Tiana is notable for being Disney's first black princess.
In Disney's nearly 100-year history, there has been only one Black Disney princess — Princess Tiana in “The Princess and the Frog,” a 2009 animated feature starring Anika Noni Rose. The singer Brandy starred in a 1997 made-for-TV film version of “Cinderella,” a remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
Anika Noni Rose opens up about her legacy as the 1st Black Disney princess. The actor who voiced Princess Tiana in the 2009 animated film "The Princess and the Frog" is opening up about her legacy portraying the groundbreaking character.
It was Nov. 15, 2009, and the 10-year-old from Mississippi was walking the red carpet at the world premiere of Walt Disney's animated musical The Princess and the Frog. The fifth grader beat out hundreds of girls to land the gig voicing the young Tiana, Disney's first animated African American princess.
Despite the magnitude of Disney's global storytelling, in the 99-year history of the institution, there has been only one Black Disney Princess: Princess Tiana, who arrived on our screens in 2009 with the New Orleans-set tale The Princess and the Frog.
Inspired by Polynesian mythology, Moana is depicted as the strong-willed daughter of a chief of a Polynesian village, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with the goddess Te Fiti.
The original line-up consisted of princesses Snow White, Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Esmeralda, and Mulan. Tinker Bell was removed soon after; she would go on to headline the sister franchise Disney Fairies.
Tiana is notable for being Disney's first black princess.
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The fictional movie takes place 3,000 years ago in the islands of Polynesia, an area that includes Hawaii, Tonga and Tahiti. The star is 16-year-old Moana, voiced by Hawaiian actress Auli'i Cravalho, who goes on an ocean voyage with Maui, voiced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Disney Princesses is the fastest-growing brand for the company's Consumer Products division. Disney introduced its first non-white animated heroine in 1992's “Aladdin”: a Middle Eastern character named Jasmine.
There are currently only five non-Caucasian Disney Princesses: Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana and Moana. Jasmine is Arabian. Pocahontas is Native American. Mulan is Chinese.
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Famously, Jasmine was Disney's first princess of color; her unprecedented ethnicity is credited with ultimately inspiring the studio to become more ethnically diverse, as evidenced by the subsequent introduction of their non-white princesses Pocahontas and Mulan.
The three original Disney princesses are Snow White, Cinderella and Aurora.
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Where the Disney Princess ranks stand right now, Merida is the only one who does not sing a single note in her entire movie. Yup. Princess Merida, from Disney/Pixar's 2012 Brave, who was officially coronated as a Disney Princesses in 2013, doesn't have a song.
But Tiana, Disney's first Black animated protagonist, would be onscreen for just about 40 minutes.
Walt Disney Pictures presents The Princess and the Frog. . . . Meet Tiana, Disney's newest princess! When she and the spoiled Prince Naveen are turned into frogs, they find themselves lost in the Louisiana bayou, with no one to turn to but a lovesick Cajun firefly, a trumpet-playing alligator—and each other.
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1937: Snow White
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out in 1937, debuting the very first Disney princess with Snow White herself. Voiced by Adriana Caselotti, she's incredibly of her time (i.e. dated af). Her whole deal is she's, like, really pretty.
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