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In the News (Sun 3 Jun 12)

  
  Gia Carangi
Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 - November 18, 1986) was one of the most successful models of the 1980s, a precursor to the Cindy Crawford[?]/Rachel Hunter[?]/Elle MacPherson[?] "Supermodel" era.
"Gia", as she was known in modelling circles, moved to New York City at the age of 18, and quickly rose to prominence, thanks to her exotic appearance and lesbian lifestyle.
Gia Carangi died of complications resulting from AIDS in 1986, at the age of 26.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gi/Gia_Carangi.html   (124 words)

  
 GIA MARIE CARANGI - FIRST AMERICAN SUPER MODEL | HIV/AIDS FIRST CELEB VICTIM
Gia Carangi was a natural: “I didn’t have to tell her what to do,” said a family friend and first photographer to work with Gia Carangi.
Gia Carangi was said to have had the most beautiful breasts in the business and she needed no taping for the Cosmo covers.
Gia Carangi was extremely close to her mother Kathleen, as Gia was growing in close proximity with her mother.
giamariecarangi.ewestpost.com   (1587 words)

  
 Gia Carangi - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Gia Carangi was a regular at the hottest clubs in New York City.
Gia’s image was a perfect match for fashion photographer Chris Von Wangenheim, who was well-known for his “violent, off-colored fashion layouts.” In October of 1978, Wangenheim and Gia collaborated on a project for Vogue Magazine.
Gia was consuming nearly four bags of the drug at a time, she wouldn’t listen to friends and was very resistent to treatment.
www.giamariecarangi.hpg.ig.com.br /biography2.htm   (896 words)

  
 Gia Carangi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was a supermodel of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
"Gia", as she was known in modeling circles, moved from Philadelphia to New York City at the age of 18, and quickly rose to prominence.
Carangi was the favorite model of many eminent fashion photographers, including Francesco Scavullo, Arthur Elgort, Richard Avedon, and Chris von Wangenheim, and she posed for photos in many countries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gia_Carangi   (1559 words)

  
 The First Chapter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
But Gia is legendary in her industry for other reasons, only a few of which can even be mentioned on network television.
But Gia is such a girl of her moment that she is about to become either the face of the eighties, or a poster child for the social ills of the seventies.
Gia has been in front of the camera enough times to know how to dodge the question or spoil the take but, finally, she decides to do neither.
www.stephenfried.com /gia/firstch.html   (1958 words)

  
 Gia Carangi Resource Page - gia marie carangi
Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was a top US fashion model of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Carangi, who was of Italian, Welsh and Irish ancestry, was a prototype of the Cindy Crawford/Rachel Hunter/Elle MacPherson "Supermodel" era, who also appeared on the covers of several fashion publications of her time.
Carangi was the favourite model of many eminent fashion photographers, including Francesco Scavullo, Arthur Elgort and Chris von Wangenheim, and she posed for photos in many countries.
www.bizhisto.com /Gia-Carangi-gia-marie-carangi.html   (1791 words)

  
 The Ziggy Stardust Companion: Supermodel Gia Carangi: Bowie Kid
Gia Carangi was one of the top US models of the late 1970s starring on the covers of both Cosmopolitan and Vogue, amongst many other fashion magazines.
It was a girl her age [Gia Carangi at 14 years old], but taller, wearing a quilted red satin jumpsuit and shiny red boots with fl platforms.
Among her first clothes Gia bought for herself by herself were red platform boots, a white shirt decorated with fl hands that appeared to be wrapped around her upper body, and a feather boa.
www.5years.com /giacarangi.htm   (2648 words)

  
 Gia Carangi : Picture Perfect > Articles
"Gia Carangi, the former covergirl heroin addict who died of AIDS in 1986, was fllisted from modeling because fashion editors discovered track marks on her body.
Carangi, who once graced the cover of Vogue, Elle and Cosmopolitan, was the top model of the late 1970's.
Gia was by far the most interesting and provocative model of her time.
gia-carangi.home.comcast.net /art3.html   (472 words)

