 In 2005, Humphries was cast in ABS-CBN's Reality Loveteam Search "Qpids" in 2005, where she and her loveteam partner Janus del Prado emerged as the "Qpids" Voter's Choice for receiving the most votes from viewers through phone calls and SMS text messages.Qpids was where the stage name "Carla Humphries-Loren" was first used, with the intent to eventually transition her stage name to "Carla Loren" ostensibly to improve her name recall among Filipino viewers.After "Qpids", however, Humphries continued to be credited as "Carla Humphries."