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1. The current official lineup of Disney Princesses includes Jasmine, Ariel, Rapunzel, Tiana, Belle, Merida, Cinderella, Pocahontas, Aurora, Mulan, and Snow White.

2. Snow White is supposed to be 14 years old. She remains the youngest Disney Princess.

3. Belle is the only Disney Princess to have hazel eyes.

4. Mulan’s story is based on an ancient Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, a female warrior famously described in the poem “The Ballad of Mulan.”

5. Mulan is also the first Disney Princess to not actually be a princess. All the others are either royal by birth, or marry into royalty.

6. Cinderella was originally intended by Disney to be produced as one of the Silly Symphony series.

7. Ariel is the only Disney Princess who was not born a human.

8. Pocahontas is the only princess based on a real person. (Mulan is legend, and impossible to know whether she was real or not.)

9. Tiana is the only Disney Princess with dimples.

10. Both Mulan and Tiana are left-handed.

11. Mulan and Jasmine’s singing voices are performed by the same person, Lea Salonga.

12. Snow White is the only Disney Princess to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This happened in 1987.

13. Walt Disney once told Ilene Woods (the voice of Cinderella), that Cinderella was his favorite heroine.

14. Belle is supposed to be 17.

15. Ariel translates to “lion of God” in Hebrew.

16. Rapunzel’s eyes are the biggest compared to her Disney Princess counterparts.

17. Frozen’s Anna and Elsa are expected to join the lineup as official Disney Princesses this year.

18. Many of Ariel’s quirks and mannerisms came out of improvisation from her live-action model.

19. Pocahontas actually isn’t the first Native American Disney Princess. It’s actually Princess Tiger Lily in Peter Pan (but, clearly, Tiger Lily is not an official Disney Princess).

20. Jasmine’s character is based on the princess from an Arabic folktale calledOne Thousand and One Nights.

21. Rapunzel and Snow White are both from Bavaria.

22. Princess Aurora is the first Disney Princess to have violet eyes.

23. Walt Disney has said that the transformation scene in Cinderella — where Cinderella’s dress goes from rags to a ball gown — was one of his favorite pieces of animation.

24. A Disney intern who was still in school ended up providing some of theinspiration for Tiana. Inspiration also came from Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Tiana.

25. Kristin Chenoweth was originally cast as the voice of Rapunzel, but she dropped out. Reese Witherspoon was then cast, who also dropped out. (Jeez.) The role eventually went to Mandy Moore.

26. Reese Witherspoon was also originally cast as the voice of Merida… In the end Kelly Macdonald did the job. (Jeez, Reese.)

27. Cinderella is supposed to be 19.

8. Princess Aurora had only 18 minutes of screen time and 18 lines of dialogue in the film, making her the most quiet Disney Princess.

29. After auditioning more than 150 girls for the voice of Snow White, the part serendipitously went to 20-year-old Adriana Caselotti, whose father, a singing coach, was helping Disney find a fit. Adriana overheard her father’s phone conversation and began talking in the background to prove she had the right voice. She got the part.

30. Belle and Ariel share the same live-action reference model, Sherri Stoner.

31. Pocahontas is the only Disney Princess with a tattoo.

32. Jasmine actually helped influence the design of Aladdin. Earlier sketches showed him seeming much younger. But once Jasmine was designed, animators thought she wouldn’t go for someone who looked like a scruffy kid.

33. When Disney first announced The Princess and the Frog, the principal character was named Madeline or Maddy for short. This upset critics, who called it a “slave name.” Disney then changed it to Tiana.

34. Merida is the only princess with brothers. WHAT?

35. In earlier drafts of the film, Cinderella has a pet turtle named Clarissa.

36. Mary Pickford and Betty Boop helped inspire Snow White’s look.

37. Disney shot the entirety of Cinderella in live-action, using it as a guide for animation.