Melody Gersbach

Melody Adelheid Manuel Gersbach (November 18, 1985 – August 21, 2010) was a Filipino-German model and beauty pageant titleholder.

She was the second Bicolana beauty to hold a Binibining Pilipinas International title, the other one being the fellow Albayanon Georgina Anne de la Paz Sandico in 1999.

Gersbach represented the Philippines in the 49th Miss International 2009 pageant in November 2009 in Macau, China, where she placed among the Top 15 Semi-Finalists.

[3] Gersbach died in a car accident around 11 a.m. on August 21, 2010, when the Toyota Innova she was traveling in collided head-on with a Raymond passenger bus in Barangay Pawili in Bula, Camarines Sur.

Gersbach, her makeup artist Alden Orense, and her driver, Santos Ramos Jr., were all killed in the accident, and several bus passengers were injured.