Slog - Comments on Come From Heaven

Comment by oljb

oljb — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:15:10 -0800

I saw this news story this morning, and the first thing I thought was that Mudede would post a giant picture of her followed by a few cryptic sentences.

I am surprised, however that you didn't hit the angle of the magazine designers tracking her down in Almaty after seeing some random picture of her looking like "something out of a fairy tale".

Comment by Bob

Bob — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:43:22 -0800

No suicide note but they did find some Mudede columns printed out and scattered on her floor.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:52:40 -0800

I bet her reasons were dumb.

Comment by high and bi

high and bi — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:56:48 -0800

there was a slight breeze on her balcony and she fell off... not suicide!

Comment by It's Mark Mitchell

It's Mark Mitchell — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:09:09 -0800

"She looked like something out of a fairytale!" Jones told the magazine, according to AP. "We had to find her and we searched high and low until we did!"

Then we distorted her world view to the point that life was meaningless at twenty!

Awesome!

Comment by LMSW

LMSW — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:11:15 -0800

@1 has it. The important part is

"Her break came when modeling booker Debbie Jones noticed her while perusing an in-flight magazine article about Korshunova's hometown of Almaty, AP cited the Vogue report as saying.

"She looked like something out of a fairytale!" Jones told the magazine, according to AP. "We had to find her and we searched high and low until we did!""

Let's put the pieces together. Debbie Jones knew she could make money exploiting the young woman's looks. From this quote it seems that there was no thought of whether the young woman could handle such a life change. Nor does it seem likely there was any consideration of preparing this model for what she was getting into. It's possible that the woman had a preexisting mindset that would have led to her taking her own life anyway, but how many people think that if Debbie Jones and her employer had not found the woman, the young woman would still be alive.

Comment by Claudia Schiffer's thighs

Claudia Schiffer's thighs — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:51:59 -0800

"...committed suicide on Saturday when she fell from her ninth floor apartment in New York�s financial district..."

They usually commit suicide by going on another pro-Ana inspired diet.