On 4/2/2015 she accidentally revealed the winning choice during the "Five Price Tags" game on The Price is Right (1972), securing a $21,960 car for the contestant. The show's producers gave the car to the contestant anyway, and much to Manuela's relief--and that of the show's male viewers--they did not fire her.
On her one-year anniversary on 2/17/2019, she announced on Instagram that she was expecting her first child with her husband Matthew Doherty. The child, named Matilda Margaret, was born on 8/9/2019.