UGia wazalwa kwintsapho eqhelekileyo yaseMerika. Uyise wayenomnatha wonke wokutya. Uneminyaka eyi-11, uGia wayehlala kwintsapho epheleleyo, xa intombazana yayineminyaka eli-11 ubudala unina washiya intsapho. Ukususela kuloo mzuzu, le ntombazana yaqhekeka phakathi koyise nonina, ngoko wayengafumani naluphi na uthando. Emva kwexesha, wadibana nomhlobo wakhe ozayo uKaren Karaz. Bobabini abantombazana banomdla ovela kuDavid Bowie.
Njengomntwana oselula, le ntombazana yaqala ukusebenza ixesha elithile kwelinye leefestile zikayise. UMama Gia ubona ubuhle bentombi yakhe waza wazama ukumbamba iqhinga kwi-industry modeling. Unina wentombazana wacinga ukuba le nto iya kunceda ekukhuliseni intombazana. Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-17 waqaphela. Emva konyaka, wathuthela eNew York. Kulo mzi wabonwa nguWilhelmina Cooper. Uyimodeli yangaphambili, kwaye ngelo xesha wayenalo i-agent agency. UWilhelmina njengoko wathi xa ebona le ntombazana eneminyaka eyi-18 ubudala, waqonda ngokukhawuleza ukuba phambi kwakhe akayiyo imodeli yosuku olulodwa, kodwa intombazana eyakuyitshabalalisa ihlabathi.
Ngexesha leenyanga ezintathu zokuqala, uGia wasebenza kwiiprojekthi ezincinci, kwaye emva koko u-photographer u-Arthur Elgort wamfotela iphephancwadi iBloomingdale, wamzisa kubantu abanjengoRichard Avedon, kunye nabameli beVogue neCosmo. Ngethuba usebenza kwiprojekthi yeVogue umagazini, umfaki-zithombe uKriya Won Wenzhenheim wacebisa ukuba uGia ahlale emva kokusebenza kwiprojekthi ephambili ukuze athathe imifanekiso embalwa ngesitayela samahhala. UGia wavuma, ekugqibeleni waphenduka ukuba yiseseshoni yesithunzi esabonakalayo kunye nehlazo.
Ngokuchasene nemvelaphi yamanye amanqaku ahloniphekileyo ngexesha, uGia wayemele umlingiswa wakhe. Ukhethile iprojekthi ngokwakhe, apho wayenomdla wokusebenza. Ukuba wayengenayo imvakalelo okanye engayithandi umfanekiso ekufuneka asebenze ngayo, wenqaba. Xa eneminyaka eyi-18 wabonakala kwiphepha lamaphephancwadi amaninzi awaziwayo. Sekuqaleni ngowe-1979 wabonakala kwiinguqu ezintathu zeVogue, kwaye kwakhona kabini kwi-American version yeCosmo. Isigubungelo iGia esibhalwe kuso kwi-swimsuit ephuzi kwisita lesiGrike sithathwa njengesiqulatho esihle kakhulu.
Ngowe-1980, umcebisi wakhe uWilhelmina wabulawa ngumhlaza kwaye oku kwakunzima kakhulu kuGia. Uxinzelelo uGia wagxobhoza iziyobisi. Kamva, wahlala phantsi kwi-heroin. Ukususela kulo mzuzwana uqala ukuziphatha ngokungafanelekanga kwiifoto, ukukhawuleza, ukuza kuza, ukushiya kusasa, njl njl. Kwiseshoni yesithombe seMagazini yeNovemba Vogue kwakukho nehlazo, kuba ezandleni zakhe kwakukho iimpawu eziqhakazile kwi-syringe kunye nabafufti beefoto kufuneka baqede ezi ngoma.
UGia wayefuna ulonwabo, ukunakekelwa nothando, kwaye wafumana kuphela imali kunye nesondo. UGia njenge-supermodel yafumana imali eninzi, kodwa ngokubhekiselele kubomi bakhe, wayengenandipha ngokukhethekileyo. Kwimihla ngemihla wayichitha yodwa kwaye nawuphina naluphi na ixesha afike kumhlobo wakhe.
