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Thing of Beauty
This is a very well written book about Super model Gia Carangi. I highly recommend reading it.

Going Down Fast
Her wild ride to fame and the beautiful life have not yet struck.Life as a wild, Philly, lesbian, teen with Bowie fantasies that have not yet been fullfilled is all Gia has to date.So far a somewhat interesting read.Have not yet come to the heroin years or the aids and death.Mostly reading and learning about the business side of the modeling industry.

A thing of beauty
This book is fantastic.I first saw the movie and sought out the book.It is currently circulating my friends on my recommendation.Enjoy.

Well Documented
I've had this book for years but never got around to reading it.Gia had a mesmerizing beauty in an understated way that was difficult to describe.The author describes in great detail how her sessions produced magic as shown on film.Unfortunately, the sessions could be excurciating as Gia's work habits were horrible as she found herself controlled by drugs.

The highlight of the book is the excellent research from so many different and disparate stories.Of most interest is the relationship between Gia and her mother as told by her mother as well as friends who have a different take on this relationship.Like many others I became more interested in Gia after seeing the movie where Angelina Jolie played her.The movie clearly followed the true story but only contained about 20% of the history.The book fills in the rest and does a great job.I recommend this book to learn more of Gia or the model culture in the 70/80s.

Thing of beauty
The book is well written and it puts so much light on the way Gia really were. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! GiaMarie Carangi ( November 18, 1960-January 29,1986) was an American fashion model during the late1970s and early 1980s. Her father is ItalianAmerican, and her mother is American of Irish andWelsh ancestry. Carangi was considered by some to bethe first supermodel, although that title has alsobeen given to others, including Janice Dickinson andDorian Leigh. Cindy Crawford, who also appeared onthe covers of fashion publications during her time,was later referred to as "Baby Gia" due to herresemblance to Carangi. Carangi was featured on thecover of fashion magazines, including Vogue, April1, 1979; Vogue Paris, April 1979; American Vogue,August 1980; Vogue Paris, August 1980; ItalianVogue, January 1981; and several issues ofCosmopolitan between 1979 and 1982. After she becameaddicted to heroin, Carangi's modeling careerrapidly declined. She later became infected with HIVand died at the age of 26. first famous women to dieof AIDS. ... Read more

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Chapters: Gia Carangi, Ed Savitz, Kiyoshi Kuromiya. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 November 18, 1986) was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi was considered by some to be the first supermodel, although that title has also been given to others, including Janice Dickinson, Dorian Leigh, and Jean Shrimpton. Cindy Crawford, who also appeared on the covers of fashion publications during her time, was later referred to as "Baby Gia" due to her resemblance to Carangi. Carangi was featured on the cover of fashion magazines, including Vogue, April 1, 1979; Vogue Paris, April 1979; American Vogue, August 1980; Vogue Paris, August 1980; Italian Vogue, January 1981; and several issues of Cosmopolitan between 1979 and 1982. After she became addicted to heroin, Carangi's modeling career rapidly declined. She later became infected with HIV and died at the age of 26. Her death was not widely publicized and few people in the fashion industry knew of it. Carangi is thought to be one of the first famous women to die of AIDS. Gia, a biographical film starring Angelina Jolie, debuted on HBO in 1998. Carangi was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the last child and only daughter born to Joseph Carangi and Kathleen Adams. Her father is Italian American, and her mother is American of Irish and Welsh ancestry. Her parents had an unstable marriage due to the domestic abuse that her father administered on her mother, and the abuse resulted in Kathleen having abandoned her family. Those who knew her blamed her "fractured childhood" for the instability and drug-dependence that stilted her adult life. She was described as "needy and manipulative" by relatives who recalled her as spoiled and shy as ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12747 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Kim Basinger, Charlize Theron, Tyra Banks, Gia Marie Carangi, Edie Sedgwick, Halle Berry, Barbara Blank, Padma Lakshmi, Amber Lee Ettinger, Eve Torres, Milla Jovovich, Rachel Nichols, Taryn Terrell, Michelle Monaghan, Angie Everhart, Christie Brinkley, Dorian Leigh, Jennifer Morrison, Bettie Page, Scott Philip Brown, Rebecca Romijn, Marilyn Chambers, Amy Smart, Marisa Berenson, Kimora Lee, Amber Valletta, Odette Yustman, Camilla Belle, Cindy Crawford, Tatiana Thumbtzen, Karen Steele, Amy Weber, Jason Lewis, Michele Merkin, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Taryn Manning, Yaya Dacosta, Khloé Kardashian, Joanna Krupa, Al Santos, Willa Holland, Brent Corrigan, Velvet D'amour, Barbara Bach, Naomi Sims, Mike Vogel, Molly Sims, Cindy Margolis, Wilhelmina Cooper, Josie Maran, Jeremy Sumpter, Carré Otis, Shantel Vansanten, Staci Flood, Angela Lindvall, Spencer Elden, Tila Tequila, Traci Bingham, Kendra Wilkinson, Brooke Burns, Camille Anderson, Amanda Lepore, Kourtney Kardashian, Cameron Richardson, Brooke Burke, Denyce Lawton, Kathy Ireland, Marisa Miller, Diora Baird, Kip Pardue, Mia St. John, Jerry Hall, Lucy Saroyan, Nicky Hilton, Michelle Lombardo, Bella Thorne, Sondra Peterson, Margo Stilley, Leilani Bishop, Penny Drake, Donyale Luna, Mia Tyler, Jeffree Star, Catherine Mccord, Ivana Trump, Esther Baxter, Natane Adcock, Ambrose Olsen, Jason Shaw, Aubrey Morgan O'day, Sherri Stoner, Nancy Donahue, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, Bunny Yeager, Lauren Bush, Chanel Iman, Meredith Ostrom, Wallis Franken, Michael Copon, Christy Turlington, Dylan Patton, Kelly Thybaud, Layla Roberts, Bebe Buell, Kyra Milan, Bobbi Sue Luther, Jana Jordan, Kylie Bisutti, Kerry Degman, Stephanie Seymour, Rachel Smith, Lorri Bagley, Ginger Alden, Adriann...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more