Internet rallies to support 3-year-old Queen Elsa who was told ‘black is ugly’

A three-year-old Aboriginal girl who received hateful comments for dressing up as Frozen’s Queen Elsa at a Disney event in Melbourne has found her Prince Charming: the Internet.

The Courier reports that when Rachel Muir took her daughter Samara to the event at Watergardens Shopping Centre, they did not get a fairytale ending.

The two had waited two hours in line for a children’s snow pit when Samara was subjected to racial slurs.

“The lady in front of us turned around to Samara and said ‘I don’t know why you’re dressed up for because Queen Elsa isn’t black,” Muir told The Courier.

“I asked the woman what she meant by the comment and then one of the woman’s youngest daughters screwed up her face, she pointed at Samara and said ‘you’re black and black is ugly.’”

Muir said that was left “stunned” by the hateful comments.

That’s when her daughter burst into tears and hid her face in her hands.

“I looked around the line and there were little girls of all races lining up dressed as their favourite Disney characters,” Muir said.

“We were in Melbourne, one of the most multicultural places in the world. I couldn’t believe it.”

Refusing to be faltered by bigotry, the two waited in line hand in hand.

But the comments proved to be too much for young Samara to bear when she didn’t want to go to her weekly Aboriginal dance class later in the week.

“When I asked why she didn’t want to go, she pointed at the skin on her arm and asked why she was black.”

“I told her ‘because God gave you that skin colour, because you’re a proud blackfella like mum.’”

After the story went viral, the family has been flooded with letters and messages of support, including one from indigenous rapper Adam Briggs.

He contacted the family after reading the article and invited Samara to be the star of his next film clip.

Muir said that she was “floored” by the amount of love that had flooded in. Some nights she was up until the early hours of the morning sifting through hundreds of Facebook messages from strangers around the world.

“I can’t express how much it has meant to us,” Muir said. “To know that she has touched so many people – that they see her how I see her, is incredible.”

Muir read all the messages to Samara, who she says is “back to her proud, beautiful Aboriginal self.”

In Adelaide, Samara was crowned the Queen Elsa of Australia in a Facebook competition after her story was shared with the judges.