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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Mestizo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | In essence, the absence of a post-colonial Spanish creole presence in the Philippines allowed the small minority of Filipino-mestisos to fill the roles vacated by the Spanish creoles - the Spanish creoles who had by that time formed a relatively large population in Latin America. |
| | Spanish-mestisa Lalaine Vergara in a recent press release photo. |
| | Two famous Spanish-mestisas residing outside of the Philippines are Isabel Preysler, in her youth a stunningly beautiful model in Spain, mother of pop singer Enrique Iglesias and ex-wife of Spanish music legend Julio Iglesias; and Lalaine Vergara, more commonly known for playing "Miranda Sánchez" (a Mexican-American character) on Disney Channel's highly-rated show, Lizzie McGuire. |
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