Between Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Bela, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana and Raya; See which are the best!
Princesses are an important part of Disney’s legacy. This is because, it was with the story of one of these royal members that the studio launched its first animated feature film: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” which hit theaters in 1937 to introduce the young orphan who is persecuted by his stepmother, the bad queen, due to the beauty she carries.
Since then, dozens of stories produced by Disney have had new crown carriers, making the princesses a franchise – one of the most profitable in the company – starring not only movies, but also excited series, games, toys, and even seen in the studio parks.
To be part of this franchise, princesses must follow most of the rules below:
- Be part of an animation;
- Being human or at least half human;
- Be the protagonist of history;
- Born princess, marry someone in royalty or commit a heroic act;
- Bring a good financial return to the studios.
Thus were chosen as Official Princesses Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Bela, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana and Raya – but which one is the best? Recreio’s newsroom discussed and presents the favorite of the site in the list below; Check it out:
5. Pocahontas
Presented in the 1995 homonymous animation, Pocahontas is a native-American India who had the story inspired by the life of a figure that really existed:Amonutealso known as Motaaka, the daughter of the Powhatan tribe chief who was born around 1595 in the region that today corresponds to Jamestown, in the US state of Virginia.
She, who stands out for her connection with nature, freedom and wisdom, finds herself in the midst of the war between English colonizers and her people in love with one of the settlers, John Smith, showing courage and altruism by saving the life of the beloved during the conflict and becoming an important piece for both cultures to live at the same time.
This is because the princess’s love and bravery made settlers and natives could find a way to live together, contributing to the construction of a reality with more tolerance and dialogue.
4. Jasmine
From “Aladdin” (1992), Jasmine is an example for all women. This is because, wrapped in a reality in which it was required of submission, she challenged the tradition so that she could own herself and choose the best way for her future, fighting for a more egalitarian reality – something that enabled, for example, that she find a partner for love, not out of obligation, thus being able to live with Aladdin (who was a commoner and not a member of royalty as her).
She, like Pocahontas, is not afraid to act and does not need a male figure to defend her, as she has the bravery necessary to guide her own battles and beat them.
3. Tiana
Tiana has always been independent. Presented in “The Princess and the Sapo” (2009), Disney’s first black princess brought not only representativeness, but an inspiration on the importance of believing in dreams and fighting for them to realize.
That’s because, in her story, she shared with her father the desire to have a restaurant. When her father passed away, she decided that she would still make this will a reality and, for that, did not expect a magic, she worked and tried daily – so much so that when she had a chance to have the establishment through the “help” of Dr. Facilier and her friends on the other side, she was not led by the promise and remained aligned with the values that make her who is.
2. Beautiful
Bela’s beauty goes far beyond physical appearance. The princess of “Beauty and the Beast” (1991) is intelligent, courageous and full of empathy, and these characteristics make her give her freedom in exchange for her father’s, living locked in a castle with a beast.
However, it is also these qualities that make her transform all the reality where this place was inserted for years, as her curiosity and ability to see beyond the abroad, made her love the beast and break the curse in which he and the whole castle had been condemned to live.
1. Mulan
Like Jasmine, Mulan (from the same name released in 1998) was able to challenge traditions. But in the case of the first Disney princess who won a place in royalty for committing a heroic act, she did it to preserve her father’s life by disguising her and fighting in her place in China’s war against the invasion of the Huns.
With this act, she, like Bela, proved altruistic – and more, since she is also intelligent and brave, and became essential to save the entire Chinese empire, still having a very important action to end a great conflict, as well as Pocahontas.
It turns out that, besides her strength, she could use her reasoning to think of battle techniques that would spare them and end the war, bringing another great example: to challenge the socially imposed limits by gender, after all, to be who we really are always needed a little bravery, determination and of course, independence!
Source: Recreio
