Carla Bruni (Italian Carla Bruni; born December 23, 1967, Turin, Italy) - Italian-French model and singer, as well as the wife of the 23rd French President Nicolas Sarkozy (after marriage - Carla Bruni (Bruni)-Sarkozy).
Full name: Carla Gilbert Bruni Tedeschi.
Height: 1 m 75 cm.
Eye color: blue.
Hair color: blond.
Biography
Carla Bruni is the daughter of a pianist Marisa Borini and stepdaughter of the owner of the Pirelli concern, composer Alberto Bruni Tedeschi. That her father is an Italian businessman Maurizio Remmert, the girl found out only after the death of her stepfather. Carla's younger brother Virginio died in 2006 of AIDS. Sister Valeria is currently a popular actress in France.
Initially, the Bruni family lives in a castle in Piedmont, but already in 1974 they move to Paris(although Carla receives citizenship of the country only in 2008). The move to France took place due to fears for the children, because at that time the Red Brigades terrorist group was operating in Italy, which kidnapped the offspring of wealthy parents. Carla graduated from an elite boarding school in Switzerland, and then entered the Faculty of Art History at the Sorbonne University.
Career
Model
By the age of 19, Carla Bruni is disappointed in university education. At this time, her brother's friend invites her to try her hand at modeling. Carla agrees, but doesn't have much hope for the idea. However, quite unexpectedly, she was offered a contract at the famous City Models agency. Already next year, the model becomes the face Italian brand Guess Jeans. The creator of the company Paul Marciano (Paul Marciano) says that Carla perfectly reflects the concept of the brand.
In 1988, a photo of an aspiring model appears on the first Spanish cover in her life.
In 1990 she participates in fashion shows and in Paris. By the beginning of the nineties, Carla Bruni was among the twenty most successful models, and subsequently gaining fame as one of the highest paid last decade XX century. In 1992, she becomes the face, and in 1993 - and. In the same year, her portrait adorns the covers of Italian (photographer - (Steven Meisel)) and British Vogue. In 1994, Carla becomes the face of Givenchy Ysatis Parfum, as well as