Miss Asia Pacific Int'l 2018 queen offers victory to Muslims
Newly crowned Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 Sharifa Areef Mohammad Omar Akee has offered her victory in the international competition to the Filipinos, especially to the Muslims Sharifa, 21, who won the title for the country after 25 years, dedicated her victory to the Filipinos in a post on Instagram. Her full post reads: "Joining Mutya ng Pilipinas this year was never a part of my plan because all I want was to take the Board Exams, but God wanted me to learn one thing, that is to never give up on your dreams. One day I realized, why not give it a try; "Everything seems like yesterday, should I say the dream I had yesterday is now a reality. After all the challenges I've been through on this journey were all finally paid off. It is indeed true that there are things that sometimes our mortal heart and mind failed to conceive; "I still can't believe that I was able to handle all the things that confronted me. Since the first day of my journe...