Gia akaberekerwa mumhuri yakawanda yekuAmerica. Baba vake vakanga vane ruzhinji rwekudya. Kusvikira makore gumi nemana, Gia aigara mumhuri yakakwana, apo musikana uyu aiva nemakore 11 amai vake vakasiya mhuri. Kubvira panguva iyo, musikana wacho akabvarurwa pakati pababa naamai vake, saka akanga asina kugamuchira chero rudo. Nokufamba kwenguva, akasangana neshamwari yake yepamwoyo Karen Karaz. Vose vasikana vasikana vanobva kunaDavid Bowie.
Sezvo achiri kuyaruka, musikana uyu akatanga kushanda chikamu-nguva mune imwe yemakamuri ababa vake. Amai Gia vakaona kunaka kwemukunda wavo uye vakaedza kumusunga kumabhizimisi ekufananidzira. Amai vomusikana vakafunga kuti izvi zvingabatsira mukurera musikana. Pazera remakore gumi nemana, akaonekwa. Gore rakatevera, akatamira kuNew York. Muguta rino iye akaonekwa naWilhelmina Cooper. Iye aimbova muenzaniso, uye panguva iyoyo aive nemugove wake wokufananidzira. Wilhelmina sezvaakataura kuti paakaona musikana ane makore gumi nemasere, akabva aziva kuti asati amboita zuva rimwe chete, asi musikana achakunda nyika.
Mumwedzi mitatu yokutanga, Gia akashanda pamapurojekiti maduku, uye mushure mokunge mufananidzo, Arthur Elgort akamupa mufananidzo weBloomingdale, akamuudza kuvanhu vakaita saRichard Avedon, pamwe chete nevamiriri veVogue neCosmo. Paaishanda purojekiti yemagazini yeVogue, munyori wemifananidzo, Kriya Won Wenzhenheim, akarayira kuti Gia arambe ari mushure mekushanda pabasa guru kuitira kuti atore mifananidzo mishoma musingasununguka. Gia akabvuma, pakupedzisira akazoonekwa kuti ndiye anonyanya kuona uye anonyadzisa mufananidzo wemifananidzo.
Mukurwisana nemashure emamwe mazita anozivikanwa epanguva yacho, Gia akasimuka nokuda kweunhu hwake. Akasarudza purojekiti pachake, paaifarira kushanda. Kana iye asina mafungiro kana asina kuda mufananidzo waaizofanira kushanda, akaramba. Pazera remakore gumi nemasere akaonekwa pachivharo chemagazini akawanda anozivikanwa. Akatova muna 1979 akaonekwa mumitauro mitatu yemagazini Vogue, uye kaviri muAmerican version yeCosmo. Iyo chivharo iyo Gia yakave yakanyorwa mujecha swimsuit muGreek style inofungidzirwa sehovha yake yakaisvonaka.
Muna 1980, mudzidzisi wake Wilhelmina akafa nekenza uye ichi chaiva chiitiko chikuru cheGia. Kuora mwoyo Gia akadzikisa madhiragi. Gare gare, akagara pasi pa heroin. Kubvira panguva ino inotanga kuzvibata zvisina kukodzera pamifananidzo, kunonoka, kwete kuuya, kubva mangwanani, nezvimwe. Pamuganhu wemufananidzo weNovember Vogue magazini yaive yakatonyangadza, nokuti pamaoko ake pane mavara akajeka kubva muchirwere uye vatevedzeri vaifanira kubvisa maitiro aya.
Gia akanga achitsvaka mufaro, kutarisira uye rudo, uye akawana mari uye zvepabonde chete. Gia sa supermodel akawana mari yakawanda, asi maererano noupenyu hwake hwega, akanga asina kunyanya kufara. Manheru akawanda aipedza ari oga uye aigona chero nguva achiuya kune mumwe weshamwari dzake.
