28 Facts About Karen Ibasco

Karen Ibasco represented the Philippines at the Miss Earth 2017 pageant and won the title.

Karen Santos Ibasco was born on December 17,1990, in Manila, Philippines.

Karen Ibasco studied at Hope Christian High School in Manila and she speaks Chinese fluently.

Karen Ibasco obtained her bachelor's degree in applied physics majoring in instrumentation.

Karen Ibasco was a former college instructor at the College of Science of the University of Santo Tomas and worked as a medical physicist at St Luke's Medical Center, Global City.

Karen Ibasco entered and won the Miss Philippines Earth pageant 2017, on July 15,2017, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.

Karen Ibasco entered and won Miss Earth 2017, on November 4,2017, at The Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Karen Ibasco was crowned as Miss Earth 2017 by the outgoing Miss Earth 2016 Katherine Espin of Ecuador.

Karen Ibasco is the 4th Filipina to win the Miss Earth crown and the 3rd in the last four years.

Karen Ibasco was congratulated by former Manila City Mayor and Buhay Party-List, Lito Atienza for giving pride and honor to the City of Manila in winning Miss Earth 2017.

Karen Ibasco's beauty is truly a beauty for a cause.

In May 2018, Karen Ibasco was one of the recipients of Philippines The Outstanding Men and Women of the Year awards for her contributions to society and the country, as well as her active pursuit of her environmental advocacies.

Karen Ibasco went to Cambodia in November 2017 and took part with the environmental and social activities such as school tours, tree planting and visited historical landmarks Angkor Wat and Siem Reap.

Karen Ibasco joined a climate change conference on December 7,2017, where she delivered a welcome message at the first Kasugbong Kalibutan International Climate Change Conference in Catbalogan, Samar.

Karen Ibasco traveled to Vietnam in January 2018 to grace a fashion event together with Miss Earth Vietnam 2010 Luu Thi Diem Huong and supermodel Vo Hoang Yen which was organized by fashion designer, Tuyet Le.

Karen Ibasco was the guest of honor in the opening of Shira Clinic and Spa in Hanoi.

Karen Ibasco was accompanied by Miss Water 2017, Juliana Franco of Colombia.

Karen Ibasco proceeded to Reunion Islands together with Miss Earth Fire 2018 Lada Akimova of Russia and served as a guest speakers at the very first Environmental Conference in Reunion Island and visited the city of Saint-Pierre to raise ecological awareness through school tours where they educated children on the daily actions in favor of the environment, spearheaded the planting of more than 1000 trees in the Saint-Pierre territory with the introduction of various endemic species.

Karen Ibasco participated in the opening of the two-day Bataan Environment Summit 2018, which tackled Bataan's environmental conservation and protection achievements.

Karen Ibasco traveled to Singapore in August 2018 as special guest for the Miss Earth Singapore 2018 pageant in which she crowned Kara Dong at the Grand Ballroom of One Farrer Hotel on August 3,2018.

Karen Ibasco then proceeded to Bogota, Colombia to attend the Miss Earth Colombia and crowned Valeria Maria Ayos Bossa as Miss Earth Colombia 2018 on August 26,2018, and then traveled to Belgium and met with the Philippine ambassador in Brussels and talked about the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Belgium.

Karen Ibasco appeared in the cover page of an American monthly women's fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar- Vietnam edition in March 2018 and wore the 2018 collection of Vietnamese fashion designer Tuyet Le.

Karen Ibasco collaborated with the Conservation of Ocean's Resources and Aquatic Life to promote ocean conservation by planting corals in the seabed.

Karen Ibasco joined another non-governmental organization, Plastic Solutions in 2019 to promote reusable building blocks, ecobricks made from waste plastic bottle packed with used plastics and advocated the single-use plastic ban to save oceans.

Karen Ibasco was chosen as an ambassador of international non-governmental organization, World Wide Fund for Nature in 2019 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

Karen Ibasco was appointed as the Climate Change Commission's Youth Ambassador in the Philippines in 2019 and was sent as one of the representatives of the Philippines in the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit which aims to bring the countries closer to meeting the goals of the Paris agreement which was held at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City on September 23,2019.

Karen Ibasco served as the muse of Myanmar delegates in the opening ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held at the Philippine Arena in the Philippines on November 30,2019.

Karen Ibasco was selected to join the virtual United Nations event during the speech of Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres which was held at Columbia University in New York City in December 2020.