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Ahtisa recalls “worst” pageant experience; Miss Cosmo exec reacts

Ahtisa Manalo: "Meron akong pageant na sinalihan na gumuho yung stage namin."
by Arniel C. Serato
Published Dec 23, 2025
Ahtisa Manalo on her "worst" pageant
Miss Universe 2025 third runner-up Ahtisa Manalo (left) described an unnamed pageant as her “worst” pageant experience, likening it to a “Final Destination” scenario; Miss Cosmo International executive Jay Luu (right) reacts: "But clinging to the past, replaying it as a joke, only proves one thing: you stopped growing the moment it happened..."
PHOTO/S: Instagram

Ibinahagi ni Miss Universe 2025 third runner-up Ahtisa Manalo ang "worst" pageant experience niya sa panayam sa kanya ni Vice Ganda na lumabas sa YouTube noong December 21, 2025.

Hindi man direktang sinabi ni Ahtisa ang tinutukoy niyang pageant, pero si Vice ang nagbanggit na ito ay ang "Miss Cosmo."

Si Ahtisa ang kinatawan ng Pilipinas sa inaugural Miss Cosmo na ginanap sa Vietnam noong October 5, 2024.

Hanggang sa Top 10 lang umabot si Ahtisa.

Lahad ni Ahtisa: "Oh my God! Alam mo ba, meron akong pageant na sinalihan na gumuho yung stage namin."

Tanong ni Vice: "Anong pageant yan?"

Sagot ni Ahtisa: "Puwede bang sabihin? Bawal ata."

Kahit kinulit siya ni Vice ay hindi ito pinangalanan ni Ahtisa. Ang sabi lang niya ay hindi ito local pageant.

Sabi ni Vice, "Ito yung sa Cosmo? O hindi siya nagsabi. Ako.

"Napanood namin sa news. Yung Miss Cosmo. Sa Miss Cosmo, gumuho yung stage."

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Matatandaang nagtamo ng sprained ankle si Ahtisa matapos gumuho ang stage sa unang gabi ng rehearsal para sa Miss Cosmo 2024 noong September 28, 2024.

Read: Ahtisa Manalo sprains ankle after Miss Cosmo "technical incident"

Miss Cosmo 2024 stage colapses.
Miss Cosmo 2024 stage colapses.
Photo/s: Courtesy: Metro News Central news agency

Pagpapatuloy ni Ahtisa: "Hindi ko alam kung bakit pero magre-rehearsals dapat kami.

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NOOD KA MUNA!

"Nagwe-wait kami. Biglang gumuho yung stage. Na-sprain ako.

"Nagkaroon ng fluid yung bone marrow or something. Di ako nakalakad.

"Tas nag-wheelchair ako for a while.

"Ta's lumaban ako ng prelims tsaka finals na masakit yung ankles ko. As in halos di ako makalakad."

"Final destination" nga kung ituring ni Ahtisa ang nangyari dahil nagtakbuhan na sila.

Aniya pa, "Kasi nagtakbuhan kami. Para siyang 'Final Destination' kasi basta na lang bumabagsak yung scaffolding, ganun.

"As in. I don't know why no one... Pero may mga pictures, e."

Dagdag ni Ahtisa, "Tas sabi ng mga tao, nag-iinarte daw ako."

Biro pa ni Vice, "Di kaya Pilipino yung contractor niya? Substandard yung mga ginawa. Nakakahiya kung Pilipino pa yung gumawa nun, ha."

Tawang-tawa si Ahtisa sa sinabi ni Vice.

Read: Ahtisa Manalo ends Miss Cosmo 2024 journey in Top 10

MISS COSMO EXECUTIVE REACTS

Nakarating sa pamunuan ng Miss Cosmo ang interview ni Vice kay Ahtisa.

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Hindi ikinatuwa ng Miss Cosmo na tila ginawa raw katatawanan ang nangyaring aksidente sa Miss Cosmo 2024.

Sa inilabas na pahayag ni Jay Luu, head of marketing & communications ng Miss Cosmo International organization, sa pamamagitan ng Instagram Story, inamin nitong nagkaroon nga ng aksidente pero kaagad din nila itong naayos.

Saad nito: "turning an accident into a joke doesn't make you brave. it only proves how small your perspective is. yes, there was an accident during the stage construction last year. that is a fact ah!

"but here is the full fact you conveniently ignore: within 48 hours, a second stage was built and acompletely new, large scale stage was delivered for the Grand Finale.

"if you want to speak the truth, speak all of it not the part that feeds your mockery, while erasing your own failures from the conversation mocking someone else's setback is easy when you've never built anything that carries real risk, real pressure or real responsibility.

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"Failure is not something we deny, we carry it, fix it, and move forward.

"But clinging to the past, replaying it as a joke, only proves one thing: you stopped growing the moment it happened

"we accept failure to rise and we let go to become better so laugh if you want.

"we will keep building and results, as always, speak louder than noise"

Jay Luu's post about Ahtisa's interview
Photo/s: Instagram
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Miss Universe 2025 third runner-up Ahtisa Manalo (left) described an unnamed pageant as her “worst” pageant experience, likening it to a “Final Destination” scenario; Miss Cosmo International executive Jay Luu (right) reacts: "But clinging to the past, replaying it as a joke, only proves one thing: you stopped growing the moment it happened..."
PHOTO/S: Instagram
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