DJ K SWIFT RIP FEMALE DJ TRAGICALLY (DIES IN POOL ACCIDENT)

Gigi Barnett reports the body of 29-year-old Khia Edgerton, also known as "K-Swift," was found Monday morning at her Northeast Baltimore home in the 4300-block of Arizona Avenue. Police say she died of a fractured neck. Her death has been ruled accidental.Fans are in absolute shock. They organized a vigil at the Woodlawn radio station 92Q where K-Swift was a DJ. Messages of mourning could be heard on the airwaves between shows on 92Q Monday after K-Swift's death. She was first put on air by Neke Howse."I have this insight that I can just tell. I just knew she has it, or had it," said Howse.There are now growing questions surrounding her death.They say K-Swift was giving a pool party at her home Sunday night into Monday morning. They're investigating whether or not she consumed alcohol before getting into the pool.Witnesses told police there were several people in the pool when Edgerton jumped in, but none of the swimmers were alarmed when she didn't immediately resurface."I've known her so long, and it just hurts 'cause I'm waiting for her to hit me on Yahoo! to instant message or text me, just walk through the studio doors, and she's not," said K-Swift's best friend DJ Kelson.There were also lifeguards present.
After time had passed and she still didn't surface, they got alarmed and jumped in. They were able to pull her out to the side of the pool. Medics were called and dispatched around 12:20, but no one at the party attempted CPR while they were waiting. When medics got there at around 12:28 a.m., they attempted CPR to no avail. She was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital at 12:42 a.m. where she was pronounced dead.
When police arrived at the house to investigate the pool was very cloudy and the area was dimly lit. Right now, K-Swift's death has been ruled questionable.K-Swift was the co-host of "Off the Hook Radio," heard Monday through Friday from 6-10 p.m. on 92Q. K-Swift began working at Radio One more than 10 years ago as an intern in the programming department. During that time, she held the positions of on-air personality, on-air mixer, and mix show coordinator. "She's going to be truly missed. We love her, and I never realized that I would feel this way for a co-worker that's a family member. We've been together since she was 17-years-old, so it's hard. It's really hard," said DJ Konan. The station's general manager Howard Mazer says finding a replacement will be impossible. "Not only was she great at what she did with mixing and creating her mixtapes, but just her personality was really special. And she was loved by people in Baltimore, really loved by people at the station," said Mazer. Now her studio is empty and her mic silent."This is an incredible loss not only for Radio One, but for the entire community and music industry," said Howse, program director of WERQ. "K-Swift was an incredible talent and human being. Not only am I fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with her for the past 10 years but also to be her friend."
K-Swift's career was not limited to radio broadcasting. K-Swift was a popular night club DJ who was featured at several weekly events in Baltimore. She also owned her own graphics, production and management company, "Club Queen Entertainment".
K-Swift also had very strong ties to the community and loved working with children. She hosted several events for teens every year in addition to hosting many different charity events.
"Her love and passion for everything she did was the key to her success" said Mazer. "She is truly a person that both the radio and music industry will miss."

Ana Carolina Reston (Anorexia Takes her Life)

Ana Carolina Reston (June 4, 1985 – November 15, 2006) was a Brazilian fashion model of part Lebanese heritage.
Reston was born to a middle-class family in Jundiaí, on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. At the age of 13 she began her modeling career after winning a local beauty contest in her hometown. She was represented by renowned modeling agencies such as Ford, Elite and L'Équipe in countries such as China, Turkey, Mexico, and Japan, including prestigious ad campaigns such as Giorgio Armani.
In January 2004 Reston made her first overseas trip to Guangzhou, a Chinese city. While attending a casting call there, she was reportedly informed that she was 'too fat', a criticism, it has been said, that led to her decline into anorexia nervosa.
At the time of her death Reston weighed only 40 kilograms , measured 172 cm (5 feet 8 inches), and had been hospitalized since October 25 for kidney malfunction due to anorexia and bulimia nervosa, which included a diet consisting only of apples and tomatoes. She had a body mass index (BMI) of about 13.4, below the index value of 16 which the World Health Organization considers to be starvation. Her condition became more serious and deteriorated into generalized infection that led to her death at the age of 21.
Reston was the second model reported to die from anorexia-related complications in 2006. Luisel Ramos, a 22-year-old Uruguayan model, suffered a heart attack in August after living on lettuce leaves and Diet Coke for three months.
Ana Carolina Reston was born to a middle class family in Jundiai, on the outskirts of São Paulo. Reston began her modeling career at the age of 13 after winning a local beauty contest in her hometown. She was represented by renowned modeling agencies such as Ford, Elite and L'Equipe in countries such as China, Turkey, Mexico, and Japan, including prestigious ad campaigns such as Giorgio Armani.
Ana was about to fly to Paris for a fashion shows just as she had done numerous times before. Instead, she was urgently hospitalized on October 25 for kidney malfunction due to anorexia nervosa and bulimia, which included a diet of only eating apples and tomatoes. Her condition became more serious and deteriorated into generalized infection that led to her death at the age of 21. At the time of death she weighed just over 80 pounds.
She was the second anorexic model reported to have died in 2006. Luisel Ramos, 22, suffered a heart attack in August after living on lettuce leaves and Diet Coke for three months.
Ana Carolina’s mother has made an emotional appeal for parents to take better care of their aspiring young models.We have just learned that Israeli model Hila Elmalich passed away as a result of anorexia. She died on November 14th, almost exactly one year after Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston lost her battle with the same eating disorder. Reston's death prompted us to launch our 5 Resolutions to Transform the Fashion and Beauty Industries. Today we got another sobering reminder that this work must continue. And we take comfort in the knowledge that we are not alone.Elmalich's friend, fashion photographer and agent Adi Barkan (pictured at right, with a hospitalized Elmalich over two years ago), is raising awareness among Israeli fashion agencies. Over 30 Israeli CEOs have agreed to hire models for their advertisements only after they pass a health.We have also called for health exams, and our own survey showed that both medical professionals and fashion industry professionals agree that of all the proposed recommendations, exams would be the most effective way to protect the health of models. But despite support for the idea, in the U.S. it's still just that--an idea. Other industries have figured it out. There's no reason why the fashion industry can't, too.

