13 things about Miss Universe Peru 2025 Karla Bacigalupo

Karla Gabriela Bacigalupo Ancieta won the 73rd edition of Miss Peru. She represented Peru in the 74th edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Bacigalupo is a Peruvian film producer, actor, model and beauty queen born in Lima, Peru. She is bilingual.

From Lima, Bacigalupo moved to Los Angeles, California, United States. She studied film production and acting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles.

On December 26, 2024, Bacigalupo turned 33. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2010 to 2016, she attended the University of Lima in Santiago de Surco , Lima where she earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management.
2. In 2012, she was a commercial intern at Pacifico Vida in Lima.
3. From 2013 to 2014, she attended the Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración (CESA) in Bogota, Colombia.
4. In 2015, she was a marketing intern at Ambev Peru in Lima.
5. From 2015 to 2016, she was a commercial intern at Kimberly-Clark Professional in Lima.
6. From 2015 to 2016, she was a key account executive at Kimberly-Clark Professional.
7. In 2017, she was a sales executive at Kimberly-Clark Professional.
8. In 2018, she was a senior key account executive at GSK in Lima and she joined Nexa IDN in Lima as a general manager.
9. From 2019 to 2020, she studied photography at the Centro de la Imagen in Lima.
10. She was in the cast of Efe Tuncay‘s 2024 film “You Can Only Blink One”.
11. In 2025, she visited Thailand.
12. She became Miss Universe Peru 2025 after winning Miss Peru 2025.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Bacigalupo is 5’6″ tall. She speaks Spanish and English.

2010s

• From January 2012 to December 2012, she was a Pacifico Vida intern in Lima.
• From March 2015 to September 2015, she was an Ambev Peru intern in Lima.
• In September 2015, she joined Kimberly-Clark Professional in Lima as an intern.
• In May 2016, her internship at Kimberly-Clark Professional ended and started working there as a key account executive.
• From April 2017 to November 2017, she was a Kimberly-Clark Professional sales executive.
• From January 2018 to August 2018, she was a GSK senior key account executive in Lima.
• In January 2018, she became a Nexa IDN general manager in Lima.

2020s

• In August 2022, she played Ana in the theater play “I Need You to Love Me” in Los Angeles.
• In November 2023, she played Micaela in the theater play “Sisters from Other Misters” in Los Angeles.
• She played Sasha Red in “You Can Only Blink One”, which was released in the U.S. on May 1, 2024.
• On June 15, 2025, she represented the Peruvian community of the U.S. at Miss Peru 2025 and competed against 38 other candidates at Qorikancha in Cusco, Peru. She won the title.
• On November 21, 2025, she represented Peru at Miss Universe 2025 and competed against 119 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. She was unplaced.