UGia wazalwa emndenini ovamile waseMelika. Uyise wakhe wayenezinethiwekhi eziningi zokudla. Kwaze kwaba iminyaka engu-11, uGia wayehlala emndenini ogcwele, lapho intombazane eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala umama washiya umndeni. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, le ntombazane yaqhekeka phakathi kukayise nonina, ngakho wayengeke athole uthando. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, wahlangana nomngani wakhe omkhulu u-Karen Karaz. Bobabili amantombazane bangama-fanatics avela kuDavid Bowie.
Lapho eseneminyaka eyishumi nambili, le ntombazane yaqala ukusebenza isikhathi esithile kwelinye lamakholomu kayise. Umama Gia ubona ubuhle bendodakazi yakhe futhi wazama ukumnamathela embonini yokufanisa. Unina wentombazane wacabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzosiza ekukhuliseni intombazane. Lapho eneminyaka engu-17 wabonakala. Ngemva konyaka, wathuthela eNew York. Kulo dolobha wabonwa nguWilhelmina Cooper. Ungumdwebo wangaphambili, futhi ngaleso sikhathi wayenezikhungo zakhe zokufanisa. UWilhelmina njengoba esho ukuthi lapho ebona le ntombazane eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala, waqaphela ngokushesha ukuthi ngaphambi kokuba abe yinto eyodwa yosuku olulodwa, kodwa intombazane eyokunqoba izwe.
Phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu zokuqala, uGia wasebenza emaphrojekthi amancane, futhi kamuva umdwebi wezithombe u-Arthur Elgort wamfotela umagazini uBloomingdale, wamtshela kubantu abanjengoRichard Avedon, kanye nabameli bakaVogue noCosmo. Ngesikhathi esebenzela iphrojekthi yomagazini iVogue, umdwebi wezithombe uKriya Won Wenzhenheim uphakamise ukuthi uGia ahlale ngemuva kokusebenzisa iphrojekthi enkulu ukuze athathe izithombe ezimbalwa ngesitayela samahhala. U-Gia wavuma, ekugcineni waba yisikhathi sesithombe esithokozeka kakhulu futhi esihlazolayo.
Ngokumelene nesizinda samanye amamodeli adumile ngaleso sikhathi, uGia waphuma umlingisi wakhe. Wakhetha lo msebenzi ngokwakhe, lapho ayenesithakazelo ukusebenza khona. Uma engenayo imizwa noma engathandi isithombe okufanele asebenze ngayo, wenqaba. Lapho eneminyaka engu-18 wabonakala esembozweni samamagazini amaningana awaziwayo. Kakade ngo-1979 wabonakala ngezihumusho ezintathu ze-Vogue, futhi kabili kuyi-American version ye-Cosmo. Isembozo lapho uGia esiqoshwe khona nge-swimsuit ephuzi ngesitayela sesiGreki kubhekwa njengesembozo sakhe esihle kakhulu.
Ngo-1980, umeluleki wakhe uWilhelmina wabulawa ngumdlavuza futhi lokhu kwaba yinto enkulu eGia. Ukucindezeleka Gia wagcwala izidakamizwa. Kamuva, wahlala phansi ku-heroin. Kusukela kulo mzuzu uqala ukuziphatha ngendlela engafanele ezithombeni, ukuphuza, ukungabi khona, ukuhamba ekuseni, njll. Esikhathini somhlangano wesithombe somagazini kaNovemba Vogue kwakukhona ngisho nokuhlambalaza, ngoba ezandleni zakhe kwakukhona amamaki aqhakazile avela kwi-syringe nabathwebuli bezithombe kwakudingeka avimbele la ma tracks.
UGia wayefuna injabulo, ukunakekelwa nothando, futhi wathola imali kanye nobulili kuphela. UGia njenge-supermodel yathola imali eningi, kepha ngokuphila kwakhe komuntu, wayengathokozi ngokukhethekile. Ebusuku abaningi ayechitha yodwa futhi noma nini angena kumngane wakhe.
