Gia anabadwira m'banja lachimereka la ku America. Bambo ake anali ndi zakudya zambiri. Kwa zaka 11, Gia ankakhala m'banja lonse, mtsikanayo ali ndi zaka 11 amayi ake anasiya banja lawo. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, msungwanayo adang'ambika pakati pa abambo ake ndi amayi ake, kotero sadali kulandira chikondi chilichonse. Patapita nthaŵi, anakumana ndi bwenzi lake lapamtima Karen Karaz. Atsikana onsewa ndi otentheka kuchokera kwa David Bowie.
Ali mtsikana, msungwanayo anayamba kugwira ntchito nthawi yina m'sitima ya abambo ake. Mayi Gia anawona kukongola kwa mwana wake wamkazi ndipo anayesa kumugwirizira ndi mafakitale. Amayi a mtsikanayo anaganiza kuti zimenezi zingathandize poleredwa ndi mtsikanayo. Ali ndi zaka 17 iye anazindikira. Patapita chaka, anasamukira ku New York. Mu mzinda uno iye anazindikiridwa ndi Wilhelmina Cooper. Iye anali chitsanzo choyambirira, ndipo pa nthawiyo anali ndi bungwe lake lachitsanzo. Wilhelmina monga adanena kuti atawona msungwana wazaka 18, adazindikira kuti asanakhalepo tsiku limodzi, koma mtsikana yemwe adzagonjetsa dziko.
Miyezi itatu yoyambirira, Gia anagwira ntchito pazinthu zing'onozing'ono, ndipo kenako wojambula zithunzi Arthur Elgort anamujambula chifukwa cha magazini ya Bloomingdale, ndipo anamuuza anthu ngati Richard Avedon, komanso oimira Vogue ndi Cosmo. Pogwiritsa ntchito pulojekiti ya magazini ya Vogue, wojambula zithunzi Kriya Won Wenzhenheim anati Gia akhalenso atagwira ntchito yaikulu kuti atenge zithunzi zochepa pamasewera omasuka. Gia anavomera, ndipo pamapeto pake anadziwika kuti ndi chithunzi chodziwika bwino komanso chochititsa manyazi.
Polimbana ndi zochitika zina zotchuka nthawi, Gia anayimira khalidwe lake. Anasankha polojekitiyo, yomwe iye ankafuna kugwira ntchito. Ngati sakanakhala ndi maganizo kapena sakonda chithunzi chomwe akufuna kugwira ntchito, anakana. Ali ndi zaka 18 anawonekera pachivundikiro cha magazini angapo odziwika bwino. Kale mu 1979 iye adawonekera m'magazini atatu a Vogue, komanso kawiri ku Cosmo. Chivundikiro chomwe Gia anajambula mu chizungu cha chikasu mu chi Greek chimawerengedwa ngati chivundikiro chake chabwino.
Mu 1980, mlangizi wake Wilhelmina anamwalira ndi khansara ndipo izi zinali zowawa kwambiri kwa Gia. Gia wovutika maganizo amamira mankhwala. Kenako, anakhala pansi pa heroin. Kuyambira nthawi ino imayamba kuchita zosayenera pa zithunzi, kuchedwa, kusabwerako, kuchoka molawirira, ndi zina zotero. Pa gawo la chithunzi cha magazini ya November Vogue panali ngakhale kumunyoza, chifukwa m'manja mwake munali zizindikiro zowala kuchokera ku sitiroti ndi ojambula anayenera kuchotsa njirazi.
Gia anali kufunafuna chisangalalo, chisamaliro ndi chikondi, ndipo anangopeza ndalama ndi kugonana. Gia monga supermodel adapeza ndalama zambiri, koma pa moyo wake, sanasangalale kwambiri. Madzulo ambiri omwe ankakhala yekha ndipo nthawi iliyonse amatha kufika kwa amzake.
