Ahtisa Manalo to represent Quezon Province in Miss Universe Philippines 2024
Ahtisa Manalo is the representative of Quezon Province for Miss Universe Philippines 2024!
On Saturday, Jan. 27, Ahtisa was officially sashed as the representative of Quezon Province in this year's edition of the national pageant.
Reporter Dyan Castillejo shared some photos and videos of the event, where Ahtisa also gave a sample of her introduction as an MUPh bet.
Ahtisa Manalo gives us a sample of her introduction on the Miss Universe Philippines pageant stage come finals night. #MissUniversePhilippines pic.twitter.com/i5zfkZsRWB
— Dyan Castillejo (@DYANCASTILLEJO) January 27, 2024
On her Instagram page, Ahtisa uploaded a video compilation of screenshots showing her supporters' request to give pageantry another try. She wrote the hashtag #AHTISAPA in the caption and tagged the Instagram account of MUPh Quezon Province in her post.
Ahtisa represented the country at the Miss International pageant in 2018, where she won first runner-up.
She planned on joining the Miss Universe Philippines pageant in 2020, but later withdrew her application due to health reasons.
At the time, however, Ahtisa still highlighted her dream of competing in Miss Universe someday. "For now, I am gonna work on getting back to my 100% and continue hoping to step on the Miss Universe stage one day," she said in an Instagram post.