As a mother of three young adult children (who viewed Disney consistently as children) may I add that wondering if children are adversely effected by slim princesses are shortchanging youths' ability to discern. They truly understand, by the age of seven, that these cartoons are FICTION. The depictions are stylized and they know it. I even overheard a conversation between my daughters and a couple of their friends about which art animation they preferred- they were in primary school.

Why is there an issue about "realistic" anything when it comes to "fantasy" or "cartoon" subject matter? This is not "for real"...this is "make-believe".

In the real world, there are no 'normal' proportions. Everyone is different and that's ok.

less than few percent of all fat people are nicely proportioned and without jelly belly, so those are as far from reality as they could be. advertising obesity is as bad as advertising looking like stick

But Disney does do realistic images. Mickey Mouse looks exactly like a mouse and Goofy, whatever he is, looks jut like one of those. And Donald Duck's hands are just like a real ducks hands. How strange their people toons are unrealistic.

I think obesity is a current problem, however, most Disney princess type stories usually take place long, long ago... back when having extra weight was usually only attributed to those who were very rich and could afford to keep themselves adequately fed and be waited on by servants. The vast majority of people were probably quite thin though. Let's also take into account most of the princesses Disney portrays are based off of girls who were in their early teens, of which I'm sure 90% or more were very unlikely to have been overweight considering their ages and the time period. obesity is a problem that has been largely caused by the refined foods, additives and preservatives that are in our diets today, those which were non existent years ago. Not only that but we have become less and less active only recently as well. People didn't have to think about exercising before because their everyday lives would have been very active because of the lack of modern day luxuries we depend on.

This was fanart originally circulated saying "What Disney Princesses Would Look Like Today".This is WAY out of context.

There is nothing realistic about those proportions unless you were smooshed into a very tight corset. As long as a person is truly healthy and fit is what matters. You may be a little chunky or super lean, but if you are heart healthy, not out of breath all the time, and feel good, that is what counts.

Yeah right like my waist would be that thin if my hips were that thick. I completely agree with this woman and im not even skinny.

Why is "realistic" always chubby with a narrow waist?? Wheres the women with muscles? The no boobs wide hipped ones? The chubby with small boobs? Not a narrow waist? It is truly tiring, and fashiontrends of course jumps onto this bandwagon to sell to another extremely specific bodytype...When will my turn come? The no boob wide hipped bodies, I kinda want clothes that fits too...

no curvy girl I know has a small waist. Rarely they maintain an almost proportionate weight gain, but not usually. this example isn't even proportional.

Never thought about it this way, but I agree. I have reasonable curves with a normal body weight, but I don't have a figure like anybody else I know. We are all different. Perhaps we should consider the OTHER things about these characters that are not so real, and not just focus on their shapes! What they DO get right at Disney sometimes is that female characters show great qualities like initiative, strength, resolve, compassion, and the ability to meet challenges with grace. If that is what we teach our young girls to take notice of, the faces and forms won't be so important.

I'm supposed to be a real woman and I don't have those wacky proportions either. Skinny is normal, chubby is normal, but anorexic and fat (extremes, self inflicted, not due to illneses) I think should be avoided to be portrayed as "models". Being fat (and encouraging people to stop taking care of their bodies) is as risky and unhealthy as being too skinny. Eating bad and too much is the other side of the coin for the other stigmatized illnesses such as anorexia and bulimia.

"A mermaid who swims all day wouldn't be fat" So then surely, a human who walks every day wouldn't be fat. (yeah yeah, I know not everyone gets out of bed every day, but sometimes mermaids don't either- after all, they're humans with tails and gills)

I also REALLY agree that a "realistic proportion" is not always as curvy. It depends on which woman you're emulating. Thinner ("Ruler/stick") girls do get a lot of hate. So do curvy ("hourglass") girls. Plus sized women also get a lot of hate. We've ALL gotten a lot of hate, but why obsess? It's not healthy to obsess, and that's not a habit we want to pass on to our kids, male or female. Now, I do think this art is beautiful, but also poorly titled for what was drawn. It would be more realistic if she added variety.

