Meet the girls who made it to the MNL48 First Generation

For the past few months, the search to become part of MNL48, the Philippine sister group of the world famous Japanese idol group AKB48, is a drastic one from start to finish as the girls poured a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, to fight their way through the very end and make their names be known to the world as idols and finally, it all ends here with the MNL48 General Election where the whole crowd will witness who will be the center girl, the Kami 7, the Senbatsu Selection, and the Kenkyuusei.

Photo: Official MNL48 Twitter

In case you missed the big event, it's time to jot down who are now officially members of the Philippine sister group of the world famous Japanese idol group from the next girls to the center girl herself.

NEXT GIRLS:

48th - Cess

47th - Maddie

46th - Princess

45th - Thea

44th - Ecka

43th - Mae

42nd - Necca

41st - Hazel

40th - Jewel

39th - Lei

38th - Brei

37th - Shaira

36th - Sha

35th - Ruth

34th - Kay

33rd - Shaina

UNDERGIRLS:

32nd - Jaydee

31st - Essel

30th - Van

29th - Daryll

28th - Gia

27th - Mari

26th - Ali

25th - Dana

24th - Jan

23rd - Belle

22nd - Dian

21st - Kyla

20th - Joyce

19th - Nice

18th - Erica

17th - Alyssa

KENKYUUSEI:

#16 Ikee

#15 Vern

#14 Mela

#13 Nix

#12 Vira

#11 Andi

#10 Reina

#9 Reiko

#8 Celine

#7 Kana

#6 Ann

#5 Nia

#4 Rowee

#3 Coleen

#2 Arol

#1 Emz

SENBATSU SELECTION:

16th - Quincy

15th - Grace

14th - Lara

13th - Faith

12th - Sayaka

11th - Jem

10th - Gabb

9th - Ash

8th - Ella

KAMI 7:

7th - Trixie

6th - Alice

5th - Zen

4th - Tin

3rd - Sela

2nd - Abi

CENTER GIRL - Sheki

And it's official. The MNL48 is born with Sheki as the face of MNL48 worldwide and the rest of the Kami 7 will be given the ultimate experience; to undergo international training in Japan with AKS, the production agency behind AKB48 and its sister groups, worldwide endorsements and recording contracts, perform with AKB48 and other global sister groups, becoming headline performers in the exclusive MNL48 theater.

Those who made it to the Top 16 got even more rewarding as they will receive a recording contract for their first album, star in their own music video, get popped up in commercials, perform alongside AKB48 in joint group concerts, appear in their local events, get themselves immortalized in MNL48 merchandise, local and global media exposure, and a priority to take part of the global Senbatsu Election in Japan as a Philippine entry.

Congratulations to the Kami 7 and the Senbatsu selection and here's for the ascension of the Philippine sister group of AKB48.