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Ahtisa Manalo leading in multiple categories ahead of Miss U preliminaries

By Ron Lim
Published November 18, 2025 4:08 PM PHT

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Miss Universe Philippines Ahtisa Manalo is currently first in the Beyond the Crown, Most Beautiful People, and People's Choice categories.

The voting campaigns organized by the Miss Universe Philippines organization looks to be bearing fruit as country representative Ahtisa Manalo is currently leading in multiple categories of the Miss Universe pageant.

In one of the more recent posts on its official Instagram account, the Miss Universe organization updated its followers on the ranking for the different categories open to online voting. Among the eight categories, Ahtisa placed first in three: Beyond the Crown, Most Beautiful People, and People's Choice. Meanwhile, Ahtisa placed second in the Most Photogenic, Best Skin, Best Evening Gown, and Best National Costume categories. Finally, Ahtisa placed third in the Miss Congeniality category.

In the caption to the post, the organization reminded fans that the deadline for voting for the Beyond the Crown and Most Beautiful People categories end tomorrow, November 19, while the voting on other categories will end on Friday, November 20.

While the preliminaries are happening tomorrow, the 2025 Miss Universe coronation night will happen on November 21, also in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Ahtisa's top three placements in all eight categories is helped out by the constant calls for votes made by the Miss Universe Philippines organization. Just today, the organization called on Filipino fans and pageant aficionados to perform a bayanihan vote to push Ahtisa to be top 1 in all of the categories that are part of the pageant's online vote.

In the caption to the post, the organization included instructions on how to vote or Ahtisa on the Miss Universe app, as well as all the categories that Filipino fans and pageant aficionados can vote in.

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A couple of days before that, the organization called on Filipino fans and pageant aficionados to cast their votes for Ahtisa Manalo in the Miss Universe National Costume category. In the caption to the post, the organization emphasized that Ahtisa winning the honor this year would make it a historic three-peat for the country.

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The Miss Universe Philippines organization has also asked Filipino pageant fans to vote for the Philippines in the Most Beautiful People category of the 2025 Miss Universe pageant.

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A couple of days before that call to action, the organization called on fans to vote for her in the Beyond the Crown category of the Miss Universe pageant, which highlights the delegates' advocacies.

Ahtisa's Beyond the Crown video has her speaking about her partner organization Alon Akademie, whose two programs Alon Hub and Alon on Wheels focus on youth empowerment and education.

The Miss Universe Philippines organization also called on fans to vote for Ahtisa in the Miss Congeniality category of the Miss Universe pageant. In the caption to the post, the organization called on its followers to help Ahtisa “shine even brighter on the Miss Universe stage.”

Ahtisa recently finished with the closed-door interview segment of the pageant, wearing a Jot Losa dress that sought to uplift the country's national flower, the sampaguita.

Related gallery: Miss Universe Philippines Ahtisa Manalo and her stylish looks