Karen Ibasco from Manila is the representative of Philippines in Miss Earth 2017. She is 26 years old and stands tall at 170 cm. Among many talents, she speaks four different languages quiet smoothly namely, Tagalog, English, Mandarin, and Fookien. Karen is a University instructor and never thought she could be a good teacher initially. This Filipina-Chinese beauty grew up in a traditional Chinese background and describes her childhood as a memorable one, with love and support of her family.