Ubomi bakhe bomntu, wakhetha abafazi. Amadoda anomdla naye, kodwa nje kuphela. Ukususela ebuntwaneni, wabhala incwadi zothando waza wanika iintombazana iintombazana. Wayenomdla kakhulu kwaye wayenomdla. Unokuwa ngothando okokuqala kwaye ufezekise uthando lwakhe, kodwa kwiimeko ezininzi olu luthando luchaza iziyobisi, imali. Abantu babefuna into ethile kuye, kodwa bengayithandi.
Ngelo xesha wayengenomdla kumsebenzi, wathatha amayeza amane e-heroin ngosuku, nangona abahlobo bamcebisa ukuba angenzi. Nangona kunjalo, wasayina isivumelwano kunye no-Eylina Ford, kodwa wasebenza phantsi kwakhe kweeveki ezintathu kuphela kwaye waphunyezwa (ngenxa yokuziphatha kakubi).
Ngeli xesha, wayeneminyaka engama-20 ubudala. Ngowe-1981 wagqiba ekubeni abuyele emlonyeni weziyobisi. Ngeli xesha, udibana nomfundi uRochelle, owayenomlutha weziyobisi. Amantombazana aqala ukuba ngabahlobo, kodwa umonakalo onobungozi uRochelle ngokugqithisileyo ukhokelela uJey kwi nyaniso.
Ngentwasahlobo yalo nyaka, ubanjelwe ukuqhuba xa etywala. Ehlotyeni wabanjwa ekubambe izinto ekhaya, emva koko uGia uqala ukuphathwa. Ngethuba lokunyanga, ufunda ngokufa okubuhlungu kukaChris Won Wenzhenheim, ehla, uvale ekuhlambeni kwakhe kwaye athathe iziyobisi. UGia uye wasebenzisa izidakamizwa iminyaka emininzi, umzimba wakhe waqala ukugutywa ngamabhunqa amabi.
Ngowe-1982, ulungiswa, uzuza ubunzima kwaye uqala ukusebenza. Abafaki baqaphele ukuba uGia akafani, emehlweni akhe akukho mlilo. Imirhumo yakhe yeseshoni yesithombe yayincinci kakhulu. Kulo nyaka, wanika udliwano-ndlebe apho wathi wayengasetyenzisanga iziyobisi, kodwa wayenokubona emehlweni akhe ukuba uwathatha. Kungekudala emva kwesiganeko sokudubula eMntla Afrika, umsebenzi wakhe wokuba umzekelo waphela.
Ngowe-1983, emva kokugqiba umsebenzi wakhe wokumisela, wathuthela e-Atlantic City waza waqasha indlu kunye nomhlobo wakhe uRochelle.
Ngowe-1984, wafikelela kwisibambiso waza waphinde wabhalwa unyango. Kwikliniki, ufumanisa ungumhlobo kaRob Fahey. Emva kweenyanga ezintandathu zonyango, wathuthela edolophini laseFiladelphia. Lapha uqala ukusebenza, uya kwiikholeji, kodwa emva kweenyanga ezintathu zobomi obunjalo wawela.
Ngowe-1985, ubuyela e-Atlantic City, kwandisa umthamo we-heroin osetyenziswayo, engenakho imali kwaye uqale ubuhenyu ngokuchitshiyelwa ngamachiza (amaninzi amdlwenguli).
Ngomnyaka we-1986 wangena esibhedlele nge-pneumonia. Kungekudala ufumanisa ukuba uyagula nge-AIDS kwaye uyafa ezinyangeni ezintandathu. Esi sifo senza isidumbu sakhe sibe sibi, ngoko wangcwatyelwa kwiphephe elivaliweyo.
Njengoko uyakubona, ubomi bukaGia buyimpumelelo, imali enkulu, ukulibala nokuhlambalaza kunye nokunyanga ixesha elide. Wayekhangela uthando kunye nokunyamekela, kwaye emva kokudumala kwihlabathi langempela, waqala ukufumana induduzo kwiziyobisi. Nangona wayephila ubomi obutshanje, akazange akhumbule nje ukubonakala kwakhe okuhle, kodwa kunye nezithombe ezingaqhelekanga.