Charmane Star, Born in the Philippines

Charmane Star was born in the Philippines, as many already know. She was born there in 1980. She moved from the there when she was a two years old to California.

The Philippines is an archipelago of over seven thousand islands. Over ninety percent of these islands are less than one mile in width. One third these islands are so small that they don't even have names.

The Philippines was first discovered by the Western World by Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer. The Philippines was named after the Spanish King Philip the Second. It makes one wonder what the Philippine natives, including the ancestors of Charmane Star, thought of being branded by a person they did not know. Spain possessed the Philippines for three hundred and fifty years after this first discovery. The Philippines did not have full independence until after World War Two in 1946.

Presently the Philippines' number one export is electronics. Very exciting math If There are a lot of electronics assembly factories in the Philippines. The unemployment rate is low, around seven percent. Their literacy rate is high, around ninety six percent. They are a nation of two official languages, Filipino and English. This makes for immigration to the United States, such as with Charmane Star's parents, much more easily facilitated.