Remembered for her photo spreads for the French version of Elle magazine and for the Russian and Polish editions of Vogue, this Soviet-born fashion model tragically committed suicide shortly before her twenty-first birthday.
She rose to fame in the early 2000s after being photographed for an article in All Asia magazine about a German language organization in her hometown. A Models 1 scout who saw the image contacted the fifteen-year-old Korshunova and signed her to the modeling agency's roster.
She spoke several languages, including Kazakh, Russian, German, and English.
Her father passed away during her early childhood years, and she and her brother Ruslan were raised by their mother Valentina Kutenkova.
She worked as a print model for designer Vera Wang's lingerie line.
