Ahtisa Manalo thanks supporters, kababayans after Miss Universe 2025 run

Ahtisa Manalo expressed her heartfelt gratitude to her fellow Filipinos and her fans following her Miss Universe 2025 stint.

On Facebook on Friday evening, the Filipina beauty queen wrote, “Maraming salamat po mga kababayan at sa lahat ng #Ahtistahins.”

Ahtisa’s post has already received over 120,000 reactions as of this writing. 

Ahtisa finished her Miss Universe 2025 journey as the third runner-up.

During the coronation night, Athisa stunned in her white two-piece during the swimsuit portion and an elegant silver piece during the evening gown portion.

For the final question and answer portion, Ahtisa and the other Top 5 candidates were asked, “If you win the title of Miss Universe tonight, how would you use this platform to empower young girls?"

Ahtisa answered, “I work with an organization called Alon Akademie where we work with young people to provide them opportunities to make them realize that it doesn’t matter what your life circumstances is, it doesn’t define where you will go. And I want to continue working with Alon Academy in a platform like Miss Universe to pursue making sure that people from low-income backgrounds are given the same opportunities like everyone else.”

Earlier this week, Ahtisa made waves with her fiesta-themed national costume and Philippine Pearl-inspired evening gown during the preliminary competition.

Meanwhile, Mexico’s Fatima Bosch was crowned Miss Universe 2025. 

—Carby Rose Basina/CDC, GMA Integrated News