12-year-old girl who wrote to Disney asking them to create character with glasses, says she is so happy they have done so in their latest film Encanto
Encanto is about a family called the Madrigals who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia
A 12-year-old girl who wrote a letter asking Disney to create a character with glasses has said she is so happy they have done so in their latest film Encanto.The film's director said he was not able to tell her at the time that her wish was about to come true.Lowri said wearing glasses was a part of who she is"I felt a bit alone and I didn't feel like I was beautiful enough," she said.
The film is about a family living in a magical place called Encanto, where every child has a super power except for Mirabel."I absolutely love Mirabel. She's so funny and just such an amazing, brave character," Lowri said. "I was just so happy that, even if it wasn't from my letter or anything, young girls and boys now have a role model to look up to."that when Lowri wrote to Disney, the company was already planning a film starring a character with glasses."I couldn't say that her wish was already coming true."Lowri has since written a book about a princess who wears glasses and she is an ambassador for a sight charity.
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