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By Nancy Schimelpfening, About.com Guide to Depression since 1998

Supermodel Dies in Fall

Tuesday July 1, 2008

Supermodel Ruslana Korshunova fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building on Saturday, prompting speculation that it had been a suicide.

The 20-year-old cover model died around 2:30 p.m. in a fall from a building on Water Street, in Manhattan's Financial District, The New York Post reported.

Originally from the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, Korshunova had modeled for such designers as Marc Jacobs, Nina Ricci and DKNY. British Vogue called her as "a face to be excited about" in 2005.

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Comments

July 2, 2008 at 8:17 am
(1) Diane Davis says:

I don’t believe this was an accident. Didn’t another young woman (fall) to her death recently in N.Y.?

July 2, 2008 at 2:02 pm
(2) D.J. from Huntington Bch. Ca. says:

Was there a suicide note ? There wasn’t one mentioned. The girl was only 20 and beautiful. Her future in front of her. From all outward appearances everything looked fine.

It looks suspicious, most likely the Russian mafia.

July 2, 2008 at 4:33 pm
(3) SinHsv says:

The people who seem to have the perfect lives, and have looks, money and a “great future” . . . are very often the ones who are in the worst pain.

July 3, 2008 at 6:30 pm
(4) mdf says:

Assumptions make an ass(out of).u(&).me (assume). I’ll wait for the final official word.

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