RP vies for fourth Miss Int’l title
By ROBERT R. REQUINTINA
Bb. Pilipinas-International Melody Aldelheid Manuel Gersbach leaves this Thursday for Chengdu, China to compete in the 49th edition of the Miss International beauty pageant later this month.
If Gerbach wins the contest, she will be the fourth Filipino to win the title since the pageant started in 1968. The grand coronation night will be held on November 28.
The Miss International beauty contest is one of the prestigious pageants where many Filipino candidates have either placed as runner-up or semifinalist.
Last year’s bet, Patricia Fernandez, was named one of 12 semifinalists.
Others won the Best in National Costume Award.
At the send-off party held at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Gerbach said that she hopes to bring back the title once again to the Philippines. She asked her supporters to pray for her success in the contest.
Gerbach, 23, is half Filipino, half German who stands 5’6’’ tall. She measures 34-24-34. She hails from Albay in Bicol. She is a management graduate of the University of Asia and the Pacific who also keeps herself busy as the OIC and manager of her family’s restaurant business in Legaspi. She keeps an interest on online marketing.
During her spare time, she dabbles in drawing and keeps some of her most precious memories in a scrapbook, a hobby that gives her great pleasure.
Other Filipinos who won in the same contest were Aurora Pijuan (1970), Mimilanie “Melanie” Marquez (1979), and Precious Quigaman (2005).
Source: Manila Bulletin
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Philippines won 4 times in the Miss International Pageant. 1964, 1970, 1979, 2005
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