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In City of Light, Bruni a Bright Bulb Indeed

From model to wife of French president Sarkozy, VF profiles multi-faceted Carla

By Drew Nelles,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 28, 2008 4:32 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Who could have imagined that Italian supermodel-singer Carla Bruni would find love with a right-wing French president? Maureen Orth takes a look at France’s First Lady in Vanity Fair: her education in art and architecture, admiration of women's-libbers Simone de Beauvoir and Françoise Sagan, and her husband's reaction to nude pictures online. ("Oh, I like this one! Can I have a print of it?")

“They are hunters who met—predators,” said Karl Lagerfeld of Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy. “When two like this meet, it can be good.” But Bruni, famed for her naughtiness as well as her smarts, has "fascinating" taste in men. "I have never seen a man fawn over Carla," said one insider. "She chooses her equal.”

They are hunters who met%u2014predators. When two like this meet, it can be good, designer Karl Lagerfeld says of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
"They are hunters who met%u2014predators. When two like this meet, it can be good," designer Karl Lagerfeld says of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.   (AP Photo)
In this Feb 28, 2004 file photo Italian former top model and singer Carla Bruni performs at the Victoires de la Musique 2004 awards ceremony at the Zenith, in Paris.
In this Feb 28, 2004 file photo Italian former top model and singer Carla Bruni performs at the Victoires de la Musique 2004 awards ceremony at the Zenith, in Paris.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori, file)
France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy poses prior to an interview for French television channel TF1, in Paris, Friday, July 11, 2008.
France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy poses prior to an interview for French television channel TF1, in Paris, Friday, July 11, 2008.   (AP Photo)
French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy watches the Bastille Day parade on July 14, 2008.
French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy watches the Bastille Day parade on July 14, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is a former model.
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is a former model.   (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is seen with her husband in a July photo.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is seen with her husband in a July photo.   (AP Photo)
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