Ahead of the coronation show, Philippine bet Ahtisa Manalo landed the Miss Universe 2025 frontrunners lists made by established pageant platforms.
Missosology, a known global pageant observer, placed Manalo on the fourth spot of its ‘Final Hot Picks’ released on Thursday, Nov. 20.
The platform’s list is topped by Thailand’s Praveenar Singh, followed by Colombia’s Vanessa Pulgarin and Mexico’s Fatima Bosch in the second and third spot. Rounding up the Top 5 is Turks and Caicos’ Bereniece Dickenson.
The 30 delegates who made to the lists are as follows:
Thailand
Colombia
Mexico
Philippines
Turks and Caicos
Cote d’Ivore
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
Portugal
Guadeloupe
Chile
Malta
Croatia
Ecuador
Brazil
China
India
Costa Rica
France
Palestine
Lebanon
Argentina
Bangladesh
USA
Vietnam
Haiti
Peru
Bolivia
Cuba
Trinidad and Tobago
Missosology also made a mention of Netherlands, Zambia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Slovakia as ‘bubbling up’ candidates.
Earlier this month, the pageant platform’s also released a frontrunners list with Manalo on the top spot.
Meanwhile, Sash Factor ‘s ‘Final SashPick’ is led by Cote D’Ivoire’s Olivia Yace, with Thailand’s Singh and Manalo respectively placing second and third. Venezuela’s Stephany Abasali was named the fourth pick, while Puerto Rico’s Zashely Alicea was in the fifth spot.
Here’s the full SashPick:
Cote D’Ivoire
Thailand
Philippines
Venezuela
Puerto Rico
Colombia
Guadeloupe
Mexico
Ecuador
Latina
India
Bangladesh
Turks and Caicos
Brazil
Cuba
Chile
Angola
Haiti
Argentina
Croatia
France
China
Nicaragua
Indonesia
DR Congo
Costa Rica
Peru
Vietnam
Curacao
Paraguay
USA
Czech Republic
Cambodia
Sweden
Portugal
Palestine
Belize
Malta
Guatemala
Laos
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Canada
Myanmar
Egypt
Malaysia
Netherlands
Manalo is aiming to inherit the crown from Miss Universe 2024 titleholder Victoria Theilvig, and pose the Philippines’ fifth win in the international tilt.
The coronation show is set to be held on Friday, Nov. 21 at the Impact Challenger Hall in Nonthaburi in Bangkok, Thailand