"Katy French" (dies after 'cocaine binge')

Katy Ellen French (31 October 1983 – 6 December 2007) was an Irish socialite and model. Born in Basel, Switzerland, she moved with her family to Ireland at two years of age, briefly living in the Sandyford area before settling in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. According to the BBC, "in the space of less than two years, she had become one of Ireland's best-known models and socialites." She collapsed at a friend's house on 2 December 2007 and died on 6 December. A post mortem examination determined that she had suffered brain damage. Traces of cocaine were found in her body. A police investigation into her death is ongoing. Four people were detained for questioning by police on 20 and 21 February 2008.
French attended Alexandra College in Milltown, Dublin from the age of seven. She studied psychology before working for the Assets Modelling Agency. She represented Sony Ericsson and Suzuki, coming to greater acclaim in 2007 as a result of her fiancé, restaurateur Marcus Sweeney, ending their relationship in a very public fashion after French was photographed for a lingerie shoot for the Sunday Independent in his restaurant in January of that year. As a result of this publicity, her image appeared more regularly in daily Irish tabloid newspapers and she made numerous television appearances on shows such as RTÉ's The Podge and Rodge Show in April 2007 and Tubridy Tonight a week before her death.[7] French was known for deliberately courting controversy to promote her career. She claimed that when going to appear on Celebrities Go Wild for the People in Need Telethon that she would bring her vibrator with her.[citation needed] On Tubridy Tonight she spoke of her appearance on Celebrities Go Wild as well as her relationship break up with Sweeney. Mention was also made of her birthday party which she was to celebrate the following week, having missed her birthday due to Celebrities Go Wild. Host Ryan Tubridy was invited to the event. Footage too was shown of the charity single "Down in the Bog" which was to be released as a Christmas single. She once worked for the Irish charity GOAL in Calcutta, India.[8] She wrote a column for Social & Personal magazine.
In an interview with Hot Press's Jason O'Toole,] she revealed that she would consider having an abortion if she became pregnant during the peak of her career, a controversial claim in Ireland where abortion is effectively illegal, and that she loved fur despite being a "massive animal lover". She also aired her religious beliefs (she was a member of the Church of Ireland but also practised Catholicism) and spoke highly of Islam and her Muslim friends saying, "When you read the Koran, you realise that Islam is a beautiful religion".] In the same interview she was asked if she had ever used cocaine and denied ever having done so. Yet in November 2007, French told an Irish tabloid that she had used cocaine in the past,] but had since stopped using it. The week before she died, she celebrated her 24th birthday with celebrity and media friends.
Katy French died on the evening of 6 December 2007 in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in Co. Meath, having collapsed at a friend's house in Kilmessan, County Meath in the early hours of Sunday 2 December. Her death is recognised to have been brought on by the use of illegal drugs. French had admitted using cocaine, although she claimed she hadn't used it in a few years. She was buried in her hometown of Enniskerry, County Wicklow on 10 December. The Taoiseach's aide de camp Captain Michael Tracey attended her funeral.[2] His attendance was criticized because the government was not represented at the funerals of two young men who had died in apparently similar circumstances the week before French's death. In addition, with the circumstances of her death being a cocaine overdose, many thought it inappropriate for any government minister to be represented.
The post mortem revealed that she had suffered brain damage. Traces of cocaine were found in her body.[3] An Garda Síochána have launched an inquiry into her death. Four people were detained for questioning by police in connection with the investigation on 20 and 21 February 2008.

Geetanjali Nagpal - Indain model turned drug addict...became into begger in streets!

