death_date agency nationality dress_size birth_date death_place shoe_size yearsactive image name occupation death_cause hair_color measurements eye_color birth_place height article_title birth_name
18 november 1986 wilhelmina models ford models legends elite model management american -lrb- eu -rrb- 36 us -rrb- 6 -lrb- uk -rrb- 8 -lrb- 29 january 1960 philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. -lrb- 2 -lrb- eu -rrb- 39 us -rrb- 8 -lrb- uk -rrb- 5 1 1978 & ndash ; 1983 giafront.jpg gia carangi model aids-related complications brown -lrb- us/uk -rrb- 34-24-35 -lrb- eu -rrb- 86.5-61-89 brown philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. 5 ft 8 in gia carangi
 gia marie carangi
gia carangi

gia marie carangi -lrb- january 29 , 1960 -- november 18 , 1986 -rrb- was an american fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s .
she was featured on the cover of fashion magazines , including four international editions of `` vogue '' and multiple issues of `` cosmopolitan '' between 1979 and 1982 .
during these years , she also appeared in advertising campaigns for fashion houses , including armani , christian dior , versace , and yves saint laurent .
carangi is considered to be the first supermodel , although that title has also been applied to others .
after she became addicted to heroin , carangi 's modeling career rapidly declined .
she later contracted hiv and died of aids-related complications at the age of 26 ; she is thought to be one of the first famous women to die of the disease .
carangi 's life was dramatized in the television film `` gia '' , starring angelina jolie , which debuted on hbo in 1998 .
