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Model Ruslana Korshunova Dead at Age 20
A model who had been featured on the covers of European editions of Elle and Vogue magazines fell to her death from a Manhattan building Saturday in an apparent suicide, New York City police said.
Ruslana Korshunova, 20, known for her distinctive long hair and green eyes, was killed in a fall onto busy Water Street at 2:30 p.m. outside the condo building in the Financial District where she lived.
It appeared Korshunova fell from the balcony of her ninth-floor apartment, police said.
Investigators still were investigating the circumstances of the fall Saturday evening. It was unclear if anyone else was in the apartment at the time of the fall, police said.
The city medical examiner is to determine the cause of death.
Korshunova was originally from Kazakstan, a former Russian republic, according to published reports. Since 2003, she had appeared on the covers of European editions of Elle and Vogue magazines, and in ads for DKNY, Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs and other companies.
Korshunova was represented in New York by IMG Models, a top-tier international agency that lists supermodels Kate Moss and Heidi Klum among its clients as well as many Hollywood and sports celebrities.
An IMG representative confirmed Saturday that Korshunova was a client but declined to comment further.
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