Lea Salonga is a Disney Legend Awardee
Our very own Lea Salonga will be honored as one of this year's 12 Disney legends for her contribution to Walt Disney.
The Olivier and Tony Award-winning broadway actress who provided her singing voice for two Disney Princesses: Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998)/Mulan II (2004) will be honored alongside with other actresses who lent their voices for Disney Princesses including Jodi Benson (Ariel from The Little Mermaid), Paige O'Hara (Belle from Beauty and the Beast), Linda Larkin (speaking voice of Jasmine from Aladdin), and Anika Noni Rose (Princess Tiana from The Princess and the Frog), Muppets creator Jim Henson, TV host Regis Philbin, Guy Williams, who played the title role in the Walt Disney Zorro series; Jack and Bonita Wrather, Disneyland Hotel creators; Ray Watson, who helped in the opening of Epcot; and Barton Boyd, Chairman of Disney Consumer Products.
Lea and the rest of this year's honorees will receive a two-foot-tall bronze Disney Legends sculpture and will participate in a handprint ceremony to be hosted by Tom Bergeron (Dancing With The Stars fame) on August 19 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.
Their bronzed prints will be displayed in the Disney Legends Plaza at Walt Disney's headquarters in Burbank, California.
"From giving voice to some of our most iconic and beloved Disney princesses to bringing a smile to millions of television viewers every morning for two decades, we are proud to present these 12 men and women with our highest, most coveted honor, The Disney Legends Award.
"Our newest honorees now join this unique and prestigious circle, which recognizes those whose incredible talents and outstanding contributions have had a lasting, meaningful impact on Disney's great legacy." Disney President and CEO Bob Iger said about this year's honorees.
Congratulations to Lea. She is on my top ten most admired list of famous Pure Filipino or Filipino-Americans in the US. I met her about 15 years ago in Washington DC. She has not changed while I am getting older and older. May I ask, what her secret for looking young and beautiful as ever?
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