Beauty Consultant Dies After Five-Story Plunge From Hell's Kitchen Rooftop

A 27-year-old woman plummeted five stories to her death from the ledge of a Hell's Kitchen roof Sunday, police said.

Elena Gladkikh, an independent senior beauty consultant with Mary Kay, was sitting on the rooftop ledge of a building near 37th Street and Sixth Avenue when she slipped and fell five stories between two buildings at 8:35 a.m., authorities said. 

Gladkikh was pronounced dead at a hospital. 

Authorities said she may have been intoxicated at the time of her fall.

A spokesperson for Mary Kay said Gladkikh had been part of the company's independent sales force since March.

"The Mary Kay family is mourning her death," the spokesperson said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with her family." 

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