Its been exactly 235 days since the beautiful Ruslana Kurshunova died. Ruslana a 20 year-old Russian supermodel, was 5'8'' with long blond flowing hair and emerald green eyes. Kurshunova plummeted to her death in an apparent suicide, from her ninth floor apartment in Manhattan. The model apparently jumped to her death into the middle of Water St. around 2:30pm.
Steve Metzger, a witness, said “All I saw was something moving out of the corner of my eye, and then boom. It sounded like a bass drum when she hit the ground,” he said. “She was a pretty girl.”
Steve Metzger, a witness, said “All I saw was something moving out of the corner of my eye, and then boom. It sounded like a bass drum when she hit the ground,” he said. “She was a pretty girl.”
“I turned around just as she was about 3 feet off the ground and then, boom, she hit,” said witness Ahmed Saad, 22, who was running a nearby food cart.
“She’s a very sweet girl. She was always smiling. I've never seen her depressed,” Nakeeb said. Ruslana Korshunova had moved there only two months ago, renting the one-bedroom apartment, he said.
The Russian Rapunzel poured her heart out on a website in the months leading up to her suicide.
Ruslana had written: “Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably,” the beautiful but fragile girl wrote in a poem that said: “And never regret anything that made you smile.”
Korshunova’s most telling message came three months ago: “I’m so lost. Will I ever find myself?”
R.I.P Ruslana Sergeyevna Korshunova (July 2, 1987 – June 28, 2008)
Opinion: Poor girl, such a beautiful woman and to die over something that might not have been that important. Such talent she had, for many catwalk shows she had strutted including covers of French ELLE, Russian versions of Vogue. She also modeled for Ghost, Kenzo Accessories, Max Studio and Moschino. Her expressions on her face never showed any kind of vile emotions in her, may she rest in peace.
