>>119919237Disney--as well as the general public--seems to be more okay with brown women being sexualized than white women.
Not just Esmeralda, but Jasmine and Pocahontas are definitely also designed with more sex appeal in mind than white princesses.
I don't know what the overall sentiment is these days, but I recall seeing peoples' reaction to Nessa being revealed as the water gym leader and people (including girls) losing their minds over how pretty she was, while those same people would probably get upset at a sexy non-brown woman in the game.
It's dumb, but I guess as long as people are okay with SOMEONE being sexy, it's better than no one being okay with anyone being sexy.
Might as well take advantage and not look a gift horse in the mouth, cause who knows how long it'll last.