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==People==
==People==
[[File:256px-Kylie Verzosa's Victory Parade.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|200px|Kylie Fausto Verzosa won Miss International 2016. She is the sixth Filipino to win the Miss International crown.]]
[[File:256px-Kylie Verzosa's Victory Parade.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|200px|Kylie Fausto Verzosa won Miss International 2016. She is the sixth Filipino to win the Miss International crown. See: [[Religious Philippines winning streak in the major international beauty pageants|Philippines winning streak in the major international beauty pageants]] ]]
The majority of Philippine people are descendants of Indonesians and Malays who migrated to the islands in successive waves over many centuries and largely displaced the aboriginal inhabitants. The largest ethnic minority now is the mainland Asians (called Chinese), who have played an important role in commerce for many centuries since they first came to the islands to trade. Arabs and Indians also traveled and traded in the Philippines in the first and early second millennium. As a result of intermarriage, many Filipinos have some Asian mainland, Spanish, American, Arab, or Indian ancestry. After the mainland Asians, Americans and Spaniards constitute the next largest minorities in the country.
The majority of Philippine people are descendants of Indonesians and Malays who migrated to the islands in successive waves over many centuries and largely displaced the aboriginal inhabitants. The largest ethnic minority now is the mainland Asians (called Chinese), who have played an important role in commerce for many centuries since they first came to the islands to trade. Arabs and Indians also traveled and traded in the Philippines in the first and early second millennium. As a result of intermarriage, many Filipinos have some Asian mainland, Spanish, American, Arab, or Indian ancestry. After the mainland Asians, Americans and Spaniards constitute the next largest minorities in the country.
*Population (2007 estimate): 88.71 million; estimate for 2006: 86.97 million.
*Population (2007 estimate): 88.71 million; estimate for 2006: 86.97 million.