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Vogue Model Dies in Fall From New York Building

by Amy Judd | June 28, 2008 at 08:30 pm

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A European Vogue cover model fell to her death on Saturday night from her Manhattan apartment building.

Reports are calling it an apparent suicide.

Ruslana Korshunova, 20, died around 2:30 p.m. in a fall from a building on Water Street, in Manhattan's Financial District, The New York Post, the Daily News and Newsday reported. The newspapers cited unnamed officials and police.

Police said the fall was under investigation. Korushnova's New York agency and a spokeswoman for medical examiners did not immediately return telephone messages.

Originally from the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, the almond-eyed, flowing-haired Korshunova appeared in advertisements and on runways for such designers as Marc Jacobs, Nina Ricci and DKNY. British Vogue hailed her as "a face to be excited about" in 2005.

Her break came when modeling booker Debbie Jones noticed her while perusing an in-flight magazine article about Korushnova's hometown of Almaty, according to the Vogue report.

"She looked like something out of a fairytale!" Jones told the magazine. "We had to find her and we searched high and low until we did!"

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master_jim2008

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at 21:03 on June 28th, 2008

amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff. i put up 2 pics of her (yvw) but only one is showing up so far

master_jim2008

at 21:03 on June 28th, 2008

and just after i said that, there's pic#2 lol

master_jim2008

at 21:16 on June 28th, 2008

First Name:Ruslana Last Name:Korshunova Nationality:Kazakhstani Ethnicity:Russian Hair Color:Blonde Eye Color:Green Date of Birth:July 2 1987 Place of Birth:Almaty, Kazakhstan Height:5'8.5" ; 174cm Measurements:(US) 32-23-34 ; (EU) 85-58-87 Dress Size:(US) 4 ; (EU) 34 Shoe Size:(US) 8 ; (EU) 39

Jordan Yerman

at 08:36 on June 29th, 2008

While many outlets are reporting the incident as a suicide, some locals beg to differ:

But a bystander told The New York Post: "I heard what sounded like a gunshot or a bomb or an explosion.

"I looked down the street, and I say to the cop, "Did that person just get hit by a car?"' said an electricity company worker, who identified himself only as Patrick, 32, of Brooklyn.

HJP

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at 09:02 on June 29th, 2008

amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff.

lisam3

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at 09:25 on June 29th, 2008

amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff.

sweet east pearl

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at 16:29 on June 29th, 2008

amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff.

ec yew

at 17:17 on June 29th, 2008

Very sad indeed.

master_jim2008

at 21:33 on June 29th, 2008

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Ruslana Korshunova, the 20-year-old supermodel whose face graced the cover of Vogue, committed suicide on Saturday when she fell from her ninth floor apartment in New York's financial district, according to the medical examiner's office. The cause of death was blunt impact injuries, the office said.

cnn posted the ruing 8 min ago

rpshen

at 15:16 on June 30th, 2008

This is so sad. Her career is going great. Why did this happen? Could substances be involved? I'm very curious.

Albert Milliron

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at 21:22 on June 30th, 2008

amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff. This is the second death of a model I have heard in recent months. The last was in France. Sounds like police should look at both to rule out foul play