A method of manufacturing a press-formed article, the method using a punch and a blank holder and a pad and a die arranged to be opposed to the punch and the blank holder, and the press-formed article being manufactured by pressing a metal sheet having a tensile strength of 400 MPa or more, which is a steel sheet, an aluminum sheet or an aluminum alloy sheet, disposed between the punch and the blank holder and the pad and the die, wherein the press-formed article extends in a first direction, has a shape defined by a top plate, a ridge connected to the top plate, a vertical wall connected to the ridge and a flange connected to the vertical wall in each of press directional cross sections that are along a direction of pressing and intersect the first direction, has at least one curved part that is curved in the first direction in one or both of top view in the direction of pressing and side view in a direction intersecting the direction of pressing, and has a first part including the curved part and a second part continuous to the first part, a minimum height of the vertical wall in the second part is equal to or more than a maximum height of the vertical wall in the first part, the method comprises a first step in which a pad holding state is established and a second step in which pad draw forming is performed using the punch and the blank holder and the pad and the die after the first step is completed, and in the pad holding state, a part of the metal sheet to be formed into the top plate is held between the pad and the punch, and a part of the metal sheet to be formed into the flange is held between the die and the blank holder, of the press directional cross sections, in a specific press directional cross section of a part of the metal sheet to be formed into the first part, a position of a contacting surface of the blank holder that makes contact with the metal sheet in the direction of pressing is located toward the pad in a direction of arrangement of the pad and the punch, compared with a position of a contacting surface of the pad that makes contact with the metal sheet in the direction of pressing, a vertically-reversing cross-sectional angle, which is an acute angle formed by a straight line that connects a center of a rounded end part of the contacting surface of the pad and a center of a rounded end part of the contacting surface of the blank holder and an extension of the contacting surface of the pad that makes contact with the metal sheet, is more than 0° and equal to or less than 80°, and of the press directional cross sections, in a press directional cross section that is different from the specific press directional cross section, the position of the contacting surface of the pad that makes contact with the metal sheet in the direction of the pressing is located toward the pad in the direction of the arrangement, compared with the position of the contacting surface of the blank holder that makes contact with the metal sheet in the direction of pressing. wherein the press-formed article extends in a first direction, has a shape defined by a top plate, a ridge connected to the top plate, a vertical wall connected to the ridge and a flange connected to the vertical wall in each of press directional cross sections that are along a direction of pressing and intersect the first direction, has at least one curved part that is curved in the first direction in one or both of top view in the direction of pressing and side view in a direction intersecting the direction of pressing, and has a first part including the curved part and a second part continuous to the first part, a minimum height of the vertical wall in the second part is equal to or more than a maximum height of the vertical wall in the first part, the method comprises a first step in which a pad holding state is established and a second step in which pad draw forming is performed using the punch and the blank holder and the pad and the die after the first step is completed, and in the pad holding state, a part of the metal sheet to be formed into the top plate is held between the pad and the punch, and a part of the metal sheet to be formed into the flange is held between the die and the blank holder, of the press directional cross sections, in a specific press directional cross section of a part of the metal sheet to be formed into the first part, a position of a contacting surface of the blank holder that makes contact with the metal sheet in the direction of pressing is located toward the pad in a direction of arrangement of the pad and the punch, compared with a position of a contacting surface of the pad that makes contact with the metal sheet in the direction of pressing, a vertically-reversing cross-sectional angle, which is an acute angle formed by a straight line that connects a center of a rounded end part of the contacting surface of the pad and a center of a rounded end part of the contacting surface of the blank holder and an extension of the contacting surface of the pad that makes contact with the metal sheet, is more than 0° and equal to or less than 80°, and of the press directional cross sections, in a press directional cross section that is different from the specific press directional cross section, the position of the contacting surface of the pad that makes contact with the metal sheet in the direction of the pressing is located toward the pad in the direction of the arrangement, compared with the position of the contacting surface of the blank holder that makes contact with the metal sheet in the direction of pressing.