Eighteen years of stories, stages, airports, sashes, sacrifices, and a heart that refused to dim. Ahtisa Manalo’s pageantry journey wasn’t just a career—it was a lifetime of choosing courage again and again, even when the world didn’t always understand. She walked into every competition carrying more than a crown dream—she carried a nation. And along the way, she heard the whispers: “Ikaw na naman,” “paulit ulit ka na”, words meant to diminish, to discourage. But Ahtisa never let them define her

1. He said: “Pain isn’t the enemy, it’s the voice of your body. It can’t speak with words, so it speaks through sensations.” We were standing in the room when he asked us to close our eyes and ask ourselves: “Where is the energy stuck inside me?” I felt a heaviness in my chest, as if someone was squeezing my heart. He smiled and said: “That’s it. You found your block. Now don’t run away.” 2. Every block is an emotion you never fully lived through. Wherever there was “don’t cry,” “don’t get angry

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