Genevieve Bahrenburg Battles Her Way Through Twelve Surgeries

Magazine vet in the midst of inspiring recovery from injuries caused by 2013 New Year's Eve fall.

StyleLite managing editor Hannah Ongley recently spoke with Genevieve Bahrenburg, a former staffer at Vogue, Elle and Above magazines. Bahrenburg, whose parents both worked for Rolling Stone, is currently continuing her remarkable recovery from a horrific fall on New Year’s Eve 2013.

As a result of the freak accident in a Bowery apartment complex stairwell, Bahrenburg was in a coma for a month and has had to endure a dozen brain and skull surgeries. Somehow, she has remained positive about life and, in a strange coincidence, is living in the former apartment of a top 1990’s model (Kiara Kabukuru, a.k.a.

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