Brodelin, Sascha,
346
Broome, Terry,
320
Brown, Helen Gurley,
110
,
149
,
187
Browning, Lesley (pseudonym),
282
Buffalo Springfield,
279
Bush, George,
227
Butterick Company,
120
Byrds,
279
Byrnes, Sean,
105
,
150
,
191
,
228
,
240
,
247
Cain, Melanie,
143
Callas, Maria,
372
Calvin Klein underwear ads,
315
Candidates Program,
328
,
333
,
344
,
345
,
350
Cannon, Larry,
321
Capote, Truman,
149
Carangi, Dan (uncle),
9
,
11
,
12
,
17
,
27
,
71
,
307
,
310
,
311
,
325
,
397
Carangi, Gia Marie (Gia)
abuse by dad,
337
airport knife episode,
231
bisexuality of,
190
–91
“booking out,”
234
career decline,
234
–53
childhood sexual abuse of,
41
comeback period,
267
–95
conflicts of new versus old life,
138
,
139
–40
death of,
387
–88
declared indigent,
328
dieting of,
160
–61
difficult sessions with,
182
–86,
205
,
215
,
225
–26,
228
,
246
–47
see also
career decline,
above
and Dr. Robert Giller,
244
–45,
246
drug use of early use,
35
,
42
–43,
47
,
59
,
60
,
62
–63,
111
later, heavy use,
186
,
216
,
231
–326
in Eagleville hospital for rehabilitation,
327
–49
early childhood with family,
8
,
11
,
14
–16,
19
–21
early modeling career,
103
–07,
110
–21,
124
–25
early modeling interests,
80
–82
end of modeling career,
311
,
320
and father’s third marriage,
57
favorite actors of,
155
feelings about modeling,
93
–94,
171
–72
first photo session,
48
–51
first signs of AIDS,
355
Fourth Ave. apartment,
208
friends of.
See especially
Beverly, Sharon; Karuza, Karen; Linter, Sandy; O’Connor, Toni; Rosen, Rochelle
funeral of,
389
–90
and German fashion industry,
277
–79,
284
,
293
,
311
as “Giorgio Armani girl,”
209
at Hahnemann University Hospital,
381
–88
heroin use of,
216
,
234
,
289
,
302
–03
see also
drug use of,
above
homosexuality of,
44
–47,
68
–70,
159
–60,
162
–64,
223
,
229
,
333
–34,
369
see also sexlife of,
below
hospital code status of,
382
interest in photography,
154
–56
Island of Mustique cruise,
187
–88
as Jim Morrison fan,
266
journal entries,
303
–06,
352
,
378
lesbianism of.
See
homosexuality of,
above
life in Norristown,
346
–52,
367
–71
look of,
26
–28,
66
–67,
192
–93,
196
,
250
love of flowers,
168
love of kids,
351
in methadone clinics,
290
–91,
298
–300,
325
modeling in Italy,
124
–25,
126
–37
modeling in Paris,
134
and mother’s remarriage,
26
–29
move back to Philadlephia,
253
move to Atlantic City,
306
–26
move to Center city,
71
–74
move to Elite,
267
–69
and new-wave rock music,
169
nude photo sessions,
159
–60,
230
Philadelphia
interview,
221
–22
psychiatric disorders,
361
–66
refusal to do lingerie shots,
206
rehabilitation at Eagleville Hospital,
327
–49
relationships with family.
See
early childhood with family,
above;
Sperr, Kathleen Adams Carangi (mother)
relationship with father.
See
Carangi, Joseph (Joe, father)
relationship with mother.
