Ahtisa Manalo enters Top 10 of Miss Cosmo 2024

Ahtisa Manalo has made it to the Top 10 of Miss Cosmo 2024.

The candidates were announced after the Top 21 strutted across the stage for the swimsuit portion. Ahtisa sizzled in her metallic red two-piece and fire-printed cape.

Below is the complete list of the Top 10:

1. Indonesia
2. Zimbabwe
3. Cambodia
4. Thailand
5. Dominican Republic
6. USA
7. Mexico
8. Philippines
9. Peru
10. Vietnam

In a prerecorded video shown on screen after she was announced, Ahtisa said her life choices, including her access to good schools and opportunities, were "incredibly limited."

"But despite those limitations, I took control of my own life. I joined my first pageant at ten years old, and joined fourteen more after that. I made pageantry my vessel for greater things and greater opportunities. Now, I have lived a lot of my dreams and I'm continuing to design my life the way I want to live it," she said.

Ahtisa also previously won the “First Station” of the People’s Choice Award.

Prior to the coronation night, Ahtisa dazzled during the Jury Session in her blue evening gown and neon bikini. She was also a vision in her Dyesebel-inspired national costume.

The Miss Cosmo coronation night takes place at the Saigon Riverside Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. —JCB, GMA Integrated News