Elena Gladkikh was an independent beauty consultant for Mary Kay.

^[11]She was also a bartender at Umberto, a bar in Chelsea, Manhattan.

^[0]Elena and her husband had an open relationship.

^[0]She is originally from Yaroslavl, Russia.

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Death

On the morning of September 25th, Elena was hanging out with her boyfriend and drunkenly dangling her legs over her apartment building when she fell 5 stories into a narrow alley in between two buildings.

^{[0] [14]}Authorities reported that her body was severely swollen.

She later died at ^[3] Bellevue Hospital from her injuries.

^[14]Her husband is heartbroken over her death and is contacting her family overseas about the incident.

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