Ruslana Korshunova, a 20-year-old supermodel born in Kazakhstan, fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building on Saturday afternoon in what appears to be a suicide.

According to the local media reports and police sources, there are witnesses who saw Ruslana Korshunova plunge from a ninth-floor balcony in the building where she had an apartament.

It is unknown if anyone had been in her Water Street condo or if she left a suicide note. According to the witnesses, the incident occurred around 2:30 p.m.

One of her friends, who have spoken with The New York Post said that Ruslana Korshunova had just returned from a modeling gig in Paris. He noted that she seemed to be "on top of the world" and there is no apparent reason why she would commit suicide.

Ruslana Korshunova was born on July 2, 1987 in Almaty the largest city of the former Soviet republic Kazakhstan. According to her biography from Fashion Model Directory, Debbie Jones, the senior booker at Models 1, a London-based modeling agency, discovered Ruslana Korshunova in 2003. She quickly became famous for her long hair and her fairytale look.

"I saw her by chance and she looked like something out of a fairytale! [..] She's really incredible with feline features and timeless beauty," said Debbie Jones in a Vogue profile about Ruslana published in 2005.

Ruslana Korshunova was represented by IMG modeling agency in New York, Paris, London and Milan. She appeared on the cover of the French magazine Elle in 2005 and on the cover of Vogue in Russia and Poland.

The city police, quoted by Newsday, said that there was no sign of struggle in Korshunova’s condo, but an investigation is underway.

A spokesperson of IMG has spoken with the Daily News. "We're shocked and our heart goes out to her family," she said, but declined to comment further.