Aisha

“*Maybe Some Women Aren't Meant to Be Tamed.*”
―Aisha
***Aisha*** (also known as ***Crown Princess Aisha*** and in some versions as ***Princess Layla***) is the other main protagonists in *Nickelodeon's Winx Club* franchise. She is the fairy of Waves. She is the Crown Princess of Andros, as well as its Guardian Fairy. Aisha joins the Winx Club as its sixth member in the second season, and she is an alumna/student of the Alfea College for Fairies. Aisha is a self-confident and talented athlete who excels at dancing and swimming.

## Overview

*Aisha* is the Fairy of Waves and a Crown Princess of Andros, introduced in the second season. Aisha joins the Winx after the other fairies rescue her from Lord Darkar. She is from the planet Andros, a realm of oceans. She has dark skin, curly dark-brown hair, and blue eyes. Aisha is able to control and manipulate a pink fluid called Morphix. She is rebellious and athletic, with a passion for sports and dance. In the sixth and seventh seasons, Aisha enters a romantic relationship with Nex following the death of her true love Nabu in the fourth season. In some third-party dubs, Aisha's name is changed to **Layla**; namely the 4kids dub. Aisha's Italian voice actress is Laura Lenghi and her Hollywood voice actress is Keke Palmer.

## Appearances

Aisha is a dark-skinned girl with a medium brown complexion, long, curly mahogany brown hair, and cerulean eyes. She has very full lips, and often she uses pink lipstick. In Season 8, Aisha's hair becomes slightly reddish-brown, thanks to newer animation graphics used for the show.

## Personality

### Winx Club

She is extremely opinionated and open minded. She is as intuitive like Stella, and when asked to, gives practical and pragmatic advice. She is also a talented dancer, athlete and speaks many different languages. The pixies trust her, and because of that Aisha is one of the few people who know the location of the Pixie Village. Aisha gives practical advice and always provides a shoulder to cry on. She continuously shows this caring nature throughout the show, comforting Musa after her conflict with her father, and calming Flora's nerves when she experiences qualms about her feelings for Helia. However, besides the other girls, she might even be the most sensitive of the crew, notably shown in Season 2 and Season 4. She has also been shown to be rather stubborn and impatient, which can get her into trouble by making her hold grudges and jump to conclusions. This could result from her isolated upbringing growing up, as she didn't really have many friends, aside from the Pixies and Anne, making her come off as a little anti-social at times when she first appeared. Before the pixies mission in Season 2, Aisha seemed to be a bit boy-shy, getting embarrassed when Brandon called her cute. She also holds some respect for Sky for being a gentleman to her (much to Bloom's initial annoyance) as well as for freeing her from the cavern wall and praising her boarding skills. At the same time, Aisha dislikes Riven the most as she does not appreciate his attitude towards girls, which was why she supported Musa's decision about breaking up with him in Season 3. She considers herself just as good as the Specialists at sports and sword fighting and has similar interests at them. At one point, she even takes control of the Wind Riders from Riven. When Aisha joined forces with Nebula in Season 4, she became the enemy of the rest of the Winx, being ready to allow Nebula to imprison Queen Morgana in the magic mirror where she was condemned to fade into the shadows, and the Wizards of the Black Circle as well even if the Winx tell her that Nabu would never have wished for her to choose Vengeance. They thought that she wanted to avenge the death of Nabu, but she was not cruel enough to go through with it. Throughout the seasons, Aisha has lost her tomboyish side, possibly due to her opening up to the Winx and Nabu, but yet she still loves sports and is still determined and energetic. As she said in her old mood board, "Don't you think a girl can have both a wild heart and a flowing dress?" showing that while she has opened up, she still does not stifle her sporty tomboyish side and still is ready and raring to go on an adventure.

### World of Winx

Aisha appears to have retained her original personality from the main series, yet she is noticeably more impatient and impulsive.

## Trivia

* According to the prototype of her Pixie Magic doll, she was going to be named "Gladis" in the English dub of the series.
* Aisha has saved the pixies twice.
* Both Stella and Aisha are 17 years old during their first appearances.
* Coming from the planet of water, Aisha excels at water sports.
* Aside from being a professional athlete, she is also a professional dancer. This is evident in most seasons, and that she is also a prima ballerina, as seen in Seasons 5 and 6.
* Aisha is the fastest and most agile of the Winx, as shown in most episodes that she appears in.
* Although she is a princess, Aisha is rebellious; a direct opposite to Stella's behavior as classic princess.
* The Nickelodeon episodes, overseen by Iginio Straffi, keep the original Italian name Aisha.
* There is a color pattern with Aisha while undergoing new transformations, with her fairy outfits alternating between green and turquoise. Her Winx/Charmix was green, her Enchantix was both colors (turquoise in the first half of Season 3 and green in the second half of Season 3), her Believix was turquoise, her Harmonix was green, and her Sirenix, Bloomix, Mythix and Butterflix are turquoise and her Dreamix is green.

## References

1. ↑ "italian s4"
2. ↑ "zap2it2011"

## External links

* Winx Club wiki
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_Winx\_Club\_characters#The\_Winx