Kana ari hupenyu hwake hwega, akasarudza vakadzi. Varume vanomudawo naye, asi chete kwenguva pfupi. Kubvira achiri mwana, akanyora tsamba dze rudo uye akapa vasikana maruva. Akanga ane hanya uye aifarira. Anogona kuwira murudo rwekutanga uye akawana rudo rwechido chake, asi kazhinji rudo urwu rwaireva zvinodhaka, mari. Vanhu vaida chimwe chinhu kubva kwaari, asi kwete rudo.
Panguva iyoyo akanga asina kufarira basa, akatora maitiro mana e heroin pazuva, kunyange zvazvo shamwari dzaimukurudzira kuti asaita kudaro. Zvisinei, akasaina chibvumirano naEylina Ford, asi akashanda pasi pake kwemavhiki matatu bedzi uye akadzingwa (nemhaka yekusava nemafungiro).
Panguva ino, aiva nemakore makumi maviri chete. Muna 1981 akasarudza kupora kubva pakushandisa zvinodhaka. Panguva ino, anosangana nemudzidzi Rochelle, uyo aive akapindwa muropa nezvinodhaka. Vasikana vanotanga kuva shamwari, asi kukuvadza kunokanganisa Rochelle kakawanda kunotungamirira Jiy kubva kune chokwadi.
Mumwaka wegore rino, anosungwa nekuda kwekufambisa paaidhakwa. Muzhizha akabatwa nekuba zvinhu kubva kumba kwake, mushure mokunge Gia zvakare anotanga kurapwa. Paanenge achirapa, anodzidza nezvekufa kwakaipisisa kwaChris Won Wenzhenheim, anoputsa, anovhara mubhati rake uye anotora zvinodhaka. Gia ave achishandisa zvinodhaka kwemakore anoverengeka, muviri wake wakatanga kufukidzwa nemapfupa akaipa.
Muna 1982, iye ari kugadzirisa, ari kuwana kuwedzera uye anotanga kushanda. Vafori vanoona kuti Gia haana kufanana, mumaziso ake hakuna moto iwoyo. Mari yaro yechitambo chemafoto yakanyanya kuderedzwa. Gore rino, iye akapa hurukuro iyo yaiti akanga asisiri kushandisa zvinodhaka, asi aigona kuona kubva pameso ake kuti akanga achivatora. Nenguva isipi mushure mekuitika kwekupfura muNorth Africa, basa rake rokufananidzira rakaguma.
Muna 1983, apedza basa rake rekuenzanisa, akatamira kuAlantic City uye akavakira imba pamwe neshamwari yake Rochelle.
Muna 1984, akazosvika pakubata uye akadzokorora zvakare kuti arapwe. Mukliniki, anozviwana ari shamwari yaRob Fahey. Mushure memwedzi mitanhatu yekurapa, akatamira kumaguta eFiladelphia. Pano iye anotanga kushanda, anoenda kuchikoro chekoroji, asi pashure pemwedzi mitatu yehupenyu hwakadaro iye akawira.
Muna 1985, anodzokera kuAtlantic City, anowedzera muzana we heroin anoshandiswa, asina mari uye anotanga hupombwe achitengesa zvinodhaka (kakawanda akabatwa chibharo).
Muna 1986 akapinda muchipatara ane pneumonia. Nokukurumidza anoona kuti anorwara neAIDS uye anofa mumwedzi mitanhatu. Chirwere chacho chakaita kuti muviri wake usakanganiswa, saka akavigwa mubhokisi rakavharwa.
Sezvaunogona kuona, hupenyu hwaGia hunobudirira hwekubudirira, mari yakawanda, kukanganisa narcotic nekurapa kwenguva refu. Akanga achitsvaka rudo uye kutarisirwa, uye mushure mokunge avhiringidzwa munyika chaiye, akatanga kutsvaga kunyaradzwa mumishonga. Pasinei noupenyu hwake hupfupi, haana kungoyeuka mararamiro ake akanaka, asiwo maitiro asina kujairika.