NEW DELHI: In the '90s, Gitanjali Nagpal sashayed down the catwalks of Delhi with the likes of Sushmita Sen. A Navy officer's daughter who went to Lady Shri Ram College, she seemed set for a flashbulb career in fashion. On Sunday, they found her living off the streets and spending her nights in parks and temples. And by Monday, she was being hounded by TV cameramen, reporters and do-gooders. Gitanjali's sad story had just taken yet another weird turn. It's a horrifying story of the dark side of glamour: how one false move can send a promising career to a downward spiral of drugs and self-destruction. By her own admission, the ex-Mount Carmel student worked as a maid, spent her nights with men for money to quell her craving for drugs and alcohol and was in the end reduced to a life on the footpath. Gitanjali's estranged husband lives in Germany with her child. And, touchingly, he still waits for her. When Metro Now , TOI's sister newspaper, first spotted her in South Delhi's Hauz Khas village and started taking her photographs, Gitanjali slid the T-shirt down her shoulders like a seasoned model and posed in style. She promised to model even better for a reward: a swim in a five-star hotel. But after the story was published on Monday, Gitanjali was back among the flashbulbs. In an ironical twist, she was chased by TV reporters, shepherded by Delhi Commission for Women and taken in a Qualis first to a police station and then to Vimhans, a hospital that deals with mental health. Gitanjali, still striking with her matted dreadlocks and wearing a black corsette and long skirt that seemed to have all the colours of rainbow, didn't get down from the car. Rather, she abused people who approached her. Three psychiatrists talked to her in the car. They later said she had poor hygiene, had rashes all over and was irritable.
NEW DELHI: Treading the arduous path to recovery after she was found begging on the roads of Delhi almost two months back, ex-model Geetanjali

Nagpal is desperate to meet her son soon. The 32-year-old Nagpal, who is a contemporary of the likes of model-turned-actress Sushmita Sen, has been undergoing treatment for fear psychosis at the VIMHANS Hospital here. Likely to be discharged from hospital after she is produced in court on Saturday, Nagpal is desperate to meet her son Arthur. She expressed her wish to the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) Chairperson Barkha Singh, who met her on Friday. "She is really desperate to meet her son, who she says is in Thailand. Geetanjali said she would soon go to meet him and wants to be with him," Singh told reporters. Nagpal, however, no longer wants to return to her husband Robert Stuempfl for some personal reasons, she said. According to Singh, the ex-model is perfectly normal now and would be produced in a local court on Saturday. "We have decided to move her to Jindal Girls Hostel in Hissar, where she will be staying with her mother for the next four months," Singh said about the rehabilitation plans for Nagpal.
The message by a man to an Indian blogger, claiming he was Robert Stuempfl, former model Gitanjali Nagpal's husband, might have caused a

stir. However, there is still no information on him. Writing to a blogger — Sheetal — Stuempfl, her alleged German husband, said he wanted Gitanjali’s contact details and expressed his desire to be reunited with her. In order to establish his identity he has even posted some of Nagpal’s old photographs with him and their son Arthur — who now lives with Robert — to the blogger. He apparently even posted their marriage certificate and the birth certificate of their son which haven’t been put up on the website. Gitanjali, however, has still not been told about any of these developments. ‘‘She is stable and is doing much better. However, I don’t think she is fit enough to be told about her husband trying to get in touch with her. So far, no one from her family has gotten in touch with me or other members of the medical team treating her. Anyone trying to see Gitanjali should before coming to VIMHANS speak to Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and the police,’’ said Dr Jatinder Nagpal, consultant psychiatrist, VIMHANS, where Gitanjali is currently admitted. Nagpal, added that mental disorders naturally take long to heal and have a very strong chance of resurfacing. "Gitanjali hasn't been under treatment for even a week. It’s important to understand that though her condition has improved, one wrong move could send her spiralling into depression or fits of aggression. She is still very vulnerable," said Nagpal. He also said that Gitanjali hadn’t spoken about meeting any of her family members or friends. Hence, it was unfair to bring up her husband and his desire to get in touch with her, especially since the identity of the man on the blog hadn't even been confirmed. There were rumours that Gitanjali’s mother — who has not tried to contact Gitanjali till now — had come to see her on Sunday, however, the hospital denied this. Meanwhile, DCW said that nobody by the name of Robert Stuempfl had contacted them. "It's a small world and I am sure Gitanjali’s loved ones can easily find a way to get in touch with her. However, nobody from Gitanjali’s family, including her husband, has tried to contact us till now," said Barkha Singh, chairperson, DCW. Singh said that even if someone contacted DCW to get in touch with Gitanjali, they would have to follow a certain procedure before being allowed to meet her. "They would have to seek permission of the doctor treating Gitanjali and more importantly seek permission from Gitanjali herself. Before doing that, they would have to speak to DCW, the police and maybe the magistrate as well," said Singh.

