Gia Carangi ABC TV'S, Vanished: Shooting Star

Gia Marie Carangi was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on January 29, 1960, she is considered to be the first supermodel, although that title has been applied to others, including Dorian Leigh, Jean Shrimpton, Twiggy and Janice Dickinson. 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.