Ursula In The Little Mermaid Was Based On Drag Queen Divine
One of the most iconic Disney villains is Ursula from The Little Mermaid (1989). The character went through several changes, but at the end she took the form of an octopus and her looks was also inspired by American actor and drag queen Harris Glenn Milstead, also known as Divine.
Ursula has the actor's body type, her looks features the drag queen’s eye makeup, jewelry and mohawk which was an iconic part of the actor’s Pink Flamingos (1972) character Babs Johnson.