The condition of former ramp model Geetanjali Nagpal, admitted to a hospital here after she was found begging on the streets is improving and doctors have found no symptoms of drug abuse in her. "We haven't found any withdrawal symptoms linked to drug abuse in her. The blood reports also do not indicate anything like that," Nalnish of the Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (VIMHANS) said on Sunday. "Her diet and hygiene are being taken care of and she is also undergoing psychotherapy. Her condition is much better now," the doctor said. Earlier, Nagpal, diagnosed as suffering from fear psychosis, was not talking to people or becoming abusive and irritated. She is calmer now and doctors have started to form a rapport with her. "Still, we are not taking up issues related to her past life with her and only talk about general matters like health conditions and hygiene," Nalnish said. Nagpal, who is under the care of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), was admitted to VIMHANS on September 3 with permission from the metropolitan magistrate at Karkardooma courts. She might remain in the hospital for at least one or two more weeks and the DCW will then decide on where to shift her and her future plans, Nalnish said. "Right now, we are not allowing anybody to meet her as there is a court order. Nobody from her family or any friends have tried to contact us,

Visit any pre-school fancy dress competition and you're sure to see at least one participant dolled up as a beauty queen. Ask any boy-turning-man

working out in the gym who his hero is and John Abraham, biceps and all, will be the likely answer. To say we're glamour struck is an understatement. No surprise, then, that modelling schools are being set up in every bylane, promising to teach you the walk, the attitude and everything else it takes to launch your career in the dazzling world of designer wear, exclusive parties, ramp shows... maybe even a career in the movies. Girl, interrupted: Gitanjali Nagpal was one of the many girls who decided to model for a living. She claims to be a contemporary of Sushmita Sen who, of course, went on to conquer the universe. Today Gitanjali has all the name and fame she ever dreamt of. It has come at the cost of her family, friends, abuse, isolation, poverty and a mind-numbing psychosis. ''It's easy to be taken in by the gloss and glamour but modelling is tough business. If somebody promises you a shortcut to the top, it should set alarm bells ringing instantly,'' says model-turned-actress Urvashi Sharma. ''People are willing to do anything to make it big in the glamour world. The simple truth is, not everybody can be a successful model. And the sooner boys and girls realise this, the better,'' she adds. Originally from Hazaribagh, the leggy Sonalika Sahay went on to become the face of Dior in 2004 and is now a much sought after model. ''Anyone wishing to become a model should give it a try. But this is a high stress business and takes the mickey out of you. It is a full time job and not all about looking pretty. Don't go in dreaming of roses and you won't be disappointed,'' she says. Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, who's making a movie on the underbelly of the fashion world, points out: "Why only fashion? Even the man on the street wants to be famous. And fame is a heady feeling. Most people can't handle it.'' Two lives: The life of Gitanjali Nagpal tells a story that is not one of fame and fortune. Here the spotlight doesn't always shine, the party doesn't rock forever and the faces and figures are far from perfect... Gitanjali's journey is one that began like many others but took a turn to the place of no return somewhere along the way. Friend and Mumbai roommate Sandali Sinha Salaskar remembers Gitu as ''creative and experimental, always doing her own thing and being comfortable with the fact that she was different''. As struggling models hoping to make it big, both girls went looking for that exclusive break. In due course of time, Sandali acted in select movies, then tied the knot with her dream man. Meanwhile, her roomie had found her high somewhere else — on the beaches of Goa, with different men by her side. Her mother and sister have refused to have anything to do with her. Those who have worked with her in her heyday remember Gitanjali's public wildness and are shocked at her private loneliness. As Albert Einstein famously said, ''It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.'' Living on the edge: A hi-stress job where the pressure is on looking good 24x7, coupled with the competition for better shows, contracts, assignments, plus the constant need to 'belong' can make for a dangerous cocktail. Most models switch cities to pursue their career and end up living away from family in their struggling days. Late-night movies, club hopping and getting sloshed can easily become part of their lifestyle. Drugs are easy to source and getting high has nothing to do with alcohol. ''Like in any business, networking is ultra important in ours,'' says a fresher. ''Besides having the height, a good body and great skin, you have to make sure designers and choreographers know and like you. Minus that, it's impossible to establish yourself.'' Smoking is almost a given in the fashionable scheme of things. What starts with bumming cigarettes off others slowly becomes a habit. ''Smoking keeps me slim by killing the hunger pangs,'' says a waif thin model. ''Just step backstage during a show and take a deep breath. The sickly-sweet aroma of hashish is everywhere,'' says a model coordinator. Modelling is a sureshot entry into the world of glitzy parties. ''There you smoke whatever you get. I'd become an instant outcaste if I threw nakhras and refused a smoke,'' says the model. Maybe that's how it started for a well-known model who was the dewy fresh face of a cosmetics giant's campaign. Plum assignments, a supposed movie offer... she had all it took to be India's next glam gal. One thing led to another and somewhere she got into drugs and the downward spiral of her life began. After spending time in rehab in the UK, she came back to Mumbai to start afresh in 2005. By mid-2006, she was back in the UK and is yet to return. The industry is buzzing with gossip that the gorgeous model has not managed to kick her habit yet. Unfortunately, the glam girl gone wrong isn't here to clarify. Come into my parlour: Then, there are the boy toys. These come in many varieties — muscular, lean, dark, fair, taken, available... ''My boyfriend is an aspiring supermodel. If he has to sleep with somebody or fake his sexual preference to get ahead, I'd just write it off as a career move,'' says Gayatri, a fashion design student. It is normal to see a fashion designer or two at most popular gay hangouts. There to scrounge for 'fresh meat', these couturiers can make or break the career of many a young man. ''I worked out, joined a modelling school and got my portfolio done. But when it came to getting a break anywhere, I always drew a blank,'' says a delicious Jat boy. "Then I heard that this particular skinny designer loved beefed-up bodies. I managed to get passes to a party I knew he would attend and caught his attention there. We had a rocking relationship for 10 months, during which I got lots of mileage. After that he replaced me with another model.'' The hunky Jat tried using the contacts he made in those 10 months but failed. He is now a bouncer in a popular club in the Capital. Old timers tell many a story of a now happily married actor who started off as the 'bum boy' of a Delhi designer. The actor was one of India's rare male supermodels — a title that came with the tag of being a certain someone's favourite squeeze. Up for grabs: Let's get one thing clear — this is a two-way street. While nobody in the fashion world denies the presence of a casting couch, there are also enough starry-eyed girls and boys out there who will do just about anything for that big break. ''In the world of fashion, like anywhere else, ultimately only the good ones really succeed. But that definitely doesn't stop the others from trying all ways to get ahead,'' admits Sanjay Kapoor, MD Genesis Colours, which owns the Satya Paul label. ''Somehow the impression that wicked is good has stuck with the fashion industry. Consequently, those who don't have the talent try and use other means to get ahead,'' says Kolkata-based designer Kiran Uttam Ghosh. ''There is huge competition and the supply of models far outnumbers the demand. Girls are willing to go to any length to get ahead,'' reveals a choreographer. And we're not even talking exploitation here. It's all about a proactive choice. ''And why not?'' asks an aspiring model. ''Even if I don't do it, somebody else will.''
Fallen star: Geetanjali Nagpal being taken to the VIMHANS Hospital in Delhi.
New Delhi: Hers is a journey from the glitter of the fashion world to utter destitution.
Found begging on the streets of the capital, ex-model Geetanjali Nagpal now has nowhere to go with her family disowning her and government agencies floundering in finding a shelter for her and taking hours to decide on how to rehabilitate her.
Ms. Nagpal (32), who once walked the ramps for top designers, was found by a photojournalist begging at a market in posh South Delhi on Friday.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) swung into action and took her to the VIMHANS Hospital, where doctors diagnosed her as suffering from fear psychosis and said she had to be hospitalised.
However, the VIMHANS refused to admit her saying a case had to be registered first.
DCW chairperson Barkha Singh took Ms. Nagpal to the Hauz Khas police station. However, the police did not register a case after which the ex-model was taken to the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate.
With her matted hair, dirty clothes and unwashed look, Ms. Nagpal, however, said: “I was only asking, not begging.”

