Meet Sofia, Disney’s First Latina Princess
Another princess is being welcomed into the Disney Family. Sofia, Disney’s first Latina princess, will join the ranks of animated royalty this November in a TV movie entitled Sofia the First: Once Upon A Princess.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the TV movie will introduce Disney’s first Latina princess. Sofia will then star in her own TV series on both the Disney Channel and Disney Journey in 2013.
Fox News Latino reports that Disney isn’t promoting the princess’ ethnicity like they did for their 2009 princess Tiana. Disney used the fact that Tiana was its first black princess to promote the movie The Princess and the Frog. The company isn’t doing the the same for Sofia.
Joe D’Ambrosia, the vice president of Disney Junior’s original programming, said:
“We never actually call it out. When we go into schools [to talk to young students about the show], what I find fascinating is that every girl thinks that they’re Sofia.”
Sofia will be voiced by Modern Family’s Ariel Winter. Sofia The First: Once Upon A Princess will tell the story of how Sofia, who was born a commoner, becomes a royal princess after her mother marries King Roland II Of Enchancia.
Here’s a preview for the Disney movie.
Some bloggers have complained that Sofia doesn’t seem Hispanic enough while others have applauded Disney for creating a character that isn’t a stereotypical Latina.
What do you think? Will Sofia the Princess be a hit?
Tags : disney latina princess, disney princess, first latina princess, once upon a princess, sofia disney
Posted: October 18, 2012
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Oct 19, 2012
Belle
Oct 19, 2012
She looks white, not Latina.
Oct 19, 2012
ummm, the only thing that looks latina about her is her mother.
Oct 19, 2012
she could have at least had an accent.
Oct 19, 2012
Glad she doesn't have an accent, not all Latinos have accents… Also glad that they made it so that the world knows that Latinos come in all sorts of colors & shapes..
Oct 19, 2012
lol
Oct 19, 2012
Finally a Hispanic Princess….She is About To Be My Daughter's Favorite =)
Oct 19, 2012
i think its going to be great!!
Oct 19, 2012
Its great that there is gunna be a Hispanic princess…and people should remember just b/c she don't have dark hair, eyes and skin doesn't mean shesnot hispanic.. I know people with hispanic background that have blue eyes and light features…as long as they represent whp and where they cam from its all good to me
Oct 19, 2012
Or they could've took Dora out the hood
Oct 19, 2012
They could ve made its into abig .movie
Oct 19, 2012
Coming from a hispanic background I understand that we come in different shades and languages. However, I do not believe that Sofia is a good representation of a Latin princess. She seems like another white princess. Thanks for trying tho Disney!
Oct 19, 2012
if she does not look latina, and she does not sound latina, how do we know she is latina? oh yea disney said she was latina…k.
Oct 19, 2012
I think this will be very cute, to be honest though when I saw the previews I had no idea she was latina. so far I have loved all the disney princeses (being 26) I have seen them all! snow white, sleeping beauty aura, cinderella, ariel, belle, jasmine, pocahontas, mulan, tiana, and rapunzel.
Oct 19, 2012
Its doesn't count unless she gets a movie. Disney is funny as hell.
Oct 19, 2012
Yea like my blonde haired green eyed girls
Oct 19, 2012
Paula has very red hair.
Oct 19, 2012
I like that
Oct 19, 2012
Only thing Hispanic about this new Princess is her name and nothing else how come Disney? Your dropping the ball!
Oct 19, 2012
My granddaughter will love her, not because she's latina but because she's a princess. The only thing I think they should change is to give her longer hair. lol but that's just my preference. Her skin tone shouldn't matter. There are latins that are fair skin, light eye color and hair color (my mother for one). It's great that Disney has created a latina princess!
Oct 19, 2012
As Dora would say "Vamanos" !!!! LOL!!
Oct 19, 2012
I dunno why but I always felt like Rapunzel should have been a Latina Princess. At the end of that movie when she has her hair cut short and in brown that is when she looks the most awesome.
Oct 20, 2012
(Blank faced)…really? Is that what you call a "Latina" princess, Disney? She doesn't have a single physical attribute that makes her seem the least bit Latina. All I see is blonde hair and blue eyes, and no faint, cultural accent that implies she's of Hispanic descent.
Oct 20, 2012
Sofia the Disney princess
Oct 20, 2012
I'm polish, not complaining there's no Polish Princess. I have a daughter named Sofia. Soooo excited!! I'm American more than I'm Polish. I live in America. I'm American. Duh.
Oct 22, 2012
I would never thought she was latina, she doesn't look nor sound hispanic, she look white, I would never guess she was latina until Disney said she was latina.
Oct 29, 2012
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Oct 29, 2012
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Nov 3, 2012
"Craig Gerber, a co-executive producer and writer for "Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess," added more detail on Sofia's heritage, describing her as "a mixed-heritage princess in a fairy-tale world. Her mother is originally from an enchanted kingdom inspired by Spain (Galdiz) and her birth father hailed from an enchanted kingdom inspired by Scandinavia," according to E! News."
Good Lord, people. Quit getting your panties in a bunch. Just because she doesn't have the stereotypical Hispanic/Latina look that people in America equate to a group of people who, in reality, are very diverse doesn't mean that she's not going to be a good role-model for young girls. Look at those who actually live in Spain (which is the country that inspired the creation of Sofia's mother's fictional country). Spaniards tend to look like any other white person. It's only when they came to the new world and started having children with the native people that they took on the look of what we think of today when we hear the word , "Hispanic," or "Latina."