In the last class I promised Fabio to post something at the blog, so here I am. I had planned to write something about my trip this year to Chile and Bolivia and to post some photos but, last week, I was searching something through Google when a page, somehow related to my search, caught my attention.
It was a page about the Kazakhstan supermodel Ruslana Korshunova, photographed for the cover of the french magazine Elle in November, 2005, when she was only 17, and star of several ad campaigns (Kenzo, Moschino, Vera Wang, etc.). In June 2008, at the age of 20, beatiful, rich and famous, she jumped to death from the balcony of her ninth-floor Manhattan apartment in a suicide.
In Kazakhstan, her mother said the suicide was "completely unexpected". "She's had her ups and downs but never anything that would lead to suicide. I never heard of her being depressed. Maybe a year ago, when she wanted to change agencies", the mother told the Post.
Some suspicions were raised about some pills found in her apartment and if a drug like Prozac could have led her to commit suicide. Perhaps our class mate Giovanni, who is a psychiatrist, can talk to us a little about this.
The Fox network television has been too much criticized for showing a video where the dead body of Korshunova can be seen on the pavement, with blood across her face. If you like, you can see the video at http://gabbybabble.celebuzz.com/2008/06/geraldo-rivera-talks-about-supermodel.html
One of her friends posted a beatiful video at YouTube where you can see how gorgeous she was (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9miBm7h-1XY&feature=related)
The whole stuff made me reflect on how complex can the human being be, and how, sometimes, someone seen from some distance, may seem a model of beauty and happiness and, nevertheless, from short distance may be the most miserable of creatures.
Fabio, please, correct my written English.
See you people on Wednesday.
Jonas
