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GIA
CARANGI ON HARD COPY
In our personal
video vault...
In
1993, upon the release of Gia's bio
Thing of Beauty, the TV show
Hard
Copy did an indepth profile on Gia. It was narrated by friend and
fellow model, Beverly Johnson, and included rare camcorder video footage
of Gia under the influence in a New York hotel room, discussing her 1982
"comeback".
We were lucky to have taped it.
Cut to the year 2000, when a fledgling
Ebay was becoming a virtual gathering place for Gia Carangi fans and
her coveted magazines. We created an auction for those 12 little
minutes of Hard Copy footage, not knowing what pandemonium it would generate.
We were contacted by literally hundreds of fans desperate to see Gia
moving and talking on film.
At the time, live footage of Gia was unheard of. The
ABC 20/20
report from 1982 was all but forgotten, and
E!'s
True Hollywood Story
wasn't even a gleam in the producer's eye yet. In fact, the Hard
Copy and
Extra reports are in circulation thanks to that little video's
appearance on Ebay.
Today that footage exists on MySpace pages,
YouTube and more.
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