"Everybody saw the beauty, nobody saw the pain".
Ruslana Korshunova was born in Taldykorgan, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, and was of Russian descent. Her father, Sergey Korshunov, died in 1992 when she was 5 years old.Her mother, Valentina (née Kutenkova) and her brother, Ruslan, live in Kazakhstan. She spoke fluent Russian, English and German.
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 of Models 1; Jones tracked down and signed up the then 15-year-old Korshunova,who was nicknamed the Russian Rapunzel for her long knee length chestnut hair in her early work. Korshunova was represented by IMG (New York, Paris, London and Milan), Beatrice (Milan), Traffic Models (Barcelona), Marilyn Models and iCasting Moscow, which was her mother agency. British Vogue hailed Korshunova as "a face to be excited about" in 2005.[citation needed] Korshunova modeled for the covers of French Elle and the Polish and Russian versions of Vogue. 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. She also appeared in a perfume commercial for Nina by Nina Ricci.
Death :
On June 28, 2008 14 am to 30, Korshunova died after have fallen from the balcony of his apartment on the ninth floor of 130 Water Street in the business district Manhattan. The police present note the absence of signs of struggle in the apartment and conclude suicide. Before her death she called her
relatives; Nicole (her friend), his mother, Leonard (Friend), Toomas Arefiev, Artem Perchenok (presumed small
friend) and Carrelyn Watts (who discovered as model). She then left a message on his blog. One of her friends said that Korshunova had just returned from a photo shoot in Paris and it seemed at the top
the world ;, and had no apparent reason to kill himself. ex-boyfriend Korshunova, Artem Perchenok, said has been submitted to her apartment several hours before his death, after watching all the movie Ghost. ;It was a good girl,; he told The New York Post. While Korshunova's death is officially considered a suicide by police, the press June 30 speculates on a mafia assassination.