There was some drama outside the hospital as Ms. Nagpal refused to leave the car and go inside for a check-up. Doctors then came to the car and spoke to her.
Daughter of a Navy officer, Ms. Nagpal graduated from Lady Shri Ram College. She left home in 1990 and took to modelling full time. Ms. Nagpal went from Delhi to Mumbai, but her career failed to take off.

It’s not based on Geetanjali, say the makers of Fashion and star Kangana Ranaut following the Delhi Commission of Women
calling for a stay order on the film in the Capital city. It is the big Diwali release for director Madhur Bhandarkar, slated
to hit theatres on October 29.
The DCW’s concern is that Kangana’s character in the film has been based on Geetanjali, a former model found begging on the
streets just over a year ago, in Hauz Khas. She was bedraggled and not quite in a balanced state of mind. The DCW stepped in
and got her treated at VIMHANS. The commission now wants to make sure that the film does not portray the character based on
the ex-model in a negative way. So, Barkha Singh, DCW chairperson, wants to see the film first.
“I got to know about the whole issue only after some media people told me last week,” says Singh. “Once we started probing,
we found a website where Kangana Ranaut has said in an interview that her character in Fashion is based on Geetanjali
Nagpal.”
Singh now wants to find out first-hand. “If it seems that there are objectionable scenes, action will be taken.” She has
faxed her objection to Bhandarkar’s office.
Bhandarkar and Kangana both deny that Geetanjali was the inspiration for the character, Shonali Gujral. Kangana says, “It is
the story of a supermodel who goes through an emotional breakdown and everything.” She contends, “It’s not even loosely
inspired by Geetanjali’s life. When Madhur narrated the character to me, he never referred to anybody — alive or dead. It’s
the story of an individual, but not of anyone specific.”
Says who? “It has nothing to do with Geetanjali Nagpal,” Bhandarakar emphasises. “It’s a movie about models in the fashion
industry. Kangana’s character is an ultra-successful supermodel; I doubt if Geetanjali was a supermodel ever.”
The director adds that there have been numerous stories of the downfall of models and actresses, from India and abroad, so
why harp on Geetanjali? “One has heard of successful models and actresses getting into drugs or going to rehab. Inspiration
can come from anywhere. Moreover, Geetanjali was begging on the streets. My film has no such reference in Kangana’s story.”
The speculation got stronger with the latest promo, which shows Kangana smoking and sitting at a theatre. “It shows her state
of mind. She is lost, [she] is in a trance.”
Asked if Fashion would be shown to the DCW, he says, “As an independent filmmaker, I have the fundamental right to show what
I feel like. Where have these authorities been for a year since I announced the film? I have put a disclaimer at the start
[of the film], saying it’s a work of fiction and has nothing to do with anyone living or dead, or with people connected with
business or the fashion industry.”