  
 AfterEllen.com - Review of Gia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Gia meets Linda on the set of her first big shoot, and the two women hit it off immediately despite the fact that Linda has a boyfriend and perceives herself to be very "square," and they end up sleeping together that night.
Gia quickly falls in love with Linda, but her mother's departure at an early age has also left her fundamentally needy and unable to be alone.
She is simply superb as Gia, the perfect actress to embody the contradictory mix of emotions and the proper balance of frailty and strength that this role required.
www.afterellen.com /Movies/gia.html   (669 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Gia [1998]: Video: Angelina Jolie,Elizabeth Mitchell,Eric Michael Cole,Kylie Travis,Louis Giambalvo,John ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Gia is a made-for-TV HBO film that stars Angelina Jolie as supermodel model Gia Carangi, who went from high school to the cover of British Vogue in less than two years.
Gia is not a film for the faint hearted, it features the pain of a drug fueled existence and a life of loneliness.
Gia Marie Curangi was a real person and what from what I've read of this fascinating womans true struggle this depiction of her life is fairly true to life.
www.amazon.co.uk /Gia-Angelina-Jolie/dp/B00005OCUC   (1489 words)

  
 Gia Marie Carangi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Gia was a quiet, bright child whose mannerisms were so adorable that she was encouraged to speak in baby talk long after it was appropriate.
*Gia's childhood was strongly influenced by an event that took place when she was six: She was sexually abused by a teenage boy up the street.* The abuse occurred once, but she was traumatized by the incident and lived in fear that it would happen again.
"Gia", as she was known in modeling circles, moved from Philadelphia to New York City at the age of 18, and quickly rose to prominence, reaching international fame with such name magazines as Vogue and others.
gia-marie-carangi.tripod.com   (2287 words)

  
 Gia Carangi Online
But Gia was not blind to what was happening to her, and she made an attempt to clean up her life in 1981 when she enrolled in a 21 day detox program.
Gia became sick with pnemonia, and her mother, the one person she loved most in the world, came and checked her into the hospital.
Gia may have left the physical world on that fall day in November of 1986, but the presence of Gia that lingers, some 20 years later, reflects not only her strength and determination, but also her dream to make a difference.
www.giacarangionline.com   (1539 words)

  
 UCC LGBT
Carangi was also quite famously a lesbian, an oddity in the world of high fashion.
Linda becomes the focus of Gia's love and obsession but ultimately is powerless to save Gia as she hurtles towards her own destruction.
Gia sucked the life out of everything around her to fuel her own personality.
www.ucc.ie /lgb/gia.html   (906 words)

  
 The Gia Carangi Project: HIV/AIDS
Inspired by Gia, photographer Rayzor Bachand founded Project Red Soks with the idea that his images would be used to raise money and awareness in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Gia's story, when presented so bluntly, conveys the harsh reality of addiction and its consequences.
Gia died almost 20 years ago of the same disease that has infected over 40 million people around the world.
thegiacarangiproject.com /hivaids.html   (373 words)

  
 Angelina Jolie - Angie's World - Angie's Box - Gia Carangi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
At age seventeen, Gia Carangi was working the counter at her father's Philadelphia luncheonette, Hoagie City.
Gia was also a girl in pain, desperate for her mother's approval and a drug addict on a tragic slide toward oblivion,
Gia's drug use prevented her from working at anything close to her full capacity as a model.
angiesworld.online.fr /giacarangi_eng.html   (5063 words)

  
 First American Supermodel Gia Marie Carangi!
Gia Marie Carangi was a top US fashion model, from late 70s to early 80s.
At her peak of her modelling career, she suffered from drug addiction, later infected by HIV and was among the first women in the public eye to die from AIDS-related complications.
Gia Carangi was of Italian, Welsh and Irish ancestry and was a prototype of the Cindy Crawford-Rachel Hunter-Elle MacPherson "Supermodel" era.
www.geocities.com /gia_marie_carangi_fan   (114 words)

  
 Gia
Gia -- made for cable (1998) is of the "superstar has hard childhood, can't handle the pressure of success, turns to drugs, dies drug-related death" genre.
Gia was a lively rebellious girl who became a model, caught on because she was something new, got caught up in the drug scene, started a downward spiral of dependent behavior, died of AIDS-related causes.
Of course, since Gia was a real person, even the facts may hook you in, because it captures a time and a scene and a person you may be interested in.
www.fakes.net /gia.htm   (783 words)

