Gia Carangi

Biography

Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American supermodel, considered by some to be the first supermodel. In 2023, Harpers Bazaar ranked her 15th among the greatest supermodels in the 1980s. She was featured on the cover of numerous magazines, including multiple editions of Vogue and Cosmopolitan, and appeared in advertising campaigns for fashion houses including Armani, Dior, Versace and Yves Saint Laurent. After Carangi became addicted to heroin, her career rapidly declined, which ultimately led her to quit modeling in 1983. In 1986, at age 26, she died of AIDS-related complications. Believed to have contracted it from a contaminated needle, she became one of the early notable women to die of the virus. Her life was dramatized in Michael Cristofer's television film Gia (1998) starring Angelina Jolie as Carangi.

Known For

The Super Models

E! True Hollywood Story

George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

The Self-Destruction of Gia

All Movies (3)

• George Michael: Portrait of an Artist2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Self-Destruction of Gia2003 · as Self
• Gia: The Shadow of Beauty— · as Self (archive footage)

All TV Shows (2)

• The Super Models2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• E! True Hollywood Story1996 · as Self