Ruslana Korshunova (Suicide or Murder)

Ruslana Korshunova was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, and was of Russian descent. Her father, Sergey Korshunov, died in 1992 when she was 6 years old. Her mother, Valentina (née Kutenkova) and her brother, Ruslan, live in Kazakhstan.[4] She spoke fluent Russian, English and German.[1] She was discovered in 2003, when All Asia magazine printed a story on Almaty's local German language club, which Korshunova was then attending. Her photograph, which was featured in the article, caught the attention of Debbie Jones of Models 1; Jones tracked down and signed up the then 15-year-old Korshunovawho was nicknamed the Russian Rapunzel for her long knee length chestnut hair in her early work.
Korshunova was represented by IMG (New York, Paris, London and Milan), Beatrice (Milan), Traffic Models (Barcelona), Marilyn Models and iCasting Moscow, which was her mother agency. Korshunova modeled for the covers of Elle (France), Vogue (Poland) and Vogue (Russia). She also modeled in print-ads for Blugirl by Blumarine, Clarins, Ghost, Girbaud, Kenzo Accessories, Marithé & François, Max Studio, Moschino, Old England, Pantene Always Smooth, Paul Smith and Vera Wang lingerie.
On June 28, 2008 at around 2:30 p.m., Korshunova died after falling from the ninth-floor balcony of her apartment at 130 Water Street in Manhattan's Financial District. Police stated there were no signs of a struggle in her apartment and concluded that Korshunova's death is an apparent suicide, although no suicide note was found.[8][9][10]
One of Korshunova's friends stated that she had just returned from a modeling gig in Paris, noting that she seemed to be "on top of the world" with no apparent reason why she would commit suicide.[9] Korshunova's former boyfriend, Artem Perchenok, stated that he dropped Korshunova off at her apartment several hours before her death after they watched the Demi Moore film Ghost together.She was a good person," he told The New York Post. However, she appeared brokenhearted and angry in some of her postings on a social networking site. Korshunova's most telling message came in March 2008: "I'm so lost. Will I ever find myself
On July 7, 2008, Korshunova was buried at Khovanskoye Cemetery in Moscow.[13] Her mother stated to Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, that the Russian capital was one of her daughter's favorite cities and that "[She] would want her beloved Moscow to be her last resting place."
Ruslana Korshunova fell from her ninth-storey apartment Photo: AP
The body of model Ruslana Korshunova is taken away by Office of Chief Medical Examiner workers in New York, Saturday June 28 Photo: AP
The 20-year-old, who had appeared on the covers of French Elle and Russian Vogue, poured out her heart in postings on social networking sites.
The Kazakh beauty was found dead outside her Manhattan apartment block on Saturday after apparently leaping from her balcony.
While friends said there had been no signs she had been suicidal, internet postings show swings between euphoria and despair in a series of postings on the theme of love.
In one message three months ago she wrote: "I'm so lost. Will I ever find myself?"
An earlier posting, quoted by the New York Daily News, she wrote: "It hurts, as if someone took a part of me, tore it out, mercilessly stomped all over and threw it out." One cryptic entry in March reads: "My dream is to fly. Oh, my rainbow it is too high."
Other postings revealed anger. In March she wrote: "I'm a bitch. I'm a witch. I don't care what you say ... I know why my other relationships didn't work out, 'cause I'm unpredictable. "
Her most recent posting, quoted by the New York Daily News, amounted to a virtual discourse on the theme of love.
"Love is the sun, desire – only flash," she wrote.
"Desire dazzles, and the sun gives life."
"Love does not take away from one in order to give to another,"
Police reported no sign of a struggle inside Miss Korshunova's apartment.
But Kira Titeneva, a friend from Korshunova's hometown, said: "There's no way she would have killed herself. She loved life so much."
Another friend said that Miss Korshunova, who was three days shy of her 21st birthday, was "one of the sweetest, nicest people you'll ever meet." He went on: "I'm still in shock. The world lost a great person."
He added she had just returned from a modelling job in Paris and seemed "on top of the world".
"There were no signs. That's what's driving me crazy. I don't see one reason why she would do that."
The 5 ft 8 in, longhair model, would have earned around $5,000 (£2,500) for a catwalk show and had been sending money home to her family in the former Soviet Republic.
Her death is the latest to rock the fashion world, an industry often criticised for the pressures and demands it can place on models.
Over the past two years, a number of South American models have died of suspected malnutrition, prompting international debate about eating disorders and "size zero" models.
But industry observers urged caution in assuming Korshunova's job was to blame for her death.
Zach Eichman, a spokesman for Korshunova's agency, IMG, which also handles Heidi Klum and Kate Moss, said "she was one our very good working models. She did a lot of shows and successful campaigns.
"Everyone I have spoken to is very surprised and the feedback I am getting from people is that there was little indication that there was something troubling her and that she was always very happy."

A former boyfriend, Artem Perchenok, 24, said he dropped Korshunova off at her apartment several hours before her death after they watched the Demi Moore film Ghost together.

