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Gia Carangi

1960 - 1986

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Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American supermodel, considered by some to be the first supermodel. In 2023, Harpers Bazaar ranked her 15th among the greatest supermodels in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gia Carangi has received more than 6,406,270 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Gia Carangi is the 20th most popular model (down from 18th in 2019), the 2,567th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,259th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Model.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MODELS

Among models, Gia Carangi ranks 20 out of 313. Before her are Gigi Hadid, Bettie Page, Adriana Lima, Cindy Crawford, Pattie Boyd, and Linda Evangelista. After her are Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Kate Moss, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Gisele Bündchen, Veruschka von Lehndorff, and Helena Christensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Gia Carangi ranks 90. Before her are Vince Clarke, Nicoletta Braschi, Michael Hutchence, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Samia Suluhu Hassan, and Jürgen Schult. After her are Melissa Leo, Merlene Ottey, Gjorge Ivanov, Kevin Carter, Ersin Tatar, and Takashi Miike. Among people deceased in 1986, Gia Carangi ranks 85. Before her are John Bagot Glubb, Elsa Lanchester, Thierry Sabine, Ellison Onizuka, Christopher Isherwood, and Yaroslav Stetsko. After her are Henri Toivonen, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Mart Stam, Phil Lynott, Jacques Henri Lartigue, and Arthur Grumiaux.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gia Carangi ranks 2,567 out of 20,380. Before her are Dianne Feinstein (1933), Stephen Smale (1930), Bob Woodward (1943), Walter Cunningham (1932), Irving Baxter (1876), and Russ Meyer (1922). After her are Tony Lip (1930), John C. Bogle (1929), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), Peter Gallagher (1955), Chris Noth (1954), and Christina Applegate (1971).

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Among MODELS In United States

Among models born in United States, Gia Carangi ranks 4. Before her are Gigi Hadid (1995), Bettie Page (1923), and Cindy Crawford (1966). After her are Carmen Dell'Orefice (1931), Tyra Banks (1973), Kylie Jenner (1997), Sable (1967), Jerry Hall (1956), Hunter Schafer (1998), Kendall Jenner (1995), and Stephanie Seymour (1968).

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