Her realm is "Elena of Avalor," an animated Disney Channel series debuting 7 p.m. EDT Friday with an hour-long special. Prepare to curtsy before another fresh face: Elena, the first Latina to take the vaunted throne. "It's long overdue for Disney to have a Latino princess," said Lisa Navarrete, spokeswoman for the National Council of La Raza. 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 Eastern tiara-wearers. She has brown eyes, and look at her skin,'" he recalled her saying of the title character, a spirited, smart teenager who mirrors the new-wave Disney princess, as in empowered.

Source: ABC News July 21, 2016 19:18 UTC