anonymous asked:
Gia Carangi?..

Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was considered by some to be the first supermodel. She squandered the majority of her modeling earnings on drugs. After treatment, she got a job in a clothing store, which she eventually quit. She later found employment as a checkout clerk and then worked in the cafeteria of a nursing home. By late 1985, she had begun using drugs again. Carangi died of AIDS-related complications on November 18, 1986, at the age of 26, becoming one of the first famous women to die of the disease.

Barbara Bouchet

Gia Carangi And The Downward Spiral

Playboy Magazine / 1985