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Man of the Philippines - San Mateo, Isabela 2018

Pageant is one platform to promote a place and in Man Of the Philippines 2018, I was able to know that San Mateo is not only in Rizal but there is one town in Isabela.

Darwis Ismaeli is the Man of the Philippines - San Mateo, Isabela 2018, he is 21 years old and was born by a Filipino mother and an Iranian father, whom he only met when he was 18 years old.

Darwis is currently taking up Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management at STI Caloocan City since he got the ambition to work as Flight Steward, at the same time he loves to travel and discover beautiful places, especially of the people and their culture. with his education and looks, he can be a good Ambassador in the field of Tourism especially he got the ambition to be a Pilot someday, he took up Tourism Management and hopes to land a job as a Flight Attendant so he can earn and save for his own education to be a Pilot.

At young age, he was already exposed to various works, typical province life, wherein his family managed a piggery and sold pandesal from their bakery, which had molded him to be financial independent as early as possible that upon he finished the first 2 years of his college life and had his certificate from his ladderrized course, he decided to work as a waiter and as a receptionist in a 4 star hotel to save for his studies and be able to complete the Bachelor degree program he is currently taking up.

Just like the other pageant journey, he stared joining pageants in a campus pageant as a requirement in school programs. His handlers had confidence in him that they convinced him to join local pageants like Mr. Talavera Hyper Mart where he was a runner-up and it paved the way for more opportunities for him and in a way had helped him financially.

According to Darwis, pageantry became a passion for him and had helped him view it as a benchmark to inspire others to achieve their dreams, embrace themselves and an opportunity for him to help his family particularly his mother.

Darwis is engrossed into arts, and into arts appreciation especially with paintings. he also love to travel and cooks for his family.

Darwis considers getting acquainted with fellow candidates as his best experience since he was able to hear their good advocacies, stories that made him widen his horizon and perspective in life. He considers Man of the Philippines 2018 as a pageant that is not just about looks, but more of the purpose, about good cause and celebration of individuality.

His advocacy in joining Man of the Philippines 2018 is connected to him as a Tourism Management Student, he had seen big impact of a clean and healthy environment in the success of a tourism promotion, Thus his advocacy on sustainable tourism will focus on environmental protection and preservation. One of the program he is involved is the solid waste management activities of his community.

In addition to that, Darwis as a guy from the province, he had developed his interest in Agri-Tourism and focused on the advocacy in supporting sustainable Tourism. Darwis acknowledged that the Philippines is blessed with majestic sceneries but the Filipinos should not deviate from the fact that the country is rich with agricultural land and farming is not just a livelihood but indeed one of the source of food for the Filipinos. Just like in San Mateo, Isabela, the place is an agricultural haven and the town is tagged as the "Mongo capital of Isabela", thus it gives opportunity to promote and develop tourism that can provide inclusive economic development and hopefully provide and open more opportunities to his fellow farming families in their place.

Darwis added that every experience is a learning process, good or bad experience , he surely learns from it. Thus he expects that thru Man of the Philippines, he can be able to see life from other perspective. Communicating with fellow candidates and the organizers had opened doors for him to view everything from other's point of view and made him realize and love his individuality, amazed by their stories and inspired him to be at his best and motivated him to be at his best and work to achieve his dreams in life and his dreams for his family.

He is grateful for the support of the people around him especially his family for them inspiration and encouragement they provided for him to face every challenge and opportunity given to him. To his handlers and trainers, for believing in his capability, to the municipal officials of San Mateo, Isabela for the support and sponsorship and to the whole Man of the Philippines organization for the opportunity to be one of the candidates

Looking at Darwis, he got the height and charming personality that captured the people to support him in his journey to clinch the Man of the Philippines 2018 title. One of his best asset is his humility since he is not afraid to asks around for his improvement in pageantry. His looks and his humility can be his weapon to succeed in life.