Ahtisa Manalo makes it to global pageant observers’ Miss Universe 2025 hot picks

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Ahead of the coronation show, Philippine bet Ahtisa Manalo landed the Miss Universe 2025 frontrunners lists made by established pageant platforms. 

Missosology, a known global pageant observer, placed Manalo on the fourth spot of its “Final Hot Picks” released on Thursday, Nov. 20. 

The platform’s list is topped by Thailand’s Praveenar Singh, followed by Colombia’s Vanessa Pulgarin and Mexico’s Fatima Bosch in the second and third spot. Rounding up the Top 5 is Turks & Caicos’ Bereniece Dickenson.

The 30 delegates who made to the lists are as follows:

1. Thailand
2. Colombia
3. Mexico
4. Philippines
5. Turks & Caicos
6. Cote d’Ivore
7. Puerto Rico
8. Venezuela
9. Portugal
10. Guadeloupe
11. Chile
12. Malta
13. Croatia
14. Ecuador
15. Brazil
16. China
17. India
18. Costa Rica
19. France
20. Palestine
21. Lebanon
22. Argentina
23. Bangladesh
24. USA
25. Vietnam
26. Haiti
27. Peru
28. Bolivia
29. Cuba
30. Trinidad & Tobago

Missosology also made a mention of Netherlands, Zambia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Slovakia as “bubbling up” candidates.

Earlier this month, the pageant platform’s also released a frontrunners list with Manalo on the top spot.

Meanwhile, Sash Factor ‘s “Final SashPick” is led by Cote D’Ivoire’s Olivia Yace, with Thailand’s Singh and Manalo respectively placing second and third. Venezuela’s Stephany Abasali was named the fourth pick, while Puerto Rico’s Zashely Alicea was in the fifth spot.

Here’s the full SashPick:

1. Cote D’Ivoire
2. Thailand
3. Philippines
4. Venezuela
5. Puerto Rico
6. Colombia
7. Guadeloupe
8. Mexico
9. Ecuador
10. Latina
11. India
12. Bangladesh
13. Turks and Caicos
14. Brazil
15. Cuba
16. Chile
17. Angola
18. Haiti
19. Argentina
20. Croatia
21. France
22. China
23. Nicaragua
24. Indonesia
25. DR Congo
26. Costa Rica
27. Peru
28. Vietnam
29. Curacao
30. Paraguay
31. USA
32. Czech Republic
33. Cambodia
34. Sweden
35. Portugal
36. Palestine
37. Belize
38. Malta
39. Guatemala
40. Laos
41. Dominican Republic
42. El Salvador
43. Canada
44. Myanmar
45. Egypt
46. Malaysia
47. Netherlands

Manalo is aiming to inherit the crown from Miss Universe 2024 titleholder Victoria Theilvig, and pose the Philippines’ fifth win in the international tilt.

The coronation show is set to be held on Friday, Nov. 21 at the Impact Challenger Hall in Nonthaburi in Bangkok, Thailand. /edv