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Gia Marie Carangi [2] (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American model, considered by some to be the first supermodel. [3] [4] In 2023, Harpers Bazaar ranked her 15th among the greatest supermodels in the 1980s.
Gia Marie Carangi moved to New York City at the age of 17 and instantly took the fashion industry by storm. She redefined the standard of beauty and became one of the biggest models in fashion history. After she became addicted to heroin, Gia’s fashionable career rapidly declined.
A revered fashion model plucked out of Philadelphia, Gia Carangi became addicted to heroin and died at 26 years old from AIDS in November 1986. She was edgy, she was fiery, and she was falling apart. America's first supermodel, Gia Carangi died too soon of her own demise.
Angelina Jolie's 'Gia' Turns 25: Behind the Death of the Italian-American Model Who Inspired Movie. Considered by many to be the first supermodel, Gia Carangi was only 26 years old when she died...
When Gia Carangi's life is remembered at all, it is remembered as a tragedy. Though she is acknowledged as the world's first true supermodel, her short life and her tragic demise mean that her name isn't as widely known as you'd expect from someone who had achieved such a feat.
Gia died at age 26 of AIDS, likely due to her addiction to heroin, on Nov. 18, 1986. She was one of the first well-known cisgender women to be diagnosed with AIDS in...
Sandy Linter, a makeup artist who has worked with everyone from Christie Brinkley to Brooke Shields, opens up in her own words about Gia Carangi, their surprise romance and how Carangi would...
In the late 70's, as the dark-haired, dark-eyed teen-age daughter of a South Philadelphia hoagie shop owner, Gia began modeling almost by accident. A local photographer saw her on the...
Gia Carangi is most remembered for two, divergent things: Revolutionizing what it meant to be "beautiful" at a time when an Italian-American phenotype wasn't in the mainstream, and, sadly, becoming one of the first female public figures to die from AIDS.
Gia Carangi was born on January 29, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Blondie: Atomic (1980). She died on November 18, 1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.