Career
Gersbach, then aged 23, was crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2009 on March 7, 2009. 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 Mission International 2009 pageant on November 2009 in Macau, China, where she placed among the top 15 semifinalists.
Gersbach was also one of the pageant coaches along with Stella Marquez-Araneta who help choose the wardrobe for Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010, Venus Raj.
Shortly before her death, Gersbach said she told Raj "to relax and enjoy the Mission Universe pageant."
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 passenger bus in Barangay Pawili in Bula, Camarines Sur. Police said, "the bus was trying to avoid a tricycle when it collided with a Toyota Innova".
Gersbach, her makeup artist Alden Orense, and her driver, Santos Ramos Junior., were all killed in the accident, and several bus passengers were injured. Gersbach was supposed to attend Mississippi
Bicolandia Executive Committee meeting for Mississippi
Bicolandia 2010 at the Avenue Hotel in Naga City. Her remains were brought to the Heritage Park in Taguig City, Metro Manila, for a week. She was buried at the Holy Mary Memorial Park in Angeles City, Pampanga, where she grew up, following a funeral Massachusetts
