13 things about Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 Sharifa Akeel

Sharifa Mangatong Areef Mohammad Omar Akeel Mangudadatu is a Filipino beauty queen and model born to a Qatari-Iranian father and a Filipino mother in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. Mangudadatu and her husband Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu have two daughters together.

BIOGRAPHY

A native of Maguindanao, Philippines, Sharifa’s mother was the personal maid of her late father in Qatar. Sharifa was raised by her maternal grandmother in Lebak.

After representing Sultan Kudarat in the 50th edition of Mutya ng Pilipinas, Sharifa represented the Philippines in the third edition of Miss Asia Pacific International. She is the first Muslim woman to win the latter.

Sharifa earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the Notre Dame of Salaman College in Lebak. After her reign as Miss Asia Pacific International 2018, she worked as a human relations officer at the congressional office of Sultan Kudarat.

On July 24, 2025, Sharifa turned 28. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2015, her father passed away.
2. In 2016, she was crowned Mutya ng Lebak and Mutya ng Sultan Kudarat.
3. In 2017, she was crowned Mutya ng Regional Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) and Mutya ng National PRISAA.
4. She was a Reyna ng Aliwan 2018 candidate.
5. She is Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia Pacific International 2018.
6. She won Miss Asia Pacific International 2018.
7. She was a Southeast Asian Games 2019 muse.
8. From 2021 to 2024, she was affiliated with Aksyon Demokratiko, a political party in the Philippines.
9. In 2021, she married Toto.
10. She unsuccessfully ran for Sultan Kudarat’s governorship in 2022 and 2025.
11. In 2023, she became a mother.
12. In 2024, she gave birth to her second child.
13. She was a Miss Asia Pacific International 2025 judge.

TIMELINE

Akeel 5’8″ tall. She plays football and she speaks Maguindanao, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Filipino and English.

2010s

• On April 28, 2018, she represented the Kalimudan festival of Sultan Kudarat at Reyna ng Aliwan 2018 and competed against 19 other candidates at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. She was unplaced.
• On September 16, 2018, she represented Sultan Kudarat at Mutya ng Pilipinas 2018 and competed against 49 other candidates at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. She won the main title, which was Mutya ng Pilipinas-Asia Pacific International 2018.
• On October 4, 2018, she represented the Philippines at Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 and competed against 50 other candidates at the New Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila in Pasay City. She won the title.
• On October 9, 2019, she crowned her successor Miss Asia Pacific International 2019 Chaiyenne Huisman of Spain at the New Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila in Pasay City.
• She served as the muse of Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Games 2019, which was held in the Philippines from November 30, 2019 to December 11, 2019.

2020s

• On August 25, 2021, she and Toto got married in an Islam ceremony at the Alnor Convention Center in Cotabato City, Philippines.
• On May 9, 2022, she received 86,868 votes during the gubernatorial election of Sultan Kudarat and lost to Pax Ali Mangudadatu, who received 262,854 votes.
• On August 24, 2023, she gave birth to Princess Salwa Akeel Mangudadatu.
• In December 2024, she gave birth to her second child Rajwa Akeel Mangudadatu.
• On May 12, 2025, she received 47,393 votes during the gubernatorial election of Sultan Kudarat and lost to Pax Ali, who received 302,401 votes.
• On October 8, 2025, she served as a judge at Miss Asia Pacific International 2025 at the Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City, Philippines and crowned the winner Isabela Fernandes of Brazil because Miss Asia Pacific International 2024 Janelis Leyba of the United States did not attend the coronation ceremony.