Working as a Disney princessfor a Disney theme park can sound like a job straight out of a fairytale.
But there’s a lot more to the position than you would think.
The process overall can be pretty brutal as well.
Then they line you up in rows of 10 and study your features.
It was pretty unnerving.
Then, after all of that they said ‘we just need Brianna Smith, thank you.’
And just like that all 49 other girls were eliminated."
But many may not have realized that these women also have to be a specific height.
Basically, they don’t make a costume or uniform specifically for each new actor.
We all constantly compare ourselves and have a go at copy each other."
Katie McBroom toldBuzzFeed, “Each character is their own prescribed look.”
They’re given stage makeup, but their makeup looks are supposed to appear pretty natural.
McBroom described the looks as “generally very clean beauty makeup versus an Instagram face.”
The focus on maintaining weight is something that has reportedly made a lot of the princesses feel pressured.
She explained, “I had a whole day of character training.
Princess school is also where they learn how to apply their makeup.
She also added that she loved that she was able to meet so many people.
She added, “The first few weeks, my face literally hurt.”
It just takes a lot of practice outside so that you’re comfortable.”
She explained that she couldn’t break character and would have to think of something to say.
Fur characters are anyone who wears a full face costume and doesn’t talk.
Do princesses think they’re better than everyone else?
She said it happened to her, and she had to go from playing Alice to playing Wendy.
She added that it’s challenging, saying, “You just have to go for it.
Jump in before you feel ready and it will work out better than you think!”
An anonymous princess toldReal Simplethat they go through a ton of voice training with a dialect coach.
You have to learn the cadences of these specific human beings' voices.
It’s a cool, kind of tricky thing to do."
This is part of where watching the movies on repeat comes in.
