Death Summary: Ruslana Korshunova fell to her death from the balcony of her ninth-floor apartment in Manhattan. Her death was ruled a suicide after the police discovered no signs of a struggle.

She apparently leapt to her demise at about 2:30pm after watching the Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze film Ghost just several hours earlier with former boyfriend Artem Perchenok.

Korshunova's life coach Vladislav Novgorodtsev told the media that she told him that she had tried to kill herself as many as five times previously.

People close to her described her as broken-hearted, lonely, and homesick. She was 20 years old, and had a birthday coming up a few days later.

Who was Ruslana Korshunova: Nicknamed the Russian Rapunzel, Ruslana Korshunova was a fashion model who had appeared on the covers of French Elle and Russian Vogue.

Though she was of Russian descent, her homeland was Kazakhstan.

She appeared in print advertisements for the following: Blugirl by Blumarine, Clarins, Ghost, Girbaud, Kenzo Accessories, Max Studio, Moschino, Old England, Pantene Always Smooth, Paul Smith and Vera Wang lingerie.

Categories: Fashion.