Sunday, June 29, 2008

Suicide Jumping: Not Just For NYU Students Anymore

What oh what could make this beautiful 20 year old supermodel off herself?

I'm dumbfounded and it seems that her friends are too, but Russian model, Ruslana Korshunova, is believed to have leapt to her death from the balcony of her Downtown NYC apartment building yesterday afternoon. She would have been 21 on July 2. Source

In other celebrity gossip:
During Wenner's recent appearance on "The Charlie Rose Show," Rose questioned him regarding sales of Rolling Stone to Conde Nast getting rumors swirling. An industry rep from Conde Nast stated that it wasn't the Wenner founded Rolling Stone they wanted, but much more valuable US Weekly as it would "make perfect sense for Conde Nast to buy." Seems like Wenner is looking to make bucks ($750 million according to the NY Post) to keep his baby afloat in times of crisis, perhaps? If Jann Wenner is downsizing and conserving, how bad off are the rest of us? Yikes! If you're ever in midtown or the financial district, look out for flying dudes in business suits-- and models too, I guess.

3 comments:

shea said...

the window leaping chick was with my agency. it's not dumbfounding at all...unfortunately. she was in paris before ny and was miserable. completely fed up with castings and all the other bullshit that comes with this world (it sounds trivial when i write it, but there are things that go on in this industry that are quite brutal). anyway. talking to people who talked to her right before she jumped - apparently everyone around her was telling her to keep "her head up" and "everything would be fine." nothing was "fine" to her, i guess.

Anonymous said...

now there are conspiracies saying she was pushed/thrown... i mean how did she end up almost in the middle of the sidewalk FACE UP? at least one of the nyu kids 4 yrs ago hit the deck on the lower level (apparently there is one at that building. still sad either way

thehistoryofmyfuture said...

you know, beyond any stresses she may have had in life, I know people can just become depressed for no real reason. I wasn't REALLY very shocked. we never know how people are really feeling on the inside. it is a true shame.