Sunday, August 12, 2012

Carla Bruni: From Hot Supermodel to Cool First Lady

Carla Bruni: Heiress. Model. Musician. First Ladycarla bruniThe most recent ex-first lady of France was born into privilege and led a most interesting and exciting life. Carla Bruni many remember to be the famous model and singer who had a relationships with Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton. Bruni partied with much vigour at many celebrity shindigs and in the nineties she was amongst the highest-paid supermodels in the world and hugely popular with many highly acclaimed fashion houses.


Carla Bruni

Born in Italy in 1967, Carla is heiress to the CEAT fortune, a tyre manufacturer that ultimately became part of Pirelli. Bruni moved to France at the age of two as there were threats of kidnappings and she was schooled in Switzerland. Bruni finally finished off her studies in France and at the age of 19 decided to pursue a modelling career.

During her career as one of the highest paid models in the world, Carla Bruni was earning in excess of $7.5 million a year and living the high fashion life of the jet set. 

Eventually she quit the fashion scene and decided to become a musician. Focusing purely on music Bruni has made a bit of an impact with her musical talent. Several of her songs are still used in soundtracks, the most recent being 500 Days of Summer.

First Lady

Carla continued her music even after meeting Nicolas Sarkozy, then president of France, in 2007. They dated for a short while and then married early in 2008 and Bruni had her own office and staff at her disposal in the Élysée Palace in Paris.


She had her fair share of controversy as first lady and on the eve of a diplomatic visit to the United Kingdom Bruni was faced with having to deal with a nude photo that was being auctioned off at Christie’s Auction House. Apparently the photo sold for four times more money than anticipated and is considered one of the most expensive photos ever sold of a model.

As a keen philanthropist, Carla Bruni has always worked hard to assist the less privileged and she started a foundation that works towards the protection of children and mothers from HIV. This has all become closer to Carla’s heart since she fell pregnant and gave birth to her and Nicolas’ child. Bruni had a baby girl in 2011.

Now that Carla Bruni and Sarkozy have relinquished the presidency and First Lady positions to the new government officials, they are looking to spend more time with their baby girl and each other.


Vida Denning is a freelance writer who sometimes work from offices in London.

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