The original post, responses to her post and quite frankly, the comments here are offensive and lame. What is disturbing is that anyone would first, have the audacity to negatively comment and second, not be able to realize the ignorance, intolerance, and misogyny in making such comments. If you don't like the realistic (it is 2018), positive, support of women exhibited by Ashley Beevers' artistic license- then don't look, don't engage, and don't let your daughters see it. Nobody is forcing you to me a decent human being. However, these comments, if read by any child (and children will read them) will inevitably feed more intolerance - we know better, children do not. That is your job as parent, to set a GOOD example. Your comments are the opposite of this. GROW UP!

Actually, if you are happy with the way you are, and are prepared to accept the health consequence, then carry on being skinny / fat / skeleton / morbidly obese. Whatever makes you happy. Just stop with the attempts to convince the world that your body type is right. Live your life, let others live theirs. Why do you care so much what others think to the point that you have to create cartoons making cartoon characters caricatures of themselves. Changing your mindset is easier and less grotesque than making grotesque caricatures in an attempt to convince others.

Look - those who have never battled their weight or been larger than the 'normal' size will not get it. They'll always see anyone they perceive as fat as lazy and unhealthy. I know 'overweight' people in far better health than those who are skinny. And I'm sorry that you felt outcast by being skinny. But the fact remains you are always more accepted in this culture than those who aren't. That being said - I think we need to recognize the beauty of those who are naturally very thin and those who aren't. Yes, there are lots of people who will never be thin despite their diet. At my target weight (as per my doctor) I have curves. Hips, thighs, boobs. So even at my target weight, my healthy weight, I'm called fat by people like you. So pardon me if I don't play a sad tune when you b***h about being thin. You still are loved, accepted, celebrated even. The point is....WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL. Chubby, fat, bone skinny, mid-way skinny, hips or no hips. We are all very beautiful and want to be seen for the beautiful people we are.

"woman state opinion as fact." Literally it is like making article for someone who makes an comment on Board Panda. There is literally nothing not worthy about it.

Every day the list of things I'm supposed to be morally outraged about gets longer and longer. This doesn't make the cut because frankly by dears, I don't give a damn. Either way. If you absolutely, positively need something to be offended about check out the news. Indignity guaranteed.

I can’t agree more. Stop confusing being overweight as a “relastic body” it’s not.

These characters live in worlds without the usual female pastimes of sitting around on their asses for hours texting, social media foolishness, and stuffing their faces with junk food like McDonalds and Pizza Hut. Sure, the builds are exaggeratedly small, but even if they were realistic, they still wouldn't be the chubby girls portrayed by outraged feminists. There is no fast/junk food in those cartoon universes. They eat HEALTHY, unprocessed food, no hfcs, and no bingeing on sweets just because they feel blue. Try it for a couple years, combined with moderate exercise, girls. These characters would STILL be in much better shape than the women causing a stink about this due to heaving a better diet and more active lifestyles than the average american woman. And therein lies the problem: if these women took responsibility for their physical health and fitness, they wouldn't be so angry over FICTION. That shows they have WAY too much time on their hands.

I personally am skinny. I have been my whole life. I'll admit I saw a bit of myself in disney princesses. I often felt weird, or like the odd-one-out due my near-skeletal appearance. Despite this, I never saw myself to be like the princesses because of their waistline. I saw myself in the characters, the story, their interests, (ect.). All these people complaining that the princesses aren't 'realistic enough proportions just makes me think that 1, you don't know how stylization works, 2, it's a fantasy world, why question it? And 3, Their appearance isn't what matters. The story, theme, and morals do. And yeah, people constantly saying that having a tiny waist, and being skinny does make me very self-conscious. I am skinny due to having a high metabolism. There's nothing a can do about my size, and honestly I'm happy with what I look like for the most part. So please, stop body shaming. Whether you're skinny, curvy, round, a stick, whatever! Just don't make fun of other people.