Ngokuqondene nokuphila kwakhe komuntu, wakhetha abesifazane. Amadoda nawo ayamthakazelisa, kodwa nje kuphela. Kusukela esemncane, wabhala izincwadi zothando futhi wanikeza izimbali zamantombazane. Wayenomusa kakhulu futhi enomusa. Angase athande ngothando okokuqala futhi afinyelele uthando luthando lwakhe, kodwa ezimweni eziningi lolu thando lusho izidakamizwa, imali. Abantu babefuna okuthile kuye, kodwa hhayi uthando.
Ngaleso sikhathi wayengenasithakazelo emsebenzini, wathatha amanani amane we-heroin ngosuku, nakuba abangane bamcebisa ukuba angenzi kanjalo. Kodwa-ke, wasayina isivumelwano no-Eylina Ford, kodwa wasebenza ngaphansi kwakhe kwaphela amasonto amathathu kuphela futhi waxoshwa (ngenxa yokuziphatha okungahlelekile).
Ngalesi sikhathi, wayeneminyaka engu-20 kuphela. Ngo-1981 wanquma ukuphulukiswa ekulweni kwezidakamizwa. Ngalesi sikhathi, uhlangana nomfundi uRochelle, naye owayengumlutha wezidakamizwa. Amantombazane aqala ukuba abangane, kodwa ithonya elimazayo uRochelle ngokuphindaphindiwe liholela kuJey kuqiniso.
Ngentwasahlobo yalolu nyaka, uboshwa ngokushayela ngenkathi edakwa. Ehlobo wabanjwa ngokuba izinto ekhaya, emva kwalokho uGia uqala ukuphathwa. Ngenkathi yokwelashwa, ufunda ngokufa okubuhlungu kukaChris Won Wenzhenheim, wehla, uvale ekugeza kwakhe futhi athathe izidakamizwa. UGia ubelokhu esebenzisa izidakamizwa iminyaka eminingana, umzimba wakhe waqala ukumbozwa ngamaphunga amabi.
Ngo-1982, ulungisa, uthola isisindo futhi uqala ukusebenza. Abathwebuli bezithombe bayaqaphela ukuthi uGia akafani, emehlweni akhe akekho umlilo. Imali yakhe yeseshini yesithombe yayinciphile kakhulu. Lo nyaka, wanikeza ingxoxo lapho ethi wayengeke esethatha izidakamizwa, kodwa wayengabona emehlweni akhe ukuthi uyathatha. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwesigameko sokudubula eNyakatho ye-Afrika, umsebenzi wakhe wokuqothula waphela.
Ngo-1983, ngemuva kokuqeda umsebenzi wakhe wokuzibophezela, wathuthela e-Atlantic City futhi waqasha indawo yakhe nomngane wakhe uRochelle.
Ngo-1984, wafinyelela isibambo futhi waphinde wabhalela ukwelashwa. Emtholampilo, uzithola engumngane kaRob Fahey. Ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ukwelashwa, wathuthela edolobheni laseFiladelphia. Lapha uqala ukusebenza, uya esikoleni, kepha emva kwezinyanga ezintathu zokuphila okunjalo wawela.
Ngo-1985, ubuyela e-Atlantic City, ukwandisa umthamo we-heroin osetshenzisiwe, ulahlekelwa imali futhi uqale ubufebe ngokushintshanisa izidakamizwa (izikhathi eziningana wadlwengulwa).
Ngomnyaka we-1986 wangena esibhedlela nge-pneumonia. Ngokushesha uthola ukuthi uyagula nge-AIDS futhi ufa ezinyangeni eziyisithupha. Lesi sifo senza isidumbu sakhe sibe sibi, ngakho wangcwatshwa ebhokisini elivaliwe.
Njengoba ungabona, impilo kaGia iyimpumelelo yokuphumelela, imali enkulu, ukukhohlwa ngokweqile nokwelapha isikhathi eside. Wayefuna uthando nokukhathalela, futhi ngemva kokudumala ezweni langempela, waqala ukuthola induduzo ngezidakamizwa. Naphezu kokuphila kwakhe okuncane, akazange akhumbule ukubonakala kwakhe okuhle kuphela, kodwa futhi futhi ama-photosessions angavamile.