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Carangi's attempt to quit drugs was abandoned when she learned that her good friend and fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim died in a car accident.

According to the Stephen Fried book Thing of Beauty, she locked herself in a bathroom for hours, shooting heroin.

In fall 1981, Carangi looked significantly different than she used to.

Despite this, she was still determined to make a comeback in the fashion industry.

She contacted Monique Pillard ( who was largely responsible for Janice Dickinson's career ), who was hesitant to sign her.

In rehab, she told staff that she had done sexual favors for drug money and had been raped by a dealer.

Once heavily pursuing modeling again, she received the harsh treatment she had been able to avoid last time.

Nobody would book her.

Desperate, Carangi turned to Scavullo.

She landed a Cosmopolitan cover, a gift from Scavullo.

Shot in the winter of 1982, it would be her last cover.