LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Move over Ariel, Jasmine and Snow White, Disney is getting a new princess. Her name is Princess Elena of Avalor and her character is inspired by diverse Latin cultures. The ...

Getting a job as a princess at the Disney theme parks is no easy feat — hundreds of performers vie for roles at every audition. For Helen Planchet, a former Disneyland equity performer who played ...

The first four Disney princesses were white, if you count a mermaid as a human being, with a specified ethnicity. In 1992, we got Aladdin’s Princess Jasmine, she of indeterminate Middle Eastern ...

A Disney World guest recalled a sweet moment when a cast member went above and beyond for her 5-year-old daughter The employee arranged a private meeting between the girl and Princess Elena of Avalor ...

A biracial former Disneyland princess told Insider what it took for her to get hired at the parks. As a woman of color, she said, it was hard watching white women get hired for BIPOC roles. She said ...

LOS ANGELES -- The rarefied sorority of Disney princesses has come a long way since 1937's Snow White set the tone, gradually expanding to add Asian, African-American, Native American and Middle ...

Aimee Carrero is the voice of Elena in the new Disney Channel series “Elena of Avalor.” Matt Petit Disney Channel One of the knocks against Disney has been that despite a wide variety of princesses in ...

Elena of Avalor, an animated show featuring Disney's first Latina princess, premieres this Friday! The show follows Elena, a brave and adventurous princess tasked with leading her country even though ...

Disney's first Latina Princess is here, and she's coming to TV very soon. The new Disney Channel series Elena of Avalor stars a zesty teenager who has reclaimed her tropical kingdom from an evil ...

Disney has announced that it is to introduce its first Latina princess. Princess Elena will appear in Sofia the First in 2016, before being handed her own spinoff series with Disney Junior. What to ...

Former Disney princess Helen Planchet told Insider that auditioning for a job at parks as a biracial woman took a toll on her mental health. Over the seven years she spent auditioning, she said, she ...