Filipino pageant followers confirmed the would possibly of their “bayanihan” spirit as votes for Ahtisa Manalo breached the one-million mark in a web based ballot for the 2024 Miss Cosmo pageant, the primary version of the Vietnam-based worldwide competitors.
The lass from Quezon Province shared the replace on social media on Wednesday night, Sept. 4, and mentioned, “1,000,500 votes as of 5:36 P.M.! [shocked emoji][surprised emoji] Maraming salamat mahal kong Pilipinas! [Philippine flag emoji][blue heart emoji].”
Manalo is campaigning to guide within the choice for the “Cosmo Social Ambassador” award, whose recipient will earn a assured spot within the Prime 21. The ballot is presently within the first spherical of voting amongst candidates break up into teams.
The winners from every group will then advance to the second spherical of voting, the place the highest vote-getter will obtain the award, and robotically advance to the semifinals through the coronation present. Manalo is included in Group 3.
To vote, followers should first like and comply with the Miss Cosmo Fb fanpage. Some extent shall be counted for every response, remark, or share on a candidate’s photograph profile. “Votes will solely be counted if voters have LIKED and FOLLOWED the voting platform,” the pageant mentioned.
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Manalo will not be new to international pageantry. In 2018, she was topped Binibining Pilipinas Worldwide, and represented the Philippines on the 58th Miss Worldwide pageant n Japan. She completed second to Venezuela’s Mariem Velasco within the competitors.
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She earned her present worldwide pageant participation after ending as second runner-up within the 2024 Miss Universe Philippines competitors in Might. The nationwide tilt’s sister model The Miss Philippines selected the nation’s representatives to numerous contests, and Manalo confirmed that she selected to compete in Miss Cosmo.
The coronation night time of the 2024 Miss Cosmo pageant shall be held on the Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Vietnam, on Oct. 6.