Sharifa Akeel

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Sharifa Akeel-Mangudadatu
Born
Sharifa Mangatong Areef Mohammad Omar Akeel

(1997-07-24) July 24, 1997 (age 26)
Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
Alma mater Notre Dame of Salaman College
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse
(m. 2021)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia Pacific International 2018
Miss Asia Pacific International 2018
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Mutya ng Pilipinas 2018
(Winner)
Miss Asia Pacific International 2018
(Winner)
Personal details
Political party Aksyon Demokratiko

Sharifa Mangatong Areef Mohammad Omar Akeel or Sharifa Akeel (born July 24, 1997) is a Filipino model who was crowned Miss Asia Pacific International 2018. [1] Previously, she was crowned Mutya ng Pilipinas 2018. In the 2022 Sultan Kudarat gubernatorial election, she ran for the province's governorship, losing to Datu Abdullah Sangki Mayor Pax Ali Mangudadatu.

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Early life

Akeel was born in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat. She has a mixed blood of Qatari and Filipino (who belongs to the Maguindanao ethnic group). She plays softball, holds a degree of Bachelor in Elementary Education from the Notre Dame of Salaman College, and presently works as Human Relations Officer at the Congressional office of the Province of Sultan Kudarat. [2]

Pageantry

Mutya ng Pilipinas 2018

Akeel was selected as one of the fifty candidates of the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2018. She was crowned as Mutya ng Pilipinas – Asia Pacific International 2018 on September 16 at 7:00 p.m. at SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena, Pasay and represented the country on Miss Asia Pacific International 2018. [3]

Miss Asia Pacific International 2018

Akeel competed at the Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 pageant held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater at Pasay. At the end of the pageant, she was crowned as the winner by the outgoing titleholder, Francielly Ouriques of Brazil. She is the fifth Filipina to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific International. [4]

Political career

She ran for governor of Sultan Kudarat in the 2022 elections under the Aksyon Demokratiko banner. She was handedly defeated by her sole opponent, incumbent Datu Abdullah Sangki Mayor Pax Ali Mangudadatu, whose candidacy was cancelled, but was allowed to run via a temporary restraining order from the Supreme Court. [5] [6] [7] During the campaign, she supported the presidential campaign of the then-Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, before eventually supporting the campaign of then-Vice President Leni Robredo. [8]

Personal life

On August 25, 2021, Akeel married Esmael Mangudadatu. [9] [10] A native speaker of Maguindanao language, she also speaks Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon and English. [11]

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Asia Pacific International
2018
Succeeded by
Flag of Spain.svg Chaiyenne Huisman
Preceded by
Ilene Astrid Cañete de Vera
Mutya ng Pilipinas
2018
Succeeded by
Klyzza Ferrando Castro