MANILA  -- Doll-like beauty Ahtisa Manalo looked crown-ready during her Miss Cosmo International 2024 send-off event earlier today, Sept. 7, at The Vault in Bonifacio Global City.

Apart from Manalo’s team of stylists and trainers, attendees of the event also included her mother Elsie Manalo, sister Athena Manalo, beau Marco Suarez, and fellow queens Tarah Valencia and Steffy Gerona who showed all-out support for the candidate.

Manalo emphasized the value of self-care as she talked about her preparations for the inaugural competition.

“It’s very important for us [to] make sure we take care of ourselves because we can only pour what we have,” said the Quezon-born queen.

“If we’re always tired if we are not happy, we can not exude happiness. We can not exude energy. So, it’s very important to make your cup full before you pour it, because you just cannot pour from an empty cup.”

When asked about her readiness to head into the Vietnam-based pageant, she confidently said “it’s a ten.”

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“I’ve prepared for it. I made sure that there [are] no stones left unturned, and with that it’s just an easy ten,” the 27-year-old stunner added.

Manalo also expressed gratitude to everyone who continues to support her campaign, admiring the “bayanihan spirit” Filipinos flexed as she surpassed the one-million mark for a fan poll on the 2024 Miss Cosmo platforms.

“Itaas natin ‘yung lamang natin [sa votes] para hindi na makahabol ‘yung iba and it will show the Miss Cosmo organization that we really, really want the first Miss Cosmo crown for the Philippines,” Manalo shared.

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Miss Cosmo International 2024 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with the preliminary night happening on Oct. 2 with the finals on Oct. 5.

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