Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia

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"Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia" is a biographical book that chronicles the rise and tragic fall of 1970s–80s fashion model Gia Carangi, exploring her groundbreaking career, personal struggles, and early death from AIDS.

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instanceOf biography ⓘ
book ⓘ
about 1970s fashion ⓘ
1980s fashion ⓘ
AIDS epidemic ⓘ
HIV/AIDS-related death ⓘ
LGBT issues ⓘ
celebrity culture ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ
fashion modeling industry ⓘ
heroin abuse ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts New York fashion scene of the early 1980s ⓘ
New York fashion scene of the late 1970s ⓘ
exploresTheme LGBT identity in the fashion world ⓘ
addiction and recovery attempts ⓘ
beauty and mortality ⓘ
fame and self-destruction ⓘ
impact of AIDS on individuals and industry ⓘ
focusesOn Gia Carangi's illness and death ⓘ
Gia Carangi's relationships ⓘ
Gia Carangi's struggles with addiction ⓘ
fall of Gia Carangi from the fashion industry ⓘ
personal life of Gia Carangi ⓘ
rise of Gia Carangi as a supermodel ⓘ
genre biographical literature ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
hasBiographicalSubject Gia Carangi ⓘ
hasSubtitle The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia ⓘ
hasTitle Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia ⓘ
intendedAudience adult readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Gia Carangi ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
portrays Gia Carangi as a pioneering supermodel ⓘ
linked to: Gia Carangi

Gia Carangi as an early AIDS casualty in the fashion world ⓘ
the darker side of the fashion industry ⓘ
subjectOf analyses of AIDS representation in popular culture ⓘ
analyses of queer figures in fashion history ⓘ
discussions about the history of supermodels ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ

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Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia → hasTitle → Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia ⓘ
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