Model Ruslana Korshunova Dies In Fall From NYC High-Rise

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posted by choubelle

6/29/08 Report Comment

oh my god, wow that is so sad. I wonder if she was into drugs or developed a seriously unmanageable eating disorder. It looks like she may have. She was stunning, but its definitely not worth it if she was unhappy!! I hate it when models die. It seems that deaths/suicides are on the rise with models. The pressure seems too intense.

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posted by enkha

6/30/08 Report Comment

It's so sad. It just goes to show that our facade doesn't always show others what goes on deep inside.

RIP xx

 

posted by BellaSugar

6/30/08 Report Comment

I'm sad to hear that it indeed was a suicide. I wish she'd been able to get treatment for her depression — she had so many things to live for. Just a sad story all around.

 

posted by GiggleSugar

6/30/08 Report Comment

What a sad story. She must have been very lonely so far away from home. New York City (and the modeling industry) would be a lot for anyone to take.

 

posted by Surferchic95

7/13/08 Report Comment

That is really sad because she was so talented and pretty!
I wonder if it was really suicide...

R.I.P.!!

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UPDATE: The medical examiner's office has ruled the death a suicide.

>> Sad news for the modeling industry today: 20-year-old Ruslana Korshunova fell to her death in an apparent suicide around 2:30 pm Saturday.

Although the fall is still under investigation, the Kazakhstani model known as IMG's "Russian Rapunzel" for her long flowing hair apparently jumped from her ninth-floor apartment in Manhattan's Financial District.  Officials said there were no signs of a struggle in the apartment, where Ruslana had been living for only two months, and the balcony from which she fell had construction netting around it which appeared to have been deliberately ripped.

Ruslana was first discovered in November 2003 by Models 1 booker Debbie Jones, who saw her in an in-flight magazine article about her hometown in Kazakhstan, Almaty: "She looked like something out of a fairytale! We had to find her and we searched high and low until we did! She's really incredible with feline features and timeless beauty."

Since then, Ruslana appeared on the covers of Russian Vogue and French Elle, in ads for Marc by Marc Jacobs, Vera Wang, DKNY, and Christian Dior, and walked in numerous runways for the likes of Marchesa, Libertine, Y-3, Alberta Ferretti and Marc by Marc Jacobs.

A making of video of Ruslana's Nina by Nina Ricci fragrance television ad below.

Three months ago, Ruslana posted online: "I'm so lost. Will I ever find myself?" but Saturday, a friend said that she had just returned from a job in Paris and seemed to be "on top of the world."  Her ex-boyfriend had just dropped her off at her apartment at 5 am that morning, after they watched the movie Ghost. And her best friend, Kira Titeneva avowed: "There's no way she would have killed herself. She loved life so much."  Rest in peace, Ruslana.

A gallery of some of her work below.

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