Artist Depicts How Disney Princesses Would Look If They Were Curvy

There are new body-positive Disney Princesses in town, and they're amazing. Whether slim, thick, or curvy, women should look like they want to look.

No one needs to police the female body. We all agree on that.

We have been bombarded by unrealistic standards of female beauty. Although, to be honest, roughly the same can be said for male beauty.

Just think: when was the last time you saw a movie with an actor who wasn’t ripped? When was the last time you saw a commercial featuring a chubby, short, hairless middle-aged man?

Can’t remember, right? And what about all those influencers and famous people (you know the type—people no one knows why they are famous, but they are)?

Not many overweight and unattractive influencers (of both sexes), right? The sad truth is that we live in an age of forced and artificial beauty, where people try to look good, and if they can’t do it physically, they will use filters and other tools.

That’s why it is important to instill true values and show people that body positivity is essential and that everyone should look the way they want to. This is exactly what this series of curvy Disney Princess illustrations is doing.

They are showing what these princesses would look like if they were curvy. Take a look:

Original Mulan:

Let There Be Doodles

Curvy Mulan:

Let There Be Doodles

Original Belle:

Let There Be Doodles

Curvy Belle:

Let There Be Doodles

Original Ariel:

Let There Be Doodles

Curvy Ariel:

Let There Be Doodles

Original Aurora:

Let There Be Doodles

Curvy Aurora:

Let There Be Doodles

To be honest, we think that people are criticizing Disney a bit too much. Just think about it—how could Mulan, who is training all day long, be chubby? We are talking about a world where the main source of calories was rice (fats and oils were expensive and therefore not part of the everyday menu of soldiers).

There are two schools of thought. The first one says that women couldn't possibly be overweight in that period.

A world without cars and TV. How could Cinderella, who is starving and working hard all day long, be chubby?

How could Merida, living in a medieval world and running outside all day long, be chubby? Today, obesity is very prevalent, but in the past, it was not.

So, you see, none of the above-mentioned princesses have a lifestyle that would demand them to be chubby or fat. In fact, if you consider the period, the general population of women is unlikely to be chubby.

So, to expect Disney's princesses to portray their heroines as chubby when the general population of their time isn’t is kind of unfair.

On the other hand, the second school of thought says that if we look at Renaissance nudes, we can see that the ideal of female beauty was curvy women. In fact, being slightly overweight was a sign of health and good financial standing.

The truth is that any extreme is bad, whether it is anorexia or obesity. Ever heard of the golden mean?

The bottom line is you should watch over your health, but not chase unrealistic standards.