My friends and I grew up with Disney movies and Barbie dolls. Only one of my friends had body image issues later in life and would you like to guess why? Not because she played with Barbie and not because she watched Disney movies. It was because she had an adult figure in her life who made her feel she wasn't thin or pretty enough. It seems to me that people who try to pin the fault for our insecurities on toys and cartoons, should first look to themselves. How are you influencing your daughters and sons?

aIGHT I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. even though i'm late to the conversation. 1. I agree with this woman 100%, i'll clear that up 2. FAT ACCEPTANCE AND BODY POSITIVITY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. Fat acceptance is b******t, it says that if you're fat even if you're unhealthy it's okay, making people feel like even if they're unhealthy they're fine, they're not. BODY POSITIVITY is about accepting your NATURAL body shape and loving yourself as you are, healthy and happy. but natural takes many forms. fat girls can be healthy. fat can be natural. and vis versa. skinny girls can be healthy. skinny girls can be natural. it could work with unhealthiness. fat if you're obese is unhealthy. if you are naturally big and you are healthy it's fine. skinny if youre anorexic is unhealthy. if you are naturally skinny and you are healthy, you're fine. Not all fat people are obese and unhealthy and i'm sick of people in the comments saying that. (part 1, yes ive got more haha sorry)

Dress sizes are based on a waist 10 inches smaller than the bust and hips two inches bigger than the bust. Not necessarily real life, but that's how they run. So a 36 bust measurement would be a 26 inch waist and a 38 inch hip. Which is a Size 12 in sewing patterns. (Patterns tend to be more reliable in sizing than manufacturers sizing.)

omg, when I saw the image without reading the post, I thought "that's not realistic ither, not every women is big"

I completely agree. These aren't realistic at all.

I hear a lot about people not liking the princesses because "there is no way their bodies could be shaped like that" and we all know that if you had a barbie-doll figure in real life, you'd be super unhealthy. But what I think people are missing is the idea of caricature. Whether skinny or fat, pretty or ugly, however these characters were drawn or animated was meant to be an exaggeration. Obviously not real, but drawing on realistic elements and just taking them to unbelievable proportions to get a story across. It's been a common element of art from Ancient Egyptians to Mannerism. When I was a little girl, I never looked at the princesses as role models for how I should look, because they didn't look real- they were cartoons. But I did look at them for role models on how to be kind and be good to other people.

Fat shaming is real and we shouldn't make fun of people for being overweight Recognize that being obese is unhealthy but don't insult overweight people And these are not realistic proportions in any way, shape, or form.

My girls do not have expectations, they're beautiful inside and out. My smallest daughter who is also my oldest pointed out to me once that calling her skinny is as rude as her calling me fat. We do not use such terms in our home anymore.

Disney character don't need to be realistic, they are fictious character living in fantasy land. The only time a movie need to be realistic and accurate is when it's a self-proclaimed historical movie , or when they brag about being 'based on real events '

The tattoos are gross.

We're talking about damn cartoons here, people! Realistic proportions? Why not complain about every other aspect of cartoons that is not realistic? If you want real, get a life!

flip flop panda.

wow sometimes people draw so leave them alone, what they draw is their concern, just agree and move on with life, goodness

BBW women should be represented too there on the rise right now anyway

Anyone who thinks that a Manatee might have realistic proportions has never been at sea for a few months without a woman in a hundred miles. An Abrasive, 300 pound welders helper with a bad complexion might as well be the bell of the ball under those conditions.

Totally agree with the woman

I tend to agree....

I think the concept of "princesses" is much more damaging that some unrealistic cartoon body image.

Remember when the “body acceptance movement” was for burn victims, people with vitiligo etc. and NOT obesity?