- Ruslana Korshunova
Infobox Model
name = Ruslana Korshunova
imagesize = 230px
caption =
birthname =
birthdate = birth date|1987|7|2
location = Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR,Soviet Union
deathdate = death date and age|2008|6|28|1987|7|2
deathplace =Manhattan ,New York ,United States
occupation =Fashion model
height = height|m=1.74
haircolor = Blonde
eyecolor = Green
measurements = 84-61-86 (EU), 33-24-34 (US)
weight =
dress size = 34 (EU), 4 (US), 6 (UK)
shoesize = 40 (EU), 9 (US), 6.5 (UK)
agency =
alias = RussianRapunzel
spouse =
homepage =Ruslana Sergeevna Korshunova ( _ru. Руслана Сергеевна Коршунова) (
July 2 ,1987 –June 28 ,2008 ) was aKazakhstan i model.cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/ruslana_korshunova |title=Profile of fashion model Ruslana Korshunova |accessdate=2007-12-11 |date=2005-02-10 |publisher=Fashion Model Directory]Biography
Early life and career
Ruslana Korshunova was born in Alma-Ata,
Kazakh SSR ,cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=23447 |title=A FACE TO BE EXCITED ABOUT |accessdate=2007-12-11 |date=2005-02-10 |publisher=vogue.co.uk] and was of Russian descent. Her father, Sergey Korshunov, died in 1992 when she was 6 years old. Her mother, Valentina (née Kutenkova) and her brother, Ruslan, live inKazakhstan . She spoke fluent Russian, English and German.cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/ruslana_korshunova |title=Profile of fashion model Ruslana Korshunova |accessdate=2007-12-11 |date=2005-02-10 |publisher=Fashion Model Directory] She was discovered in 2003, when "All Asia" magazine printed a story on Almaty's local German language club, which Korshunova was then attending. Her photograph, which was featured in the article, caught the attention of Debbie Jones ofModels 1 ; Jones tracked down and signed up the then 15-year-old Korshunova,cite news |first=Paul |last=McNamara |coauthors=Xana O'Neill, Carrie Melago |title=Russian supermodel with 'fairytale' beauty, age 20, plummets to her death |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/06/28/2008-06-28_russian_supermodel_with_fairytale_beauty.html |publisher=Daily News |location=New York |date=2008-06-29 |accessdate=2008-06-29 |quote=The nearly 5-foot-9 model's interest in German led to her discovery in 2003. A journalist from All Asia magazine visited her German language club and featured her photo in a story, according to an article in Continent, a Kazakh magazine.] who was nicknamed the RussianRapunzel for her long knee length chestnut hair in her early work.cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/06292008/news/regionalnews/supermodels_death_plunge_117767.htm |title=SUPERMODEL'S DEATH PLUNGE |accessdate=2008-07-01 |date=2008-06-30 |publisher=New York Post] cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/06/30/2008-06-30_camera_loved_russian_rapunzel_from_first.html |title=Camera loved 'Russian Rapunzel' from first shoot, photographer says |date=2008-07-01 |accessdate=2008-07-03 |publisher=New York Daily News ]Korshunova was represented by IMG (
New York ,Paris ,London andMilan ),cite web |url=http://www.imgmodels.com/details.asp?ar=3404&im=&sl=&modelid=164279&agencyid=9050&sexid=2&careerid=1&subnameid=3403 |title=Ruslana |accessdate=2007-12-11 |publisher=IMG Models ] Beatrice (Milan), Traffic Models (Barcelona ), Marilyn Models and iCasting Moscow, which was her mother agency. Korshunova modeled for the covers ofElle (France ),Vogue (Poland ) and Vogue (Russia ). She also modeled in print-ads for Blugirl by Blumarine, Clarins, Ghost, Girbaud, Kenzo Accessories, Marithé & François, Max Studio, Moschino, Old England, Pantene Always Smooth, Paul Smith and Vera Wang lingerie. [ [http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Ruslana_Korshunova Ruslana Korshunova] Fashion Model Directory.com. Retrieved onJune 29 ,2008 .]Death
On
June 28 ,2008 at around 2:30 p.m., Korshunova died after falling from the ninth-floor balcony of her apartment at 130 Water Street inManhattan 's Financial District. Police stated there were no signs of a struggle in her apartment and concluded that Korshunova's death is an apparentsuicide , although no suicide note was found.cite news |first=Veronika |last=Belenkaya |coauthors=Oren Yaniv |title=Model Ruslana Korshunova will be buried in Moscow Monday |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/07/06/2008-07-06_model_ruslana_korshunova_will_be_buried_.html |publisher=Daily News |location=New York |date=2008-07-06 |accessdate=2008-07-07 ] cite web|url=http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Kazah_Model_Ruslana_Korshunova_Dies_In_Apparent_Suicide_19654.html |title=Kazah Model Ruslana Korshunova Dies In Apparent Suicide |accessdate=2008-06-29 |date=2008-06-29 |publisher=] [cite news|title=Death of model officially ruled suicide|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyjump0630,0,648579.story|publisher=New York Newsday |author=Steve Ritea|date=2008-06-29|accessdate=2008-06-30]One of Korshunova's friends stated that she had just returned from a modeling gig in
