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Miss Universe Philippines 2025 Ahtisa Manalo celebrates her 28th birthday with a photo shoot. Manalo/Instagram

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1748260598716Ahtisa Manalo 05262025.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Miss Universe Philippines 2025 Ahtisa Manalo celebrates her 28th birthday with a photo shoot. Manalo/Instagram"/><span class="fr-inner">Miss Universe Philippines 2025 Ahtisa Manalo celebrates her 28th birthday with a photo shoot. Manalo/Instagram </span></span></span></div><p>Ahtisa Manalo showed her fun and playful side in her newest photo shoot in celebration of her 28th birthday. </p><p>The Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH) 2025 titleholder posed with pink balloons and happily held a birthday cake with sprinkles, as seen in photos shot by Seven Barretto.</p><p>Here&#x27;s a look:</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DKEJWEWyhHk/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A51241.10000000149%2C%22ls%22%3A25572.199999999255%2C%22le%22%3A25879.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DKEwZdUSUH1/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A25893.5%2C%22ls%22%3A25572.199999999255%2C%22le%22%3A25879.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Manalo&#x27;s fans and friends, including her fellow beauty queens, showered her with love in the comments section and via Instagram Stories. </p><p>Many of them gushed over her looks, calling her a &quot;monyeka&quot; or doll.</p><p>&quot;Happy, happy birthday to our monyeka Miss Universe,&quot; said MUPH 2025 first runner-up Winwyn Marquez. &quot;We love you!&quot; </p><p>&quot;Happy monyeka day!&quot; said celebrity hairstylist Renz Pangilinan. </p><p>Manalo will represent the Philippines in the 74th Miss Universe pageant, which will be held in Thailand in November.</p><p>This will be her third time to compete on the global pageant stage. She placed first runner-up in Miss International 2018, and finished in the Top 10 of Miss Cosmo 2024.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2025/5/7/ahtisa-manalo-starts-strategizing-how-to-win-5th-miss-universe-crown-for-ph-1334">Ahtisa Manalo starts strategizing how to win 5th Miss Universe crown for PH</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2025/5/5/ahtisa-manalo-stuns-in-newly-released-portraits-as-miss-universe-ph-2025-1256">Ahtisa Manalo stuns in newly released portraits as Miss Universe PH 2025</a></div>

<p>Ahtisa Manalo showed her fun and playful side in her newest photo shoot in celebration of her 28th birthday.</p>

Ahtisa Manalo showed her fun and playful side in her newest photo shoot in celebration of her 28th birthday.

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'Monyeka!' Miss Universe PH 2025 Ahtisa Manalo marks 28th birthday with fun photo shoot

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Published May 26, 2025 07:57 PM PHT

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