Ua hānauʻiaʻo Gia ma kahiʻohanaʻAmelika maʻamau. He pūnaewele holoʻokoʻa ka meaʻai a kona makuakāne. Ma kahi o 11 mau makahiki, nohoʻo Gia ma kahiʻohana piha, i ka 11 o kona mau makahiki, ua haʻalele kona makuahine i kaʻohana. Mai ia manawa mai, ua haʻalulu ke kaikamahine i waena o kona makuakāne a me kona makuahine, no lailaʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia ke aloha. I ka manawa ma mua, ua hālāwaiʻo ia me kāna hoa maikaʻi loaʻo Karen Karaz. ʻO nā kaikamāhineʻelua a David Bowie.
I kona wā'ōpiopio, ua hoʻomaka ke kaikamahine e hana manawa wāwae i kekahi o nā hale hana a kona makuakāne. Uaʻikeʻo Gia Gia i ka nani o kāna kaikamahine a ua ho'āʻo e hoʻokomo iā ia i kaʻoihana'ōnaehana. Manaʻo ka makuahine o kēia kaikamahine e kōkua kēia kumu i ka hānaiʻana o ke kaikamahine. I ke 17 o kona makahiki, uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia. He makahiki ma hope mai, ua neʻeʻo ia i New York. Ma kēia kūlanakauhale uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia e Wilhelmina Cooper. He mea hoʻohālike mua ia, a ia manawa i loaʻa iā ia kānaʻene lawelawe hoʻohālike. ʻO Wilhelminaʻoiaiʻo ia i'ōlelo ai i konaʻikeʻana i kēia kaikamahine 18 makahiki, uaʻike kokeʻo ia i mua o ka wahine,ʻaʻole ia he lā hoʻokahi lā, akā he kaikamahine e lanakila i ka honua.
I loko o nā mahina muaʻekolu, ua hanaʻo Gia i nā hana liʻiliʻi, a kiʻiʻiaʻo Arthur Elgort ma hope o nā mea liʻiliʻi i kiʻiʻia no ka pukeʻo Bloomingdale, a ua hōʻikeʻo ia iā ia i nā kānaka e like me Richard Avedon, a me nāʻelele o Vogue a me Cosmo. ʻOiaiʻo ia e hana ana ma ka papahanaʻo Vogue, kiʻiʻo photographerʻo Kriya Won Wenzhenheim e noho anaʻo Gia ma hope o ka hanaʻana i ka papahana nui no ka laweʻana i nā kiʻi ma keʻanoʻokoʻa. Uaʻaeʻo Gia, i ka manawa iʻikeʻia ai ka loiloi loa.
Ma muli o ke kūlana o nāʻano kaulana'ē aʻe o ka manawa,ʻo Gia i kū i waho no konaʻano. Ua kohoʻo ia i ka papahana pono'ī nāna iho, kahi āna i makemake ai e hana. Ināʻaʻohe onaʻano aʻaʻoleʻo ia i makemake i ke kiʻi e pono aiʻo ia e hana, ua hōʻoleʻo ia. I ka 18 o kona makahiki, uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia ma ka uhi o kekahi mau mūkini kaulana. I kēia manawa i ka makahiki 1979,ʻikeʻiaʻo ia ma nā hua'ōleloʻekolu o ka magazine Vogue, aʻelua hoʻi ma ka manaʻAmelikaʻo Cosmo. ʻO ka uhi i kahakahaʻiaʻo Gia i loko o ka waiʻu melemele ma ka'ōlelo Helene,ʻo ia ka mea i uhi nuiʻia.
I ka makahiki 1980, ua make kona kauā Wilhelmina i ka maʻi kanesa a he mea nui kēia no Gia. Pahūpilikiaʻo Gia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Ma hope mai, nohoʻo ia ma luna o ka heroin. Mai kēia manawa hoʻomakaʻia e hana ponoʻole i nā kiʻi, eʻaneʻane,ʻaʻole e hiki mai, e haʻalele wawe, a pēlā aku. Ma ke kaʻina kiʻi o ka nūpepaʻo Novemapa i ka manawaʻo ia he mea hōʻeha, no ka mea, aia ma kona mau lima he mau hiʻi keʻokeʻo mai ka syringe aʻo nā kiʻi kiʻi e holoi i kēia mau ala.
Keʻimi neiʻo Gia i ka hauʻoli, mālama a aloha, a loaʻa wale ke kālā a me ka wahine. ʻO Gia he mea nui i loaʻa i ka nui o ke kālā, akā no kona ola pono'ī,ʻaʻoleʻo ia i hauʻoli loa. I nā ahiahi he nui waleʻo ia i noho ai a hiki i kekahi o kona mau hoaaloha.
