Manny Pacquiao – Boxing Record, Net Worth, Wife & Children
Born Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao in Kibawe, Bukidnon, the Philippines on December 17, 1978, MP got married at the young age of 21. He married Maria Geraldine Jamora, also known as Jinkee, on 10th May 2000. Jinkee Jamora was born an identical twin with Janet Jamora, on January 12, 1979, in General, Santos City.
Manny Pacquiao and Jinkee Jamora met in 1999, at the Filmark Mall, when Pacquiao came there with Jinkee’s uncle, Reynaldo Jamora, who was Manny’s personal assistant at the time. Jinkee who was not able to finish her Business Management Degree at the Notre Dame of Kiamba because of hard times was working as a beauty consultant at a cosmetic company in the mall to help her family.
Reynaldo then introduced her niece to Manny Pacquiao and it appeared the Pacman immediately fell in love as he continued coming back to buy beauty products he never needed – all in the bid to catch a glimpse of Jinkee. He eventually asked her out in one of the visits, and although Manny was already engaged before meeting Jinkee, he called it off and the two got married civilly only seven months later. They later did their church wedding in 2001.
Manny Pacquiao’s wife is a businesswoman, former politician and Vice Governor of Sarangani Province, in the Mindanao Island of the Philippines. She ran for the post with the ticket of the United Nationalist Alliance in 2013 and won. Jinkee said she was inspired to join politics because of the Bible’s injunction to love one another. She, however, decided to quit active politics after serving only a term (2013-2016) in order to pay more attention to her family as well as the Pacquiao’s chains of businesses.
It is worth noting at this point, that the first decade of Manny and Jinkee’s union was characterized by instability and fraught with rumours of gambling and infidelity on the part of Pacquiao. The couple, however, continued patching things up until the 11th year when they decided to embrace God and His word – the Bible. They also sought to be counselled. From there, they were able to transform their relationship and home into a stronger, more united and happier one. The Pacquiao’s who are now devout and practising Christians, live together in General Santos City, Cotabato del Sur, Philippines.
Manny and Jinkee Pacquiao have five kids – Emmanuel Jr., Michael, Mary, Queen and Israel.
But Pacquiao’s children are not quite interested in boxing as a career. Jinkee once disclosed in an interview with TV5 that none of their five kids is aspiring to step into their father’s ranks.
First son, Emmanuel Jr. Pacquiao aka Jimuel who was born in 2000, has chosen to be a model. He got his first modelling endorsement in May 2016. The second, Micheal Stephen Pacquiao, born on 12th December 2001, appears to be going the music direction since he is already a skilled pianist.
Manny and Jinkee’s first daughter, Mary Divine Grace Pacquiao was born in 2006 and is affectionately called Princess. The second girl, Queen Elizabeth Pacquiao, was born in December 2008 in Los Angeles, USA. She is the only child of Manny Pacquiao that was not born in the Philippines. Another spectacular thing about this child of The Mexicutioner was that he witnessed her birth, being the one that cut her umbilical cord. Little wonder she was named Queen Elizabeth.
The last man, Israel Pacquiao arrived on the 27th of April, 2014, 3 years after Manny and Jinkee fixed their home the godly way. His parents’ renewed devotion to the Christian Faith was exactly what inspired his name Israel, the Holy Land of Christians.
