Everything You Knew About Gia Carangi's Tragic AIDS Story Is Wrong

Everyone thinks they know Gia Carangi's story — the drugs, the downfall, the AIDS diagnosis, the tragic death at 26. The 1998 biopic told you who she was, the fashion world gave you the cautionary tale, and the internet filled in the rest. But almost everything you think you know about Gia's story has been shaped by the same industry that failed her. This video dismantles the myths one by one — who really put the needle in her hand, what the fashion world actually knew about her AIDS diagnosis and when, why the Angelina Jolie version of Gia bears little resemblance to the woman people who loved her describe, and why her erasure from fashion history wasn't an accident. The real Gia Carangi story is far more damning — and far more human — than anyone has ever told you.