Sarkozy, Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni Sarkozy is a former model and singer and the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. An Italian heiress whose exploits have been media fodder since she was 19 years old, Bruni Sarkozy has become even more of a celebrity since her 2008 marriage to Sarkozy. She was one of the most successful models of the 1990s, reportedly earning more than $7 million annually. Her debut album, Quelqu'un m'a dit (Someone Told Me) sold 2 million copies. However real her accomplishments, her romantic escapades with rock stars, businessmen, and academics made her a focus of media attention-attention that increased when she was first photographed with France's newly divorced president at Disneyland Paris. The international press covered the glamorous couple's courtship, their wedding, and ...