Thing of Beauty (69 page)

Local-girl-made-good Gia on the cover of
Philadelphia Magazine
(34): being made up by friend Way Bandy during
Vogue
shoot on St. Barts (35); photographer Francesco Scavullo (36); on the boat to St. Barts (37)

Designer Perry Ellis (38). whose breakthrough collection Gia modeled on the runway (39-40) and for American
Vogue:
Gia’s datebook entry just before Wilhelmina’s death from cancer, reminding herself, in her usual sloppy spelling, to “get herion” (41); the Scavullo shot for American
Vogue
in which Gia’s needle marks were visible even after airbrushing (42)

Gia and her lover Rochelle with the red Fiat Gia bought with her first big modeling fees (43); mug shots from Gia’s two arrests (44-45): a Polaroid self-portrait (46)