Ahtisa Manalo

What draws me to Ahtisa Manalo is the arc, not just the crown. She was first runner-up at Miss International back in 2018, and instead of treating that near-miss as an ending she spent years sharpening herself before finally winning Miss Universe Philippines 2025 and placing third runner-up on the global stage. That kind of patient, unglamorous persistence is rarer than beauty and far more interesting to me. Coming up through a provincial university in Candelaria, she clearly built her poise the hard way. I read her real strength as resilience, the quiet refusal to let one disappointment define the story.

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Name (English)

Ahtisa Manalo

Name (Japanese)

アハティサ・マナロ

Reading

あはてぃさ・まなろ

Born

May 25, 1997 (age 29)

Origin

Candelaria, Philippines

Occupation

model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Ox

University

Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahtisa%20Manalo
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54326248

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Last updated

September 18, 2026

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