Sharifa Mangatong Areef Mohammad Omar Akeel or Sharifa Akeel (born July 24, 1997) is a

Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

Maguindanaon Maguindanao (, Jawi: ), Maguindanaon or Magindanao is an Austronesian language spoken by a majority of the population of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines. It is also spoken by sizable minorities in different par ...

model and titleholder of

Mutya ng Pilipinas 2018 Mutya ng Pilipinas 2018 was the 50th edition of Mutya ng Pilipinas. It was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines on September 16, 2018. At the end of the event, Ilene de Vera crowned Sharifa Akeel as Mutya ng Pilipina ...

and Miss Asia Pacific International 2018.

Biography

Sharifa Akeel was born in

Lebak Lebak, officially the Municipality of Lebak ( hil, Banwa sang Lebak; tl, Bayan ng Lebak; mdh, Inged nu Libak, Jawi: ايڠايد نو ليبق), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 20 ...

Sultan Kudarat Sultan Kudarat, officially the Province of Sultan Kudarat ( hil, Kapuoran sang Sultan Kudarat; Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sultan Kudarat'', Jawi: دايرت نو سلطان كودرت; ceb, Lalawigan sa Sultan Kudarat; tl, Lalawigan ng Sult ...

. She has a mixed blood of

Qatari Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sha ...

and

. She plays softball, holds a degree of Bachelor in Elementary Education from the

Notre Dame of Salaman College Notre Dame of Salaman College is a private Catholic secondary and higher education institution run by the Diocesan Clergy of Cotabato (DCC) in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. Established by the Oblates in 1965, it offers secondary, technical ...

, and presently works as Human Relations Officer at the Congressional office of the Province of Sultan Kudarat. She ran for governor of

in the

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under

Aksyon Demokratiko Aksyon Demokratiko ( ) or simply Aksyon is a political party in the Philippines founded by Raul Roco. It was recognized as a national political party in 1998 by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and is considered to be one of the major parti ...

, but was later defeated by her only opponent, incumbent Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao mayor Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu, in the latter's controversial win.

Personal life

On August 25, 2021, Akeel married

Esmael Mangudadatu Esmael "Toto" Gaguil Mangudadatu (; born August 15, 1968) is a Filipino politician who previously served as the representative of Maguindanao's 2nd district from 2019 to 2022. He also served as the governor of Maguindanao from 2010 to 2019. ...

Pageantry

Mutya ng Pilipinas 2018

Sharifa was selected as one of the fifty candidates of the

. She was crowned as Mutya ng Pilipinas - Asia Pacific International 2018 on Sep 16 at 7:00 p.m. at SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena,

Pasay Pasay, officially the City of Pasay ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasay; ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 440,656 people. Due to its location j ...

and represented the country on Miss Asia Pacific International 2018.

Miss Asia Pacific International 2018

During the 50th celebration of the

Miss Asia Pacific International Miss Asia Pacific International is one of the oldest international beauty pageant based in Manila, Philippines. A woman who can be confident and proud of her unique traits as well as appreciate and value those of others, can help pave way to a b ...

, Sharifa Akeel was crowned as Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 in New Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila on October 4, 2018. Sharifa was crowned by Brazil's Francielly Ouriques, who won the title last year. She was the fifth Filipina who got the title of Miss Asia Pacific International.

References

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