Naomi Campbell (Sucide)

Campbell was born in Streatham, London, England. Her mother, Valerie Campbell (née Morris), is a former ballet dancer of Jamaican descent. In accordance with her mother's wishes, Campbell has never met her unnamed father, who left then-18-year-old Valerie two months after the birth of their daughter. Campbell is Black Jamaican and also of Chinese Hakka descent through her paternal grandmother of Chinese Jamaican ancestry (family name Ming). Of her appearance, Campbell has said: "My features are completely ethnic, and I'm proud of them."
As a young child, Campbell was left in the care of a nanny while her mother travelled across Europe with the dance troupe Fantastica. At age 10, she was accepted into the Italia Conti Academy stage school, where she studied ballet. She attended Dunraven School, a comprehensive school run by Inner London Education Authority in Streatham.
Campbell's first public appearance came aged 7 in February 1978 when she was cast as a pupil to appear in a music video for Bob Marley's song Is This Love?. In 1982, she appeared in another music video, this time as a tap dancer for Culture Club's I'll Tumble 4 Ya.
At age 15 and while still a student at the Italia Conti Academy, Campbell was spotted by Beth Boldt, a former Ford model and head of the Synchro model agency, while window-shopping in Covent Garden. Campbell soon opted to become a fulltime model, signing with Elite Model Management. Although Campbell started her career as a catwalk model, she was quickly hired for various high-profile advertising campaigns, including Lee Jeans and Olympus Corporation, which introduced her to the American market. Campbell also completed campaigns for Ralph Lauren and François Nars. At age 15 in April 1986, Campbell appeared on the cover of Elle, replacing a model who had canceled out of the appearance.
In August 1988, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Paris as that publication's first black cover girl. In addition to Vogue Paris, Campbell also became the first black model to appear on the cover of Vogue UK, Vogue Nippon and Time magazine. She has also posed nude for Playboy and appeared in Madonna's 1992 book Sex, in a set of photos with Madonna and rapper Big Daddy Kane. In total, Campbell has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers.
She famously starred in George Michael's music video Freedom! '90, where she lip-synched to his song along with fellow supermodels Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz. In 1992, Campbell appeared in Madonna's music video for Erotica, which featured filmed footage from photoshoots for the book Sex. In addition to the previously mentioned music videos, Campbell has appeared in videos for artists such as Michael Jackson, Nelly, Jagged Edge, Jay-Z, P.Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G, Macy Gray, Prince and Usher.
The highpoint of Campbell's career was in the early 1990s, when she was part of the two major supermodel powerhouses: the Big Six, alongside Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss, and The Trinity, alongside Turlington and Evangelista.
In 1991, Campbell was featured on Vanilla Ice's single Cool as Ice. Three years later, she sang on the Heaven's Girl track on Quincy Jones's album Q's Jook Joint. In 1995, Campbell released her debut album, Baby Woman, which produced the unsuccessful single Love and Tears. Although panned by critics and a commercial flop in the UK, where it failed to chart higher than 75,[7] Baby Woman was a success in Japan and sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Campbell's collaboration with Toshinobu Kubota, La La La Love Song, the second single from Baby Woman and the theme song to Long Vacation, became a No. 1 hit in Japan, with the single selling approximately 1,856,000 copies.
Campbell's 1994 novel Swan told the tale of a supermodel being blackmailed over dark secrets in her past. The novel was actually written by author Caroline Upcher,[8] with Campbell later explaining: "I just did not have time to sit down and write a book."[9] Campbell later released a photo collection titled Naomi, featuring pictures of Campbell taken by Richard Avedon and other leading fashion photographers.
In 1999, Campbell developed a spin-off company, the Design House of Naomi Campbell. So far Campbell has created seven fragrances for women, most of which were released in Europe. In 2000, Campbell introduced her first perfumes, Naomi Campbell and Naomagic, a portmanteau of Campbell's name and the word "magic". In 2001, Campbell introduced her third perfume, Cat Deluxe, and in 2003 released Mystery. A year later a fifth fragrance was made, Sunset, and in 2005 another fragrance was released, Paradise Passion. Campbell's latest fragrance is a new version of her Cat Deluxe perfume called Cat Deluxe at Night.
Since 1997, Campbell has been involved in charity work mainly focused on the children and people of Sub-Saharan Africa. She has worked with Nelson Mandela, and has said that one of her greatest joys in life is knowing Mandela, stating that his kindness, passion and intelligence make him a modern world leader. In 2005, she helped create and participated in Fashion Relief, raising over a million dollars for Hurricane Katrina victims.[10] On 7 July 2007 she hosted the South African leg of Live Earth in Johannesburg.

Campbell has several adopted father figures, including Quincy Jones and Chris Blackwell, and an adopted grandfather, Nelson Mandela.
In the summer of 2008 many news reports informed that Campbell is going to marry Russian real estate entrepreneur Vladimir Doronin and therefore accept Russian Orthodox faith
Campbell has been arrested and convicted of physically and verbally abusing others. Accusations against Campbell include the following:
In 2000, she pleaded guilty in a Toronto court to a 1998 assault on Georgina Galanis, her then assistant; Campbell had allegedly assaulted Georgina Galanis with a telephone in a hotel room and threatened to throw her out of a moving Peugeot. Under an agreement with the prosecution her record was cleared in exchange for her expressing remorse; Campbell also paid Galanis an undisclosed sum and agreed to attend anger management classes.

