SHE WAS THE ANTITHESIS OF OTHER MODELS OF THE ERA Now, as the film turns 20, we look back at Gia’s dramatic and ultimately tragic life. Jolie admitted that she despised Gia at first, but in the end, confessed to The New York Times in 1997: “I’d like to date Gia. She was supposed to be the ‘bad model turned good’, but shortly before her slot, Gia snorted heroin backstage. In one, Gia was interviewed on an evening news show about the dark side of modelling and its ties to drugs. Jolie played Gia with raw emotion throughout, exploring her drug addiction, childhood issues, and relationships with unfaltering sensitivity – having spent hours studying Gia’s TV appearances before filming began. Her portrayal won her a Golden Globe, as she appeared alongside Hollywood heavyweights Faye Dunaway, who played modelling mogul Wilhelmina Cooper, and Mercedes Ruehl who played her mum, Kathleen. Twelve years after her death, Gia’s tragic story was committed to a film, with a young, almost unknown Angelina Jolie taking on the role of the troubled model. Struggling to cope with the pressures of her new career, Gia turned to heroin, and, despite kicking the habit a number of times and staging multiple comebacks, in 1986 she died of Aids-related complications at just 26. While her blue-collar background gave her an edge in the world of high fashion, and appearances on the runways of Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, and Armani saw her experience a meteoric rise to fame, behind the scenes all was not well. Gia’s life echoed the classic rags-to-riches story, only, eventually, the riches made way for rags again. Arguably the world’s first supermodel, Gia Carangi paved the way for Campbell, Turlington, and Crawford – with the latter billed ‘Baby Gia’ when she made her runway debut. Below you'll find the classification scale of our items.Before Peter Lindbergh immortalised Naomi, Cindy, Claudia, Linda, Christy, and Tatjana on the cover of Vogue in 1990, and launched them in their ascension to icon status, there was Gia. Whatever is our item classification, feel free to ask for further details. Since we're mainly focused on vintage & collectible items, we'll try to do our best in order to describe & classify our magazines/books condition. If you are approved, then your refund will be processed, and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment, within a certain amount of days. We will also notify you of the approval or rejection of your refund. Once your return is received and inspected, we will send you an email to notify you that we have received your returned item. Returns To be elegible for a return you should send us an email within 14 days of your purchase and your item must be in the same condition as you received it. If you need only specific pages of a magazine/book we can accurately clip them for you in this case you'll receive a refund for the difference of shipping cost Every shipping will be registered & trackable. Shippings We ship worldwide with strong, safe & discreet packaging. We combine shippings joining several items in the same envelope/package so shipping cost will be automatically calculated on effective weight. If you need more magazines, we can do custom reserved offers so ask for your item's list and we'll give you a quote. If you have ANY question or need, don't hesitate to ask us. If you're looking for particular magazines/books we could find them for you. If you need further information or additional details feel free to ask us. KELLY EMBERG IS IN MANY EDITORIALS and more. GIA CARANGI * UNKNOWN MODEL - GENNY by Gianni Versace - 6 AD pages edit with fullpage photos by CHRIS VON WANGHENHEIM MARINA FERRARI - 7 AD pages edit with fullpage photos by HELMUT NEWTON Editorials by MIKE REINHARDTH, PATRICK DEMARCHELIER, JEAN PAGLIUSO, JACQUES MLIGNON, DICK BALLARIAN KELLY EMBERG * ROSEMARY MCGROTHA * UNKNOWN MODEL - VALENTINO - 30 AD pages edit with fullpage photos by MIKE REINHARDT
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