Melody Gersbach, Binibining Pilipinas International 2009

Filipino-German beauty Melody Adelaide Manuel Gersbach has been crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2009 on March 07, 2009 and will represent the Philippines in the 49th Miss International pageant happening on November 2009 in Macau, China.

Melody, 23, stands 5'7", hails from Daraga, Albay in the Bicol Region

A Management graduate at the University of Asia and the Pacific, Melody currently manages a family business (a restaurant) in Bicol.

FINAL Q&A:

Question: Do people think you're not intelligent just because you're beautiful?

Answer: Well for me... beauty is not only the physical...It is beauty of the intellect, beauty of our...insights. And I see that...people misjudge those who are beautiful. We are beautiful within which shines through, for myself, through a beautiful smile. Thank you.

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Melody is also the reigning Mutya ng Magayon 2008 and Miss Bicolandia 2008.

The Mutya ng Magayon pageant was held in April 2008 while Miss Bicolandia happened during the Peñafrancia Festival last September 2008. That means, Melody has won three titles in less than a year.

It took 10 years for a Bicolana beauty to snatch a Binibining Pilipinas title once again after Miriam Quiambao in 1999.

Melody as Miss Bicolandia 2008.


Melody in Mutya ng Magayon Festival 2008.