Halle Bailey Stuns In Pink Water Suit: 'Water Girl Forever'

23-year-old “Grown-ish” and "The Little Mermaid" star Halle Bailey is stunning her Instagram followers once again.

The Ariel actress is proving she is a "water girl forever" with her latest post.

The 23-year-old actress shared the above photo to Instagram, wearing a bright pink water suit. Her long black hair fell down her body as she sat in the boat, looking out at the water.

"water girl forever ♾️ 🩷🌊," she captioned the post, which gained several comments from her followers.

Khloe Kardashian was one of the first to comment, writing, "You’re so so beautiful 🩷🩷🩷," while another fan said, "Out of the sea….wish I could beeeee, part of thattt world 😍😍😍."

Another follower of Bailey's commented, "Once a mermaid, always a mermaid 🥹🫧🫧🫧💖," while one user said, "My forever Ariel!!!😍."

While one of her fans expressed, "The natural beauty 😍." Many others commented GIFs of Halle Bailey portraying Ariel in the newest Disney live-action film, "The Little Mermaid".

Halle Bailey also shared a photo of her soaking up the sun while in the boat, wearing the same hot pink bodysuit.

Fans continued to comment on the post, sharing things such as "yeah, because you’re a mermaid! 💜" and "That’s our Ariel! 🧜🏾‍♀️❤️."

Another said, "Our Mermaid we love you 🥹," while one user commented, "Forever our Little Mermaid."

Others chimed in with things such as "Ariel in her habitat," "Goddess 👑," and "real life mermaid 😍."

The supportive comments are a fresh of breath air after Bailey faced a ton of backlash for being cast as Ariel in the new live-action "The Little Mermaid". Shortly after The Walt Disney Company announced Halle Bailey would portray Ariel in the live-action film, fans immediately took to social media to bash the company for casting a Black actress as the Princess. The hashtag #NotMyAriel even began trending.

Bailey opened up about the backlash, admitting that she expected it. “As a Black person, you just expect it, and it’s not a shock anymore,” Bailey told The Face in a recent interview.” When [Chlöe and I] first signed to Parkwood, [Beyoncé] always said,’ I never read my comments. Don’t ever read the comments.’ Honestly, when the teaser came out, I was at the D23 Expo, and I was so happy. I didn’t see any of the negativity.”

She added, “I know people are like:’ It’s not about race.’ But now that I’m here…People don’t understand that there’s this whole other community when you’re Black. It’s so essential for us to see ourselves.”

Bailey is not the first Black actress to portray a White princess, as Brandy took on the role of Cinderella for the 1997 musical movie, “Cinderella.”

Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid” hit theaters earlier this year on May 26, 2023 and broke records. The film stars Halle Bailey as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, Javier Bardem as King Triton, Daveed Diggs as Sebastian, and Jacob Tremblay as Flounder.