Ahtisa Manalo (Image: screengrab from YouTube/Miss Cosmo)
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine bet Ahtisa Manalo’s journey to the Miss Cosmo 2024 crown has ended after she fell short of entering the Top 5 of the competition, at the coronation night held in Vietnam on Saturday, Oct. 5.
The candidates who made it to the next round were Ketut Permata Juliastrid of Indonesia, Romina Lozano of Peru, Karnruethai Tassabut of Thailand, Samantha Elliott of USA, and Bùi Thi Xuân Hạnh of Vietnam.
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.
Aside from making it to the pageant’s Top 10, Manalo also bagged the Cosmo People’s Choice award.
Miss Cosmo 2024 is the first-ever edition of the Vietnam-based international pageant.