Her life was dramatized in Michael Cristofer 's television film Gia (1998) starring Angelina Jolie as Carangi. Carangi was born on , in Philadelphia, the third and youngest child of Joseph Carangi, a restaurant owner, and Kathleen Carangi (née Adams), a homemaker.
Here’s a look back at 10 of the most memorable images of supermodel Gia Carangi. Gia’s famous “dead” shot that originally appeared as part of a fashion editorial spread in the November 1978 issue of American Vogue. Photographer Andrea Blanch shot the image.
Gia Carangi was one of the world's first supermodels who came to fame in the late 1970s. In November, it will be the 40th anniversary of her shock death at age 26. She was on several covers of...
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.
Gia Carangi is celebrated as one of fashion’s first “supermodels.” Her rapid rise to fame and untimely death from AIDS at the age of 26 in 1982 have cemented her legendary status in the fashion...
Gia Carangi: Fashion's First Supermodel, Tragic Legacy & Last Photos - WWD
It's been 25 years since Angelina Jolie starred as Gia Carangi in Gia. The 1998 HBO television film featured a then-22-year-old Jolie as the real-life Carangi, who was considered by many...
Gia Carangi, supermodel, was a title the industry gave her before anyone had invented the word. She walked into a New York modeling agency at 17 with no portfolio, no training, and no idea what she was walking into. Wilhelmina Cooper took one look at her and signed her on the spot.