New York, June 30: The death of a fashion model who plunged from the ninth floor of a Manhattan building has been ruled a suicide.

However, Korshunova’s friend Kira Titeneva said that there was no way the model would have killed herself because she was full of life and never appeared troubled.

"There`s no way she would have killed herself. She loved life so much," the New York Daily News quoted her, as saying.

"She was my best friend. I talked to her [Friday] night and we were talking all the gossip,” she added.

The 20-year-old was found dead outside her downtown Manhattan building on June 28 afternoon after eyewitnesses described seeing a body plunge from a balcony.

"All I saw was something moving out of the corner of my eye, and then boom. It sounded like a bass drum when she hit the ground,” Steve Metzger said.

Investigators said there were no signs of a struggle inside Korshunova`s apartment and believe she jumped from her balcony, according to a law enforcement source.

And on June 29, police ruled the model`s death a suicide.

Megan Cuccia, a spokeswoman for the city`s medical examiner, said that Korshunova died from blunt impact injuries.

Police said her family had not yet been notified.

ANI