See entries under
Sperr, Kathleen Adams Carangi (mother)
relationship with Wilhelmina,
97
,
230
,
233
–34,
240
–41,
257
,
276
return to drugs, after rehabilitation,
357
–58
rise in modeling world,
138
–223
robbery of mother by,
263
–64
screening at Wilhelmina,
82
–86
semiretirement period,
256
–67
sexlife of
63
,
68
–70,
73
–74,
322
–24
see also
homosexuality of,
above
sexuality of,
314
–15
switch to Eileen Ford,
248
taste in musk,
103
trip to Los Angeles,
279
–81
turn to religion,
367
vacation in Della Schiava’s castle,
142
at Warminster General Hospital,
5
–7,
360
–66
Carangi, Joe Jr. (Joey, brother),
12
,
19
,
224
,
244
,
307
,
376
,
380
,
383
,
397
Carangi, Joseph (Joe, father)
and Gia’s early modeling career,
87
marriage to and divorce from Kathleen,
8
–14,
17
,
19
relationship with Gia,
14
–15,
36
–37,
42
,
325
,
337
,
382
third marriage of,
57
Carangi, Kathleen Adams (mother).
See
Sperr, Kathleen Adams Carangi (mother)
Carangi, Michael (brother),
12
,
19
,
58
,
62
,
188
,
224
,
262
,
291
,
307
,
310
,
392
,
397
Cars, The,
353
Carter recession,
272
Casablancas, John,
2
,
131
,
144
–48,
154
,
180
,
221
,
234
,
244
,
267
–68,
400
“Casa Boom,”
217
Catacombs,
265
Cates, Phoebe,
272
Catrana, Sherry (pseudonym),
322
–24
Catrana, Ted (pseudonym),
322
–24
Cavaco, Paul,
158
Gia’s move to,
71
–74
Chanel,
126
Charles of the Ritz,
122
Charlie,
183
Chasing the Dragon,
398
Chatelain, Alex,
90
,
145
,
166
–67,
199
,
400
Chesler, Dr. Phyllis,
181
Chicago Tribune,
392
“China Brown,”
217
–18
Christian Dior,
109
,
115
,
126
,
134
,
199
,
338
Christiansen, Jeanette,
145
Cigarette Etiquette,
65
Circus,
38
Clark, Dick,
37
“Clements Reports,”
197
Clockwork Orange, A,
155
Close, Glenn,
354
Cocaine,
55
,
111
,
170
,
171
,
219
,
247
,
257
–58
Cohen, David,
398
Collier’s,
108
Condé Nast Publications,
106
–10,
197
see also Bride’s; Glamour, House & Garden; Mademoiselle; Vogue
Continental,
282
Cooper, Bruce,
95
,
96
,
147
,
232
,
237
Cooper, Wilhelmina,
3
,
82
–83,
85
,
90
,
121
,
146
,
209
,
220
–21,
222
career of,
94
–97
diets of,
160
–61
Cosmopolitan
American,
2
,
92
,
106
,
110
,
123
,
148
–89,
187
,
221
,
240
,
269
,
274
“Cosmopolitan
gui,”
187
Cougar, John,
295
Council of Fashion Designers Awards,
355
Cover Girl,
399
Crawdaddy,
38
Crawford, Cindy,
392
–94
Creem,
38
Cup and Saucer,
310
D’Alessio, Francesco,
320
Dali, Salvador,
188
Damsker, Matt,
30
Danceteria,
282
Dan’s Shoes,
37
“D’Arcy” doll,
84
David, Jean Louis,
76
Deardorff camera,
210
“Decade of the Client,”
113
Delaney, Kim,
272
Della Schiava, Giuseppe (Peponi),
129
–30,
142
,
194
–95
Dellesandro’s,
369
Demarchelier, Patrick,
132
–33,
145
,
167
,
273
,
393
,
399
Desert Hearts,
368
Designing Your Face,
122
Diamond Dogs,
51
Dickinson, Janice,
164
,
177
–80,
182
,
207
–08,
212
,
219
,
243
,
253
,
272
,
284
–85,
315
,
321
,
399
,
400
“Die Young Stay Pretty,”
222
Digits,
63
Dior.
See
Christian Dior
Dior, Christian.
See
Christian Dior
di Sant’Angelo, Giorgio,
395
Disco Beauty,
214
di Siricinano, Francesco,
142
Distant Drummer,
40