"I get paid $100-an-hour to dress up as Disney princesses - I transform myself into Moana, Princess Jasmine and Encanto's Mirabel" - video Dailymotion

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Meet the woman who gets paid $100-an-hour to dress up as Disney princesses - transforming herself into Moana, Princess Jasmine and Encanto's Mirabel.  Disney superfan Maya Browne, 27, wanted to work as a professional princess since high school.  Non-uniform days at school were used by Maya to "express" her love for Disney princesses and dress up as her favourite characters including Aerial, the Madhatter, and Moana.  And after regularly attending character cosplay conventions, Maya began experimenting with body paint and sharing her designs on social media, before seeking work as a princess performer.

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00:00 We're POC party princesses. Of course, I have a list of characters that I refuse to do and I need you to respect it.

00:05 We're POC party princesses.

00:07 [Spanish]

00:09 We're POC party princesses. Yes, it's racist when I tell you what my job is and you just assume I do Princess Tiana.

00:17 Which I don't.

00:18 We're POC party princesses.

00:20 Representation matters and I love seeing the look on kids faces when they see a character that looks just like them.

00:25 We're POC party princesses. Please make sure the lace on your wigs are brown before you send me out to a party with them.

00:31 We're POC party princesses. If you told me 20 years ago that this would be my job, I would have thought you were lying.

00:36 We're POC party princesses. Of course, I'm gonna get asked, "What are you?" while in costume.

00:42 We're POC party princesses. I love it when I get to take a plate of tacos back home with me. That's the best thing ever.

00:48 We're POC party princesses. Of course, I can go from Moana to Jasmine in 10 minutes.

00:53 We're POC party princesses. I get lucky to use my real hair.

00:56 Okay, I have 30 minutes to take all of this off and turn into another character. So let's go. It's gonna be so fun.

01:03 I can do hard things. Thank you Real Techniques for sending me your new makeup wipes.

01:07 We're gonna test these out today and see how well they take this off. Oh, these are big too. These are nice.

01:12 There's a bug and I don't know why I agreed to this. It's not gonna be that hard, right?

01:18 It's not gonna be that hard.

01:21 Why do I do this to myself? These makeup wipes are nice though, cuz they don't feel like- I don't feel oily or like sticky.

01:27 Ooh, it's a little melted from being in the car for two hours. Got 25 minutes. This is like hurting my soul.

01:33 We got to get it on. This is actually kind of fun. It's like a challenge.

01:36 I knew I wasn't gonna have time to do my eyebrows,

01:40 so the wig that I brought has bangs on it cuz I knew my eyebrows were gonna be a hot mess. Okay, 15 minutes.

01:48 Slay. Oh my god, why am I crying? Let's see what this costume entails.

01:52 I'm gonna go ask my partner.

01:56 I got nine minutes. Also, I don't know whose leggings these are. One of my friends left their leggings at my house.

02:02 So thank you to whoever. This is so cute. Oh my god, I have to pee so bad.

02:06 I'm gonna have to hold it for two hours.

02:08 Six minutes.

02:11 Man, I didn't paint my tone. I'm really glad that this is the wig that I thought that I packed.

02:16 *laughs*

02:18 What are you gonna do? We got three minutes. I'm done. I'm done. Let's go.

02:23 The mom decided she wants me there an hour earlier and I'm still in last night's makeup.

02:29 I have exactly 50 minutes to turn into Isabella. So let's go. I think I work well under pressure. It's fun.

02:35 I'm literally still in my bathing suit.

02:38 I love a good challenge, you know, it's it's fun. It's fun and it's fine. I remembered to put on sunscreen.

02:45 So that's really all that matters.

02:47 I ran out of setting powder.

02:49 Some of you may be thinking, "Maya, you know, 50 minutes is a long time to do your makeup."

02:55 I normally spend like a full hour just on my makeup and I still have to eat breakfast and then

02:59 change into what I'm gonna wear under my costume and get all my stuff together. On a side note,

03:04 I have re-entered my ABH dip brow phase.

03:07 Like, are you joking?

03:10 Some people were upset with me last time

03:12 I did a tutorial because I put glitter in my crease and I literally don't care like it's so pretty.

03:16 I gotta go put some food in the air fryer.

03:18 Hey.

03:22 We're doing good on time. I think this is going to be our color for today. I've lost my bra.

03:27 My bra might be in the car. We are off. Okay, I just parked but I literally found an eyelash in my hair.

03:35 Let's not talk about all the cat hair on my shirt.

03:40 Also, the only bra that I could find was my Harley Quinn cosplay bra, but no one will ever know.

03:46 Doing good on time too. I still have about 15 minutes. It's definitely warm out. That's for sure.

03:53 I don't know how the long-haired girlies do it. Okay, fit check.

03:56 Okay, I just finished. It went really well. I'm a hot mess as you can see.

04:05 I was good until I had to stand in direct sunlight for like 20 minutes making balloons.

04:11 But thankfully none of them popped and I didn't have to make any more than one per child. That is a win. I'll take it.

"I get paid $100-an-hour to dress up as Disney princesses - I transform myself into Moana, Princess Jasmine and Encanto's Mirabel"

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