She joined the Binibining Pilipinas competition in 2010 (Miss Philippines). She won the competition and was awarded "Best in Swim Suit" and "Best in Talent". She was invited by
Julio Iglesias to join him on his world tour as a special guest performer that would sing and dance before sell-out crowds in the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, and even back in her own native United States. Krista self-produced her debut album entitled
Feels So Good'. She represented herself to labels and locked in multiple distribution deals for her project (Universal Records in the Philippines and Warner Music Group in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei). ==Notes==