UPDATE: Disney states that the new look Merida character did not appear on company websites. Disney said in a statement to NBCNews.com that “we routinely use different art styles with our characters ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In the face of a tsunami of criticism, Disney has abandoned its sexy makeover of Merida, the feisty heroine of its Oscar-winning animated feature “Brave,” on ...

In the face of a tsunami of criticism, Disney has abandoned its sexy makeover of Merida, the feisty heroine of its Oscar-winning animated feature “Brave,” on its official princess website. But the ...

A character from Pixar’s upcoming movie will begin greeting visitors at Disneyland about a month before she appears on the big screen. Merida, the lead character in the “Brave” movie, will arrive in ...

Marin filmmaker Brenda Chapman, who won an Oscar for writing and co-directing the animated feature “Brave,” blasted Disney’s sexy makeover of her movie’s feisty heroine, Merida, as “a blatantly sexist ...

Recently Disney released a redesign of their most recent princess, Merida, from the film Brave, which sexualized her image and placed her more in line with the Disney princesses who came before her.

Marin filmmaker Brenda Chapman, who won an Oscar for writing and co-directing the animated feature “Brave,” blasted Disney’s sexy makeover of her movie’s feisty heroine, Merida, as “a blatantly sexist ...