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January 29 of 1960, the Carangis embraced their first baby girl; they
named her Gia Marie Carangi and from the day she was born she was
special. Gia's brother, Joe, remembers in an interview for the E!
True Hollywood Story, "She had a special place being a girl.
She had a little canopy bed with the dolls all over the place. She was
an average little girl, that’s how I remember her."
Gia
Carangi grew up in the outskirts of Philadelphia, where her father,
Joe, owned a string of hoagie shops. Her mother, Kathleen took care of
the kids. Despite the normal family appearances, their home-life was
turbulent. Gia’s parents argued constantly, "Gia and I used to
sit on top of the steps every night and listen to them fight, and we
hated it," said her brother Michael Carangi. By 1971, Kathleen
moved out, leaving her husband and her children; Gia was only eleven.
For Gia, who was extremely close to her
mother, Kathleen's actions were heartbreaking. Though Gia wanted her parents
back together, Kathleen remarried a year later, shattering any hopes that Gia
would ever have a normal family life again. Gia's early teens were anything but
ideal. She bounced between two households, and received very little attention
from the people around her, which meant that – with no discipline - she was able
to do whatever she wanted.
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Gia: The Model
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Interview gives insight into HBO's Gia
