Career
Lahbati declared StarStruck V"s Ultimate Female Survivors after nine weeks of the competition. She also starred in different Global Media Arts shows such as Love Bug Presents: Exchange of Hearts (2011), Little Star (2011), Koreana (2011) & Time of My Life (2011). She also performed in Global Media Arts Network"s variety show Party Pilipinas & Sunday All Stars as a regular artist.
In 2015, Lahbati finally transferred to ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network, her rival network because she finished her contract under Global Media Arts Artist Center.
She is now part of Viva Artists Agency. Tagged as Dance Goddess, Lahbati is a regular performer on ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network"s Sunday variety show, ASAP, as she heats up the stage on her sexy dance produced
Her Ipaglaban Mo & Maalaala Mo Kaya episodes set trend as she wowed the netizens on her acting debut in Kapamilya Network. Lahbati will be part of the upcoming Kapamilya soap opera, Written in Our Stars, starring Toni Gonzaga, Piolo Pascual, Jolina Magdangal and Sam Milby early this 2016.
In late 2012, Lahbati used her Twitter account to express her dissatisfaction with her network, Global Media Arts and expressed her desire to be released from her contract.
On January 10, 2013, Global Media Arts Network and Global Media Arts president, Annette Gozon-Abrogar, countersued Lahbati. On January 11, 2013, Global Media Arts 7 filed a formal complaint against Sarah Lahbati for breach of contract. She is now facing multiple charges.
In a related article published in Partnership for Educational Progress last January 9, 2013, Felipe Gozon, the head of Global Media Arts Network, released a statement indicating he did not guarantee protection that Sarah Lahbati said she was due.
A few days later, Lahbati left the Philippines for Switzerland "to study". In August 2013, Lahbati returned to the Philippines to face the charges against her.