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Karina Bautista’s impressive rise as a promising actress

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Mary Ann Bardinas

With her captivating beauty and impressive performances, there’s definitely no doubt that Karina Bautista is one of the most promising actresses of her generation. But more than the pretty face and amazing talents that she possesses, Karina Bautista is admired because of the courage and persistence she exuded at a young age that is indeed worth emulating.And now that she’s gradually gaining recognition because of her astounding portrayal of Bea Sicat in <a href='https://ent.abs-cbn.com/viralscandal' style='color: rgb(7, 130, 193); font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;trebuchet ms&quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;'>Viral Scandal</a>, let’s look back on her growth as an actress and performer in the past four years that she’s been in show business in this PUSH Evolution feature.Just like some of the artists that we look up to at present, her ticket to the local entertainment scene was by joining a reality talent search. In 2018, she joined Pinoy Big Brother Otso as one of the first batch of its teen housemates and was given the moniker “Miss Independent ng Isabela.” She was born in Santiago City, Isabela and had to be separated from her mom who has been an overseas Filipino worker. Their hardships in life fueled her to stand on her own and earn money by joining amateur beauty contests.Karina may have fallen short in her bid to become the Big Winner, but she’s been blessed with a slew of projects as soon as she returned to the outside world. She was tapped to play Andrea “Andeng” Kalaw in the 2019 afternoon action-drama series <a href='https://ent.abs-cbn.com/sandugo'>Sandugo</a>, which was followed by her first-ever lead role in the first offering of ABS-CBN TV Production Digital Group’s (TVDG) interactive digital content “PILIkula: Ghost of the Past,” wherein she portrayed Amy, the following year.It was also in 2020 when she was bestowed two more projects – the <a href='https://iwanttfc.com'>iWantTFC </a>original hugot anthology series Ampalaya Chronicles Present: “Labyu Hehe” opposite perennial loveteam Aljon Mendoza, and the digital series adaptation of the Wattpad story “The Four Bad Boys and Me” that was streamed in Star Cinema’s official YouTube channel.In 2021, she became part of the iWantTFC Originals series “<a href='https://ent.abs-cbn.com/hoyloveyou'>Hoy, Love You</a>” topbilled by iconic Kapamilya on-screen pair Joross Gamboa and Roxanne Guinoo, and of the ongoing ABS-CBN teleserye <a href='https://ent.abs-cbn.com/viralscandal' style='color: rgb(7, 130, 193); font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;trebuchet ms&quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;'>Viral Scandal</a> starred by Charlie Dizon, Joshua Garcia, Jake Cuenca, and Dimples Romana.Aside from the aforementioned series, she and Aljon also made her debut in the longest running drama anthology <a href='https://ent.abs-cbn.com/maalaalamokaya'>Maalaala Mo Kaya</a> through its “Lalabs Ko ‘To” episode aired last February, wherein they delighted us with the unmistakable chemistry and level of maturity that they exuded as they portrayed real-life couple Theza and John Muni.As she used to join pageants prior to joining PBB, Karina shared that it is also one of her dreams to join a prestigious beauty pageant in the future. She related that she would want to prepare herself before taking on a bigger stage, and the best time for her to finally do it is when she reaches the age of 23 to 25.As we look forward on seeing Karina became a beauty queen a few years from now, let’s show our love support for her by watching <a href='https://ent.abs-cbn.com/viralscandal'>Viral Scandal</a> on <u style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Montserrat, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><a href='https://kapamilyachannel.com/' style='box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;'>Kapamilya Channel</a><span style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Montserrat, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;'>, <u style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Montserrat, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><a href='https://kapamilyaonlinelive.com/' style='box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;'>Kapamilya Online Live</a>, A2Z Channel 11, iWantTFC, and TFC.

Look back on Karina Bautista’s impressive acting stints in her past four years in showbiz in this episode of PUSH Evolution. 