The Disney FAT Princess?

[disneygogetter]

Word has it that this one girl posted online about why doesn't Disney do a fat Princess not the typical skinny blonde Princess. So I was thinking of this story I read online, and was thinking they have not done a Mexican Princess and then thought of the Fat Princess thing. Do you think Disney will go stereotype with these 2 and do a Fat Mexican Princess?

 

[sherilaine]

I thought Sofia the first was supposed to be, while she does not look much like it, Hispanic? She is of course a child and not overweight.

I can't see how suggesting a stereotypical Mexican princess would have to be over weight though will end well on a discussion board.

Maybe you are trying to ?

 

[sweethannah]

A lot of the Princesses are brunette over blonde imo but I've never added them up

A don't see how a 'fat' Princess helps anyone, concentrating on a healthy weight should be more important. Too thin or too fat are unhealthy extremes.

 

[DizMe]

Wow. Way to get started on DIS

As far as a "fat" princess, Fiona kind of fits the bill. She's fat AND an ogre.

 

[deanimal]

I don't think a "fat" princess is something they need, but since there is a range of healthy weights, I'd love to see a princess on the heavier end of healthy instead of the thinner end, like all the others. For most women, a dress size of 10 or 12 can be perfectly healthy and normal, but I don't see that represented anywhere in the Disney princesses, or anywhere in popular culture for that matter. Oh well, don't see it happening any time soon.

 

[Geemo]

Wow. Way to get started on DIS

As far as a "fat" princess, Fiona kind of fits the bill. She's fat AND an ogre.

She wasn't an ogre in the beginning of the story.

She can be found at Universal Studios with Shrek.

 

[DizMe]

She wasn't an ogre in the beginning of the story.

She can be found at Universal Studios with Shrek.

Oh yeah. I forgot she wasn't Disney! But she was always an ogre. That was her TRUE nature.

 

[GeneralTso]

Merida was healthy and gorgeous. In fact, there were some rumblings that she wasn't skinny enough. Ugh.

I love the Annie Lebovitz Disney portraits, yet they chose Jessica Chastain to be Merida. It's a gorgeous picture, she's gorgeous, it's just fantastic. It's not the Merida I thought would be portrayed though.

 

[starshine514]

A don't see how a 'fat' Princess helps anyone, concentrating on a healthy weight should be more important. Too thin or too fat are unhealthy extremes.

I agree. I read an article about this a week or so ago and thought about a princess as a role-model. I don't want my children to aspire to be like a princess who is overweight. I thought Merida's body type was a good size, thin and healthy, but not ridiculously skinny.

 

[HydroGuy]

Hmmm. When I was at DLR a couple months ago I thought it looked like Ariel had put on a few pounds...

 

[Gisele]

Hmmm. When I was at DLR a couple months ago I thought it looked like Ariel had put on a few pounds...

Omg! Lol....maybe she is pregnant? Imagine that, a fat, pregnant princess?
Oy Vey!

 

[Gisele]

I agree. I read an article about this a week or so ago and thought about a princess as a role-model. I don't want my children to aspire to be like a princess who is overweight. I thought Merida's body type was a good size, thin and healthy, but not ridiculously skinny.

Yeah, that reminds me of the latest Target commercial for some designer. Where there is a multitude of the thinnest, most anorexic females you could ever see outside of a eating disorders clinic or possibly an episode of the Dr. Phil.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

I thought Sofia the first was supposed to be, while she does not look much like it, Hispanic? She is of course a child and not overweight.

I can't see how suggesting a stereotypical Mexican princess would have to be over weight though will end well on a discussion board.

Maybe you are trying to ?

Sofia is not Hispanic. It was a misquote of somebody involved in the show.

 

[sherilaine]

Sofia is not Hispanic. It was a misquote of somebody involved in the show.

That explains why she does not look nor sound Hispanic!

 

[Gisele]

Not all indigenous people from Mexico have dark hair and eyes. There are geographic areas where people have Blonde hair and light colored eyes. Also ones English may be better in comparison to many people born in the USA. So going by looks, you would swear that a young man for example was born in the US and raised here, when in reality that is not the case.

 

[sherilaine]

Not all indigenous people from Mexico have dark hair and eyes. There are geographic areas where people have Blonde hair and light colored eyes. Also ones English may be better in comparison to many people born in the USA. So going by looks, you would swear that a young man for example was born in the US and raised here, when in reality that is not the case.

That is true - I should have said she does not look "stereotypically" Hispanic.

But to what others have said, like aspiring to be a princess is anything any girl should do, whether they are pretty, skinny, fat, bald, stupid, smart or ugly! Have you ever seen a Disney princess that did not have some sort of issue - first off one of your parents is likely dead from the get go, and then there is someone who is likely trying to take over your kingdom or kill you as well - it's not a walk in the park.

I told my DD when she was quite small and made some comment about how great Cinderella had it - "do you want to have me die, your father marry some crazed lunatic with ugly mean daughters that become your step sisters, and treat you so nasty you end up going crazy enough to start talking to mice and birds, and the only way out of it is footwear?" She was a bit taken by all that but soon starting pointing out that many Disney characters have less than stellar beginnings to their stories!

 

[Pinup Mommy]

Not all indigenous people from Mexico have dark hair and eyes. There are geographic areas where people have Blonde hair and light colored eyes. Also ones English may be better in comparison to many people born in the USA. So going by looks, you would swear that a young man for example was born in the US and raised here, when in reality that is not the case.

Thank you!!!

I am pale white and 5'9, people are always shocked when they learn I speak Spanish and of Mexican ancestry. I still don't know what a Mexican should look or sound like ?

As for the princesses, Hispanics have adopted Princess Sofia as their own and Jasmine too... So were ok

 

[carriemd]

A don't see how a 'fat' Princess helps anyone, concentrating on a healthy weight should be more important. Too thin or too fat are unhealthy extremes.

I agree--and I'm fat. That more people are overweight these days doesn't mean that it should become celebrated, in my opinion.

Not touching the second aspect of the question except to say it seems to me there are plenty of obese people of every race in the US.

 

[aliceindisneyland]

I'm just happy that the last several Disney Princesses have been awesome: an artist, an archer, a chef, and my daughter's favorite: a bibliophile. I could not care less about the weight of the girl who puts on a dress to portray any princess at Disneyland. My daughter recognizes and relates to princesses via the iconic dresses, not the weights of the girls wearing the dresses.
much, OP?

 

[disneygogetter]

Here is the article discussing the fat princess idea - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...e-plus-size-princess-unhealthy-ideal-too.html