The Story of Gia Carangi
The story of one of the first supermodels – Gia Carangi.
Very serious, very heavy, content warning at 4:53
I relied on the book by Stephen Fried called 'Thing of Beauty' for the most part, documentaries ABC 2001 Vanished (it's on youtube) and The Self-Destruction of Gia (2003) (i don't know where you can watch it, unfortunately, i found it on a rus social network) and a wonderfully put together site https://giacarangilivedhere.org/ (lots of photos and information about people who worked with / knew Gia Carangi)
Some timestamps:
0:00 - Intro: a little bit about who Gia was, some thoughts on the movie Gia (1998) with Angelina Jolie
4:53 - Gia's childhood, family, home situation
10:58 - First steps into the modelling world
13:49 - Wilhelmina models (the famous: black leather jacket photoshoot + fence shoot)
17:56 - Addiction struggles
22:49 - Elite Model Management: Comeback to the industry
26:36 - Rehab
28:26 - Hospitalisation, AIDS and death
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