Carla Bruni
Italian-French Singer, Song Writer & Former Model
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
Date of Birth: December 23, 1967
Carla Bruni married the then President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy in February 2008. The marriage is Bruni's first and Sarkozy's third.
Carla Bruni signed with City Models at age 19. In 1990, Bruni was among the 20 highest-paid fashion models, earning USD$7.5 million in her peak year.
In 1997, Bruni quit the world of fashion to devote herself to music. She sent her lyrics to Julien Clerc in 1999, based on which he composed six tracks on his 2000 album Si j'etais elle.
Bruni was a modeling subject of a 1999 trompe-l'ceil wool-knit dress body painting by Joanne Gair that is included in Gair's second book, Body Painting: Masterpieces by Joanne Gair.
In 2006 Winter Olympics Carla Bruni took part in the opening ceremony in a parade paying tribute to the Italian flag.
In 2002, her debut album Quelqu'un m'a dit, produced by Louis
Bertignac, was released in Europe with success in Francophone countries.
In 2004 Carla Bruni wins an EBBA Award.
On 11 April 2008, a 1993 nude photograph of Bruni taken during her supermodelling
youth sold at auction wiht more than 60 times the expected price.
