Ma. Ahtisa Manalo

 Quezon Province gets lion share of special awards at MUPh 2024 preliminaries

By Earl D.C. Bracamonte

After the Philippines' broken semifinal streak in 2022, the Filipino pageant aficionados have been naming Ma. Ahtisa Manalo to be the country's next representative. It took quite a time before she heeded the call.

And the young accountant-entrepreneur from Quezon Province did not disappoint her supporters. In the recently concluded preliminaries at the Manila Hotel, Ahtisa emerged as the most decorated delegate of the evening.

Aside from winning most of the online polls, she was also named as:

- Miss Acqua Boracay 

- Miss Smilee Apparel

- Miss Fairy Skin

- Miss I-Color Great Lengths

- Miss Danielito's Home Kitchen

- Miss Queen of Hearts Sleepwear Collection

- Miss Hellow Glow, and

- one of Zonrox's Casting Reel Top 3

Will the stars align for her this year, and will destiny finally herald her as the country's official delegate to the Mexico pageant towards the end of the year? In a little over 24 hours, we will know.

Catch the exciting finale tomorrow might, when outgoing queen Michelle Marquez Dee crowns her successor, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.