Think you're a Disney Princess expert? These facts might change your mind!
1. While there are many princesses in Disney movies, Disney itself only recognizes some of them in its official Disney Princesses official lineup, which includes: Snow White, Mulan, Aurora, Belle, Tiana, Rapunzel, Ariel, Cinderella, Jasmine, Pocahontas, and Merida. There are rumors that Anna and Elsa from Frozen will be inducted into the official lineup soon.
2. Walt Disney planned a sequel for Snow White called Snow White Returns, but sadly it never made it into production. Imagine how awesome it would have been for Snow White to come back and show the evil queen who was boss, without needing to hide away in the woods waiting for someone to rescue her!
3. Pocahontas is the only princess based on a real person (the real Pocahontas was born in the late 1500s!).
4. When The Little Mermaid was released in 1989, Ariel became the first Disney princess in 30 years. The last princess before that was Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, which was released in 1959. It was about time for a sassy, red-headed princess!
5. Beyoncé could have voiced the role of Tiana in Princess and the Frog, but she refused to audition and lost the role to her Dreamgirls co-star Anika Noni Rose.
6. Pocahontas was actually not the first Native American princess in a Disney movie. Although she is the only one to be featured on the official Disney Princess lineup, Tiger Lily from Peter Pan was actually the first.
7. Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty has the least amount of dialogue of all the Disney princesses. Probably because she spent most of her time sleeping!
8. Mulan is the only character on the official Disney Princess lineup who is not actually a real princess. All of the others are princesses by birth or married princes, but Mulan was just so kickass, she had to be the exception!
9. Adriana Caselotti, the actress who voiced Snow White, was only paid $20 a day in 1937, which doesn't sound like a lot now, but at the time, was a fairly decent salary. In 1994, she became the first woman to be named a "Disney Legend" in the voice category.
10. You probably remember her dress being pretty, but you may not have realized that Belle is the only person in her hometown to wear blue in Beauty and The Beast, which signifies that she is an outsider. When she meets the beast, he is also wearing blue, showing that they are both misfits. Blue was also meant to symbolize good in the movie. Gaston, on the other hand, wears red to highlight that he's the bad guy. You will never watch Beauty in the Beast again without looking at the colors everyone is wearing!
11. The ~magical~ moment when Cinderella's dress transforms from her housemaid threads into a gorgeous ball gown was Walt Disney's all-time favorite animation. Really, who can argue with him?
Walt died in 1966, but he probably would've loved THIS animation, too! Does anything look familiar?
12. Some people who worked closely with Walt Disney say that Cinderella was his favorite princess.
13. Originally, Aladdin was meant to look much shabbier. But after Jasmine's character was designed, producers had artists re-do Aladdin completely. They didn't feel that their chemistry would be convincing on-screen, because Jasmine was just way too ***flawless!
14. If the Disney Princesses existed IRL, they totally might have goneto your high school, because turns out they're all teens! Snow White is only 14 years old, making her the youngest. Jasmine, who is supposed to be 15, is the second youngest. Cinderella and Tiana are the oldest, both 19 years old.
15. Cinderella was the first princess who was not from royal descent, yet she turned out to be one of the most glamorous! #IftheShoeFits
Do you know any other interesting facts about the Disney Princesses? Tell us in the comments!
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