Pankhani ya moyo wake, adakonda akazi. Amuna amamufunanso, koma kokha. Kuyambira ali mwana, iye analemba makalata achikondi ndipo anapatsa maluwa a atsikanawo. Iye anali wokhudzidwa kwambiri ndi wachikondi. Amatha kukondana nthawi yoyamba ndikukwaniritsa chikondi cha chilakolako chake, koma nthawi zambiri chikondi ichi chimatanthauza mankhwala osokoneza bongo, ndalama. Anthu ankafuna chinachake kuchokera kwa iye, koma osati chikondi.
Panthawi imeneyo iye sankafuna ntchito, anatenga madokotala anayi a heroin patsiku, ngakhale amzanga anamulangiza kuti asachite zimenezo. Komabe, adasaina mgwirizano ndi Eylina Ford, koma anagwira ntchito pansi pake kwa milungu itatu yokha ndipo adathamangitsidwa (chifukwa cha khalidwe losokonezeka).
Pa nthawiyi, anali ndi zaka 20 zokha. Mu 1981 adaganiza zobwezeretsa kuchipatala. Panthawiyi, amakumana ndi wophunzira Rochelle, amenenso anali chidakwa ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Atsikana amayamba kukhala mabwenzi, koma chikoka choipa cha Rochelle chimabweretsa Jiy kuchokera ku chenicheni.
Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, amamangidwa chifukwa choyendetsa galimoto ataledzera. M'chilimwe iye anagwidwa ndikuba zinthu m'nyumba mwake, kenako Gia adayamba kuchitidwa mankhwala. Pa chipatalachi, amamva za imfa yoopsa ya Chris Won Wenzhenheim, akutha, amamphika ndi kumwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Gia wakhala akugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo kwa zaka zingapo, thupi lake linayamba kuphimbidwa ndi ziphuphu zonyansa.
Mu 1982, iye akukonzekera, akuyamba kulemera ndikuyamba kugwira ntchito. Ojambula amadziwa kuti Gia si ofanana, m'maso mwake mulibe moto. Malipiro ake pa gawo lajambula adachepetsedwa kwambiri. Chaka chino, adayankha mafunso omwe adanena kuti sakugwiritsanso ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo, koma amatha kuona kuti akuwatenga. Posakhalitsa nkhaniyi ikuwombera kumpoto kwa Africa, ntchito yake yachitsanzo inatha.
Mu 1983, atamaliza ntchito yake yapamwamba, anasamukira ku Atlantic City ndipo adagulitsa nyumba ndi mnzake Rochelle.
Mu 1984, iye anafika kuchipatala ndipo analembanso mankhwala. Ali kuchipatala, amadzipeza kuti ndi mnzake wa Rob Fahey. Atatha miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yamachiritso, anasamukira ku madera a Philadelphia. Apa iye akuyamba kugwira ntchito, amapita ku koleji, koma patatha miyezi itatu ya moyo woteroyo.
Mu 1985, abwerera ku Atlantic City, amachulukitsa mlingo wa heroin ntchito, alibe ndalama ndikuyamba uhule pofuna kugwiritsira ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo (nthawi zambiri anagwiriridwa).
Mu 1986 amalowa kuchipatala ali ndi chibayo. Posakhalitsa amapeza kuti akudwala ndi AIDS ndipo amamwalira miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Matendawa anapangitsa thupi lake kukhala loipa, choncho anaikidwa mu bokosi lotsekedwa.
Monga momwe mukuonera, moyo wa Gia ndi kupambana bwino, ndalama zazikulu, kuiwala zamatsenga komanso chithandizo cham'tsogolo. Iye anali kufunafuna chikondi ndi chisamaliro, ndipo atakhumudwa ndi dziko lenileni, anayamba kufunafuna chitonthozo mwa mankhwala. Ngakhale kuti anali ndi moyo waufupi, sanakumbukire maonekedwe ake okongola, komanso zithunzi zosazolowereka.