krystal was showcased on The Ellen Show.
- December 10th, 2020: Krystal is revealed on the Rainbow High website, and she was then instantly removed.
- December 13th, 2020: Krystal was re-added on the Rainbow High website.
- December 22nd, 2020: Krystal was spotted at Target.
- January 21st, 2021: Krystal Bailey is made available on Amazon.
- March 12th, 2021: A preview picture of Krystal's animated character is seen in The Vi Life.
- March 19th, 2021: Krystal makes her animated debut in "Shining Star".
- July 29th, 2022: An image of her Rainbow Junior High Series 2 doll is leaked.
- August 15th, 2022: Her Junior High doll officially released to buy at Amazon.
Trivia
- She originally had tan skin similar to Skyler Bradshaw, but it was changed into a darker skin tone.
- On the box art originally she still had her tan skin, though it was updated after the release of Bella Parker to have her dark skin. This is the first occurrence of box art of a character changing and two different versions existing at once.
- Krystal's name was originally Jett Dawson. It was changed after her doll boxes were already made, so right now, on all of her boxes, the "Krystal Bailey" label is just a sticker over the original Jett Dawson marking.
- This name was reused for the new character Jett Dawson.
- Her full name is Krystal William Bailey Bullard, as mentioned in a post on Rainbow High's Facebook page.
- Her magazine The Scene may be a reference to Mattel’s now discontinued line My Scene. The magazine rivals the popularity of students like Avery Styles.
- She was featured in a teaser image for season 2 of Rainbow High (Animated Series), replacing Amaya Raine.
- Her second outfit's jacket appears to be inspired by the Louis Vuitton monogram printed biker jacket.
References