Lina Marulanda Dead: Colombian Supermodel & TV Presenter Dies In Apparent Suicide (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Colombian supermodel and television presenter Lina Marulanda jumped off the balcony of her sixth-floor apartment on Thursday and fell to her death, according to Colombia Reports.

Police believe that Marulanda committed suicide. She was said to have locked herself in her room seconds before leaping and was reportedly very distraught after recently divorcing her second husband, Carlos Onate.

Marulanda's friend Alejandra Azcarate told El Colombiano, "She wasn't going through an easy period, with her second divorce and most recent business. We were going to meet up these days, but she said she wanted to be alone."

Here's a video of Marulanda and Onate:

Last November, 20-year-old Korean model Daul Kim committed suicide in her Paris apartment. In June, 2008 20-year-old Russian model Ruslana Korshunova died in a suicide by jumping from her New York City apartment.

PHOTOS of Marulanda:

• • • • • • With Carlos Onate

Here's a video of Marulanda on a TV show called "Dia a Dia."
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Comments

[MIMom]

12:12 PM on 04/27/2010

Wow. Sad.

[HarukoHaruhara]

02:33 AM on 04/26/2010

So sad.

When will people understand beauty doesn't equal happiness?

[Ohsherri]

10:56 PM on 04/25/2010

The joy of love is deep....and we fall...
The pain of love is also deep....

[cplKlyde]

10:48 PM on 04/25/2010

Fame fortune and beauty but they couldn't bring her happines. Damn

[puzzle49]

11:05 AM on 04/25/2010

So tragic and so sad. Beautiful woman. My heart goes out to you.

But I can never understand why a woman would kill herself over a man. There are sooo many of them. As I have grown older, I have learned that you will love many men - not necessarily intimately. Men and people come in out and of your life when those circumstances are right for them to be there and each one provides a different and loving experience. I know it is painful to lose a love, but there is more for you, if you can just weather the storm.

[Jim Shaffer]

09:17 AM on 04/25/2010

Passion, it's what makes one person stand out from the rest, it's also a rutheless master that can lead one to an untimely end. Pleasant dreams Lina.

Una perdida tragica, mis condolencias a sus amigos y familia.

[Ohsherri]

10:52 PM on 04/25/2010

Very beautifully said.

[LogicalMathMan]

11:55 PM on 04/24/2010

In study done at a liberal CA university, which shall remain anonymous, it was determined that weed could reduce suicide rates by over 60%.

It was also determined that the local convenient store experienced an increase in candy and do-nut purchases when subjects were stoned, thus enhancing the local economy.

There are no hangovers with God's green herb.

[LogicalMathMan]

11:47 PM on 04/24/2010

Yea...tough!

What if death was merely the end of life and not the end of one's existence? Ghosts make me believe this.

[enoughofrr]

06:45 PM on 04/24/2010

Honey, you didn't need to do that. Rest in peace, love.

[ElBorba]

03:41 PM on 04/24/2010

Very sad....

[Niasia]

02:48 PM on 04/24/2010

We need to do better with our attitude towards mental health. So many people would never consider her suicidal. I do hope that she may rest in peace.

[jessicadevyn]

02:28 PM on 04/24/2010

Very sad. No matter how beautiful you are or how much material success you have your own inner demons are greatest. RIP.

[nettispagetty]

07:10 AM on 04/25/2010

So true

[pcpc]

09:47 AM on 04/24/2010

As a woman, if you have a career and your own money, why would you have need for a man?

[jessicadevyn]

02:27 PM on 04/24/2010

Even women without careers and money don't "need" a man. It's an unfortunate psychological condition for anyone to feel that way. Especially enough to go this far.

[maluna]

04:02 PM on 04/24/2010

Seriously. I'd take a ton of money and a great career over a man any day.

[LogicalMathMan]

11:49 PM on 04/24/2010

I'd stake my chances on that too...O wait! I'm a heterosexual male, at peace with myself.

[MercedesGabriella]

08:35 AM on 04/24/2010

All very sad... but to be called a supermodel, shouldn't these girls be known outside their own country?

[LogicalMathMan]

11:50 PM on 04/24/2010

LOL...yeah...I too hadn't heard of her.

[Simon08]

02:56 PM on 04/25/2010

Just because you've never heard of her doesn't mean she wasn't famous. The world is a much bigger place than the bubble you live in.

[MercedesGabriella]

04:23 PM on 04/25/2010

Simon08... my little bubble extends to eight countries on three continents, so yes, it is very small.

[sammyscout]

04:25 AM on 04/24/2010

May your souls rest in Peace;

Lina Marulanda
Daul Kim
Ruslana Korshunova