Disastrous beauty: 10 models who paid with their lives for their attractiveness

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

10 years ago, on June 28, 2008, the Russian model Ruslana Korshunova passed away under mysterious circumstances. Her career was very successful, she worked in European capitals and lived in New York. And 4 days before her 21st birthday, she was found dead under the windows of her Manhattan apartment. Unfortunately, the fates of models often develop tragically, and they often find themselves hostages and victims of their beauty …

Since childhood, the Polish model Agnieszka Kotlarska was distinguished by her bright beauty and earned her first titles in her school years, participating in city competitions. At the age of 17, she began a modeling career, and at 19 she became the winner of the Miss Poland contest. In 1991, Agnieszka became a beauty queen at the Miss International Fashion Model Contest in Japan. She took part in shows and photo shoots of world famous fashion houses, often appeared on the covers of magazines.

She had many fans, but one of them was especially persistent. The 36-year-old programmer was on duty under the windows of her house, bombarded with letters and made phone calls. This went on for 6 years, and after the model got married, tragedy struck. The rejected admirer attacked her husband in the street with a knife, and then stabbed Agnieszka as well. The husband escaped with a wound in the leg, and the girl died. The court sentenced the offender to 14 years in prison.

In 2013, the fashion world was shocked by the tragic death of Laina Keza, a Rwandan native, winner of the Miss Africa title. The 29-year-old model was found stabbed to death in her London apartment.

The murderer turned out to be her roommate, the father of her 3-year-old daughter Laina. A few days before the tragedy, the girl told him that she wanted to end the relationship with him, as she was tired of constant scenes of jealousy. During another quarrel, a man attacked her with a knife in front of his daughter.

The intention to part with her lover became the cause of the violent death of both British model and actress Kadamba Simmons. In 1998, she was strangled by a young man out of jealousy. The girl was only 24 years old. For the crime committed, the killer received a life sentence.

In 2014, Venezuelan beauty queen Monica Speer was assassinated. She won the title of "Miss Venezuela" at the age of 20, at the age of 25 she represented her country at the Miss Universe contest in Bangkok, then began acting in TV series. And at the age of 29 she was shot. Together with her husband and daughter, they were driving a car, a tire flattened on the road, they had to stop. As it turned out, the robbers scattered sharp objects on the highway: they riddled the model and her husband with bullets and stole an expensive car. The murder of the beauty queen caused a great resonance in the country, the President of Venezuela even spoke about it on television.

"Miss Honduras" Maria Jose Alvarado also died a violent death. By the age of 19, she became the beauty queen of her country and was preparing for the Miss World pageant. Shortly before it began, the girl disappeared, and soon her sister's boyfriend confessed to the crime: at a party after a quarrel with a girl out of jealousy, he fired 12 bullets at her, and then noticed that Maria was an involuntary witness of this, and decided not to leave her in alive. As a sign of grief and respect for the one who died in 2014, it was decided not to send another participant to the Miss World contest.

Irish beauty queen Michaela McArivy in 2011got married and went on a honeymoon trip to Mauritius. One day during dinner, she decided to go into the room. There were hotel employees who entered there with the aim of robbery. According to the investigation, frightened, they dragged the girl into the bathroom and strangled her. However, the guilt of the criminals was never proven - it was not possible to collect a sufficient amount of evidence.

In the 1990s. in Russia, beauty queens often became victims of criminal showdowns. Thus, two finalists of the Miss Russia 1996 contest, Alexandra Petrova and Svetlana Kotova, contacted local authorities and were killed by bandits. Petrova was shot on the eve of her 20th birthday, Kotova was strangled at 22.

The Indian model Raudu Atif was recognized all over the world in 2014 thanks to photography in the Maldives. Her eyes of incredible color seemed to reflect both the sky and the ocean. And two years later, the beauty appeared on the cover of Indian Vogue, after which she was named one of the most promising models. Rauda combined her modeling career with studying at a medical university - in the future she dreamed of becoming a doctor.

But her dreams were not destined to come true: on March 31, 2017, her body was found in a dorm room. According to the official version, the model hanged herself. The door was locked from the inside, there were no traces of a violent death on the body. None of her acquaintances still can believe in the version of suicide - everyone unanimously says that the girl was cheerful and cheerful, besides, her career was very successful. The reasons for her death still remain a mystery.

The official reason for the death of a Russian model, a native of Kazakhstan Ruslana Korushnova in New York was suicide. Allegedly, the girl fell out of the window of her apartment. However, relatives still do not believe in this version and put forward their assumptions: Short life and mysterious departure of top model Ruslana Korshunova.