Shalani Carla San Ramón Soledad-Romulo (born April 27, 1980) is a Filipina politician and TV personality. Soledad was a member of Valenzuela City council from Valenzuela's 2nd congressional district from 2004 to 2013. From November 12–18, 2010, she is the second most searched personality on the internet in the Philippines next to the former Kate Middleton (Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge), and topped the list of "Filipina personalities who grabbed the greatest online mindshare in 2010" according to Google. She ran for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2013, but narrowly lost the election. Early life Soledad was born April 27, 1980 to former Banco Filipino chairman Adolfo Aguirre and Philippine Airlines flight attendant Evelyn San Ramón. Prior to their reunion in 2010, the last time Aguirre saw her was when she was three months old. She was raised by her maternal grandmother Lolita San Ramón Soledad from childhood and by her maternal uncle Ramón Soledad after her mother Evelyn left her in their custody. She was christened Shalani Carla San Ramón Soledad with her maternal grandmother Lolita and her uncle Ramón indicated as the parents on her birth certificate. She is a niece to former senator Francisco Tatad. In September 2010, Soledad and her biological father Adolfo Aguirre were reunited after 30 years of separation. This was done through the efforts of businessman James Gaisano of Gaisano Malls, who happened to be Aguirre's good friend. During her teens, Soledad lived briefly with her mother Evelyn and brother Carlo in Kuwait, where her mother worked at the Al Boom restaurant at Radisson SAS (now Radisson Blu) hotel. She and her brother had their on the job training at the Housekeeping and Food and Beverage divisions of the Radisson hotel before returning to the Philippines in 1998 to pursue their college education. She took her elementary education at Mary Mount School in Parañaque then secondary school at Philippine College of Technical Resources (present-day St. Louis College of Valenzuela). In school, she described herself as an average student and had developed the passion of teaching the Bible to younger students. She took the degree of Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, but she never graduated due to her lack of Physical Education units and early immersion to politics. Personal life Soledad dated Benigno Aquino III from 2008 to 2010. She first met Aquino