What if I told you that your favourite Disney Princess tells me everything I need to know about you?
Hear me out.
Disney Princesses have been around for a long time. There are the classics: Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Belle, Aurora and Mulan. These are the Princesses and leading women who brought us up.
As we got older, new Princesses were gifted to us, like Rapunzel, Tiana, Moana and Merida who all embody the same empowering and admirable values. Leading up to Disney's World Princess Week, I thought it was fitting to celebrate them and showcase how they’re connected to us — not only when we were kids but throughout our lives, as those values hold up to this day.
Every now and then, I watch The Little Mermaid (both the animation and the live-action adaptation). There’s something so magical about believing that there is an entire world within our world. The Little Mermaid was the first Disney Princess movie that I became fixated on. Her journey to fight for what she wanted and believed she deserved goes down in history. It’s one of those stories that you can always relate to or find meaning in, regardless of what stage of life you’re in.
And I’m sure that everyone has a similar experience with one or more of the Disney Princesses. Without further ado, here is what your favourite Disney Princess says about you...