Gemma Beard dresses up as Tinkerbell to entertain kids (Picture: SWNS)

By day, she works in a shop showing computer games to customers. But when the doors close and the last person goes home, Gemma Beard is transformed – into a fairy to make children’s

dreams come true.

‘I put on my wig and my costume, and I’m this whole other character,’ said the 22-year-old.

‘More than anything, I love putting smiles on children’s faces.’

The Disney fanatic goes out dressed as Tinkerbell, Snow White, Rapunzel or The Little Mermaid, drawing gasps from little girls.


She surprises poorly children by visiting them at home or in hospital and sends presents to those too sick to have visitors.

Anna from Frozen is one of her latest characters (Picture: SWNS).

Ms Beard, from Gloucester, said: ‘It is so nice to wear the big dresses and stuff like that and be able to escape a little bit from the real

world.



‘I love bringing children a bit of Disney magic. You see them on their iPhones and think, “You’re supposed to be kids,” and they don’t look that happy to me.

‘When they see me their eyes light up. They think I’m the real thing – and of course I stay in character.’

Her love for dressing up started when she was three years old and her grandmother made her a Snow White costume.

‘I was like, “Wow, this is amazing, I can be a princess,” and it just went from there,’ she said.

Gemma – dressed up as Ariel from The Little Mermaid (Picture: SWNS)

She was called into action last week as Frozen character Princess Anna to put the smile on the face of four-year-old Gracie Hewett, who had been injured in a road accident.

This weekend she’ll be sprinkling fairy dust as Tinkerbell when she visits five children.

‘My business is not affiliated with Disney but I look to it for inspiration,’ said Ms Beard. ‘I believe the classic fairytales have a lesson to teach and there are many strong characters which make good role models for children, especially the princesses.’