Ahtisa Manalo (Image: Sang Đào via Instagram/@ahtisa)
MANILA, Philippines – Philippines’ Ahtisa Manalo is still in the running for the Miss Cosmo 2024 crown, advancing as one of the Top 21 finalists at the pageant’s coronation night in Vietnam on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Aside from Manalo, other delegates who made it to the next round of the competition are the following:
- Netherlands
- Indonesia
- South Africa
- USA
- Cambodia
- Bangladesh
- Vietnam
- Brazil
- Puerto Rico
- Zimbabwe
- Chile
- New Zealand
- Thailand
- Peru
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Greece
- Dominican Republic
- Sierra Leone
- Mexico
Prior to the announcement of the 21 finalists, the 56 candidates opened the event by parading their beauties in sparkly dresses, grooving to the pageant’s theme song “Into the Cosmo.”
Another Filipino contender in the competition is actress-model Franki Russell, who represents her father’s home country, New Zealand.
Miss Cosmo 2024 is the first-ever edition of the Vietnam-based international pageant.
Manalo became the country’s representative in the global tilt after she finished third in the 2024 Miss Universe Philippines pageant, and was proclaimed The Miss Philippines-Cosmo titleholder.