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Nope. The Jezebel story (and by extension this one) is completely wrong.

The sexualized Merida was NEVER on the Disney Princesses website. It IS on a new line of clothing and accessories, which has NOT been pulled, and is still featured on target.com.

The LA Times got it right:

The revised image was never featured on Disney’s princess website, but could be found on Target’s website, in addition to a specific site inviting mom bloggers to the coronation at Walt Disney World this past weekend.

IGN says it independently confirmed the LAT story.

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