In March 2005, Campbell allegedly slapped assistant Amanda Brack and beat her around the head with a BlackBerry personal organiser. Campbell's spokesman Rob Shuter denied the incident ever took place. In July 2006, Brack began legal proceedings against Campbell, claiming Campbell abused her verbally and physically on three continents. Brack accused Campbell of assault, battery, and infliction of emotional distress in incidents that started a month after she began working for her in February 2005. Campbell countersued for an unknown amount.[16] Italian actress Yvonne Sciò has claimed Campbell left her "covered in blood" after an altercation at a Rome hotel, allegedly due to the fact that Sciò had worn the same dress as Campbell. Sciò's claim: "She punched me in the face. She was like Mike Tyson.

On 30 March 2006 in New York City, Campbell was arrested for allegedly assaulting her housekeeper with a jewel-encrusted mobile phone, resulting in a bloody head that required several stitches.[19] She was charged with second degree assault, a felony that carries a minimum sentence of one year and a maximum of seven years in prison.[20] On 28 September 2006, Campbell did not attend a required court appearance in New York City, and the judge ruled that he would order her arrest if she failed to turn up in court the following week, on charges of a second-degree assault on her housekeeper, and could be jailed for up to seven years if convicted.[21] On 25 October 2006, Campbell was arrested in London on suspicion of assault;[22] she was released on police bail. On 14 November 2006, another former Campbell housekeeper, Gaby Gibson, began a new court case against Campbell seeking unspecified damages, and accused her ex-employer of being a "violent super-bigot".[23] On 15 November 2006, Campbell appeared in criminal court in New York City regarding her March 2006 assault charges. Her defence lawyer and the prosecutor told the judge that they were "still in the process of working out a possible plea deal in the case".[24] The Boston-based law firm Sullivan & Worcester, which had assigned a top litigator to defend Campbell throughout her many escapades, severed their relationship with Campbell in 2006, allegedly stating publicly that Campbell was a danger to everyone around her.
On 16 January 2007, Campbell pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless assault against her maid Ana Scolavino. She was sentenced to five days community service and ordered to attend two days of an anger management course. In addition, she was ordered to pay medical bills of $363 (£185) to Scolavino who required four stitches after the incident.[25] According to a report on CNN, Campbell blames "her temper on lingering resentment toward her father for abandoning her as a child".[26] On 19 March 2007, Campbell began mopping floors at New York's Sanitation Department for her service.[27] On 20 August 2007, New York Supreme Court Judge Michael Stallman[28] issued a decision and order[29] denying Campbell's legal attempt to exclude Gaby Gibson's references from her history of well-publicised, allegedly "chronic abusive and repeatedly violent conduct toward her employees." Judge Stallman reasoned that "if proven, the reports of Campbell's conduct" might result in proving that it was so "wanton or outrageous" to justify the punitive damages sought by Campbell's ex-housekeeper.[29] On 3 April 2008, Campbell was arrested inside Heathrow's Terminal 5 on suspicion of assaulting a police officer after one of her bags had been lost.[30][31] Campbell was subsequently banned from flying globally with British Airways by the airline.[32] She was charged with three counts of assaulting a constable, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a fine of up to £5,000, one count of disorderly conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, which is punishable by a fine of up to £2,500, and one count of using threatening, abusive words or behaviour towards cabin crew, which comes with a maximum penalty of £1,000.[33] On 20 June 2008, Campbell pled guilty to four of the six charges against her, while the Crown Prosecution Service decided to drop the other two charges. The remaining charges include two counts of assaulting a police constable; one of using threatening, abusive words or behaviour to cabin crew; and one of using insulting, abusive, threatening behaviour or disorderly conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. [34] Campbell cited racial verbal abuse from members of the airline crew of British Airways as the reason for her outburst. Campbell was sentenced to 200 hours of community service in relation to these charges. [35] Campbell also alleged that British Airways staff called her a "golliwog supermodel" [36][37] in the incident.
Naomi Campbell's Former Assistant Commits Suicide

January 28th, 2008 9:00am EST
The former personal assistant to supermodel Naomi Campbell has leapt off a bridge to her death. Celebrity stylist and personal shopper Jade Bien-Aimee Sutherland was found dead under London's Albert Bridge on the shore of the Thames river near her home in Battersea, South London.
The 28-year-old was seen sobbing on the streets of Los Angeles last year after a fight with Campbell caused her to quit her job as the catwalk model's assistant.
Caribbean-born Sutherland - who was born a boy but underwent a sex-change - was said to have been devastated after the death from pneumonia of her "soulmate" Andrew Richardson, 24, who died just ten days before her suicide.
In an email to friends she wrote: "He's now gone, I'm all alone, my heart is empty, my life is empty. I don't think life's worth living after losing a close one."
Sharon and Kelly Osbourne and Anne Robinson, host of TV game show Weakest Link, were among hundreds of mourners at Sutherland's funeral in London's Piccadilly.