  
 Gia
But overall, Gia is as hard to resist adn as difficult to forget as its stunning title character and the woman who brings her briefly back to life.
Versions of Gia Marie(sic) Carangi's tragic story have been kicking around the entertainment world for years, but it was HBO that finally had the bad sense to film it.
Gia's stoned expression becomes known as "heroin chic." When she staggers around a catwalk and passes out at a photo shoot, every one who matters sees or hears.
members.tripod.com /~GiaLegs/articles-gia.html   (2006 words)

  
 Welcome to the Gia Carangi Foundation, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Gia Carangi Foundation will help children who have been stripped of their innocence by life-threatening crises which often lead to drug abuse.
We dedicate the healing we accomplish to Gia, in the hope that her tormented soul will rest in peace knowing that her death will save the life of someone else and that her intended message will be heard around the world.
The Gia Carangi Foundation is a member of the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP), a charity watch dog organization.
www.thegiacarangifoundation.org /foundation.html   (154 words)

  
 Gia (1998) (TV)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Goofs: Miscellaneous: When Gia is sitting outside of building before her first photo-shoot, a woman drops a few coins into her coffee cup.
I know there were those closer to Gia that knew more and didn't appreciate it, but I did, and I miss her.
But the ending was what touched me, because that is how I will remember Gia, and wish for everyone to remember her as well, even with the rough and gritty content contained in her life brought to screen.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0123865   (715 words)

  
 Gia Marie Carangi (1960-1986)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Gia was the first of the Super Models born from the decadent disco era of the late 70's, early 80's.
Gia was a heroin addicted lesbian and the most magnetic, super-charged beauty of her day!
Synopsis: Supermodel Gia Carangi lives hard and dies young in the glamorous, excessive urban wilds of 1970s New York City.
angelfire.com /freak/of_nature_420/gia.html   (492 words)

  
 Gia Carangi
We entered the forbidding precincts; Gia Caranggi we looked relentless officers in the face, and they almost yawned in ours as they directed us through swing doors and up stone stairs.There was something even sinister in the casual character of our reception.
Quick!" He lifted her bodily over the side of Gia Caranpi the car, jerked two suitcases from beneath the curtains, and rushed frantically to the shelter of the platform sheds."I'll leave you here, dear," he was saying rapidly.
Gia Caransi Another step in our strange enterprise had been effected.The change back was more marked in Margaret than in any of us.
vako.yi.org /gia_carangi.htm   (1549 words)

  
 Gia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
We received a call from a woman who said that her daughter was a famous model and died of the disease, which was very unusual, because very few women contracted AIDS back then.
This month, Gia was the topic of two national shows: “The E! True Hollywood Story – Gia: Supermodel,” and “ABC News Vanished: Shooting Star.” Fried was happy with the ABC special which included interviews with famed photographer Francesco Scavullo, model Beverly Johnson, and a couple of Gia’s friends from the area.
Kennedy said that the Gia story turned out to be one of the biggest of his career.
www.bradyresidence.com /gia.html   (343 words)

  
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Within a year, Gia was one of the top models of the late 1970's, gracing the covers of Cosmopolitan and Vogue, partying at New York's Studio 54 and the Mudd Club, and redefining the industry's standard of beauty.
Gia was also a girl in pain, desperate for her mother's approval and a drug addict on a tragic slide toward oblivion, who started going directly from,000-a-day fashion shoots to the heroin shooting galleries on New York's Lower East Side.
Finally flballed from modeling, Gia entered a vastly different world on the streets of New York and Atlantic City, and later in a rehab clinic.
www.gia-marie-carangi.s5.com   (395 words)

  
 Gia Marie Carangi - The Gia Carangi Project
Talk to Gia fans, be part of interesting discussions around the topics of addiction and HIV/ AIDS or make new friends.
One of the many lessons it teaches is that drugs consumed by young kids are generated by the society in which we live.
Her love affair with heroin led to her untimely demise from AIDS at the tender age of 26.
www.thegiacarangiproject.com   (216 words)

  
 Movies - Gia
Gia is a 1998 dramatic film about the life of a lesbian, drug-abusing supermodel Gia Marie Carangi.
Failed attempts at reconciliation with both Linda and her mother Kathleen, drive Gia further over the edge from cocaine to heroin, her emaciated body and sunken eyes become the catalyst for the "heroin chic" look.
Although Gia is eventually able to kick her powerful habit, she learns that an infected needle has resulted in her contracting the HIV virus.
listing-index.ebay.com /movies/Gia.html   (313 words)

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