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.
