The Story of Gia Carangi, A Woman Unhinged

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 SelfDestruction 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 (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