No kona ola pono'ī, ua makemakeʻo ia i nā wāhine. Makemake nā kāne iā ia, akā wale wale nō me kaʻike. Mai kona wā kamaliʻi, ua kākauʻo ia i nā leka aloha a hāʻawiʻia nā pua nani. Nuiʻo ia a maʻalahi. Hiki iā ia ke hāʻule i ke aloha i ka manawa mua a loaʻa i ke aloha o kona kuko, akā, i ka hapanui o kēia manawa, ua lilo kēia aloha i mea lāʻau, kālā. Ua makemake nā kānaka i kekahi mea mai ona aku, akā,ʻaʻole aloha.
I kēlā manawa,ʻaʻoleʻo ia i makemake i ka hana, ua laweʻo ia iʻehā mau dosinoa o heroin i kēlā lā i kēia lā, akā ua'ōlelo aku nā hoaaloha iā iaʻaʻole e hana pēlā. Eia naʻe, ua kākauʻo ia i kahiʻaelike me'Eylina Ford, akā ua hanaʻo ia ma lalo ona noʻekolu pule wale nō a ua puhiʻia (no ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka hana).
I kēia manawa, he 20 makahiki wale nō kona. I ka makahiki 1981, ua hoʻoholoʻo ia e hoʻi mai i ka lāʻauʻawaʻawa. I kēia manawa, huiʻo ia me kekahi haumāna Rochelle, aʻo ia kekahi i komo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hoʻomaka nā hoaaloha e lilo i mau hoaaloha, akā,ʻo Rochelle kaʻoihanaʻino iʻoi aku ka heleʻana iā Jiy mai kaʻoiaʻiʻo.
I ka makahiki o kēia makahiki, ua hopuʻiaʻo ia no ka hoʻoholoʻana i ka wā ona. I ke kauwela ua loaʻaʻo ia i kaʻaihueʻana i nā mea mai kona home aku, a laila ua hoʻomaka houʻiaʻo Gia. I loko o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻana,ʻikeʻo ia e pili ana i ka make weliweliʻo Chris Won Wenzhenheim, e wāwahi, e hoʻopili i loko o ka wai holoi a hoʻohana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Ke hoʻohana neiʻo Gia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau no nā makahiki he nui, ua hoʻomaka kona kino e uhi i nā'ōpoki pōʻino.
I ka makahiki 1982, ua hoʻolōlāʻo ia, ua loaʻa iā ia ke kaumaha a ua hoʻomakaʻo ia e hana. Hōʻike nā mea paʻi kiʻiʻaʻoleʻo Gia i like, ma kona mau makaʻaʻohe ahi. Ua hoʻoemi nuiʻia kāna uku no ka noho kiʻi kiʻi. I kēia makahiki, ua hāʻawiʻo ia i kahi hālāwai ninaninau i'ōlelo aiʻo iaʻaʻole ia i hoʻohana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā uaʻikeʻo ia mai kona mau maka e laweʻo ia iā lākou. Ma hope koke iho o ka hana i hanaʻia ma ke kākoʻoʻana ma'Akehāka'Ākau, ua pau kāna hana hoʻohālike.
I ka makahiki 1983, ma hope o kona hoʻopauʻana i kānaʻoihana hoʻolālā, ua neʻeʻo ia i Atlantic City a hoʻolimalima i kahi lumi me kāna hoaaloha Rochelle.
I ka makahiki 1984, ua hōʻeaʻo ia i ka pahu a hoʻopaʻa houʻia no ka mālamaʻana. Ma loko o ke keʻena kino, uaʻikeʻo ia he hoaalohaʻo Rob Fahey. I ka halaʻana o nā malamaʻeono, ua neʻeʻo ia i kahi e pili ana i Philadelphia. Maʻaneʻi e hoʻomaka anaʻo ia e hana, hele i nā kula o ke kulanui, akā ma hope oʻekolu mahina o kēlāʻano ola, ua hinaʻo ia.
I ka makahiki 1985, hoʻiʻo ia i Atlantic City, hoʻonui i ka nui o ka heroin hoʻohanaʻia, nele i ke kālā a hoʻomaka i ka moekolohe no ke kūʻaiʻana i nā lāʻauʻawa (i ka manawa o ia i hoʻopiʻiʻia).
I ka makahiki 1986, komoʻo ia i loko o ka haukapila me ka maʻi lahilahi. Ma hope koke iho,ʻikeʻo ia ua maʻiʻo ia me ka maʻi AIDS a make iʻeono mahina. Ua hanaʻino ke kino i kona kino, a ua kanuʻiaʻo ia i loko o ka pahu kopa.
E like me kāu eʻike ai, hiki i ke ola o Gia kahi lanakila, nui kālā, hoʻopoloholo narcotic a me ka hoʻomau lōʻihi. Eʻimi anaʻo ia i ke aloha a me ka mālamaʻana, a ma hope o kona hōʻinoʻia i ke ao maoli, hoʻomakaʻo ia eʻimi i ka hōʻoluʻolu i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Me kona ola pōkole,ʻaʻoleʻo ia i hoʻomanaʻo i kona helehelena nani wale nō, akā, i nāʻano kūikawā'ē aʻe.