Paris , noting that she seemed to be "on top of the world" with no apparent reason why she would commit suicide. Korshunova's former boyfriend, Artem Perchenok, stated that he dropped Korshunova off at her apartment several hours before her death after they watched theDemi Moore film "Ghost" together. [cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2218274/Ruslana-Korshunova-plunges-to-her-death-in-New-York.html|title=Ruslana Korshunova plunges to her death in New York |accessdate=2008-06-29 |date=2008-06-30 |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk] "She was a good person," he told "The New York Post ". However, she appeared brokenhearted and angry in some of her postings on a social networking site. Korshunova's most telling message came in March 2008: "I'm so lost. Will I ever find myself?"" [cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/06/28/2008-06-28_models_web_rants_pined_for_love.html|title=Model's Web rants pined for love |accessdate=2008-06-29 |date=2008-06-29 |publisher=NY Daily News]Vladislav Novgorodtsev, Korshunova's
life coach , described Korshunova as heartbroken, lonely, and homesick.cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title=Report: Model Who Jumped Depressed Over Married Moscow Man |url=http://www.wnbc.com/news/16778444/detail.html?rss=ny&psp=news |publisher=WNBC |location=New York |date=2008-07-03 |accessdate=2008-07-03 ] According to statements made to the media by Novgorodtsev, Korshunova revealed to him that she was suicidal in the past, having tried to kill herself using various methods at least five times before, beginning when she was 15 years old.cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title=Report: Model Who Jumped Depressed Over Married Moscow Man |url=http://www.wnbc.com/news/16778444/detail.html?rss=ny&psp=news |publisher=WNBC |location=New York |date=2008-07-03 |accessdate=2008-07-03 ] In January and February 2008, she visited the Roza Mira Training Center in Moscow. Novgorodtsev revealed that Korshunova had once confessed to him she was in love with a young man from Moscow, but that nothing could come from the relationship because he was married.cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title=Report: Model Who Jumped Depressed Over Married Moscow Man |url=http://www.wnbc.com/news/16778444/detail.html?rss=ny&psp=news |publisher=WNBC |location=New York |date=2008-07-03 |accessdate=2008-07-03 ] Further, Korshunova was also having financial troubles and was asking friends for $400 ten days before jumping to her death.cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title=Report: Model Who Jumped Depressed Over Married Moscow Man |url=http://www.wnbc.com/news/16778444/detail.html?rss=ny&psp=news |publisher=WNBC |location=New York |date=2008-07-03 |accessdate=2008-07-03 ]On
July 7 ,2008 , Korshunova was buried atKhovanskoye Cemetery inMoscow .cite news |first=Elena |last=Sheremetova |title=Ruslana Korshunova buried at Khovanskoye Cemetery in Moscow |url=http://www.kp.ru/daily/24125.5/347037/ |publisher=Komsomolskaya Pravda |location=Moscow |date=2008-07-07 |accessdate=2008-07-21 |language=Russian |quote=Как мы уже рассказывали, поначалу предполагалось, что модель похоронят на Митинском кладбище - этот вопрос обсуждался еще в Америке во время прощания с Русланой. Однако уже в Москве все "перерешили" – место для могилы «Русской русалки» выбрали на Хованском кладбище.] Her mother stated to Russian newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda ", that the Russian capital was one of her daughter's favorite cities and that " [She] would want her beloved Moscow to be her last resting place."cite news |first=Veronika |last=Belenkaya |coauthors=Oren Yaniv |title=Model Ruslana Korshunova will be buried in Moscow Monday |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/07/06/2008-07-06_model_ruslana_korshunova_will_be_buried_.html |publisher=Daily News |location=New York |date=2008-07-06 |accessdate=2008-07-07 ] [cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title=Heartbreak drove Kazakh supermodel to suicide|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/hollywood/top-stories/scoop/2008/ruslana-heartbreak-caused-suicide-040708.html |publisher=Entertainment.OneIndia.in |location=India|date=2008-07-05 |accessdate=2008-07-04 ]References
External links
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* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-ruslana-korshunova-080630-ht,0,5643244.story Ruslana Korshunova's death ruled a suicide]
* [http://www.ruslanamemorialfund.org/ Ruslana Korshunova Memorial Foundation established by Ruslana's relatives and friends]Persondata
NAME= Korshunova, Ruslana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Fashion model
DATE OF BIRTH=July 2 ,1987
PLACE OF BIRTH= Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR,Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH=June 28 ,2008
PLACE OF DEATH=Manhattan ,New York ,United States
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