The decision to depict the two main characters, Tiana and Naveen, as frogs for the majority of the film has also caused controversy, with some saying that it downplays the characters' identities. However, the depiction of Tiana and her community has been criticized for lacking "emphasis on racial issues". Tiana has been mostly positively received with critics praising her personality and values. Tiana made history as the first African American princess in the Disney Princess franchise. Baker's 2002 novel The Frog Princess, and the princess from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale " The Frog Prince", which inspired Baker's novel.Ī hardworking waitress who dreams of opening her own restaurant, Tiana finds her progress stalled when she transforms into a frog after desperately kissing a prince who has been turned into one by an evil witch doctor. Tiana is loosely based on two princesses: Princess Emma, the heroine of E. Created by directors Ron Clements and John Musker and animated by Mark Henn, Tiana, as an adult, is voiced by Anika Noni Rose, while Elizabeth M. Tiana is a fictional character in Walt Disney Pictures' 49th animated feature film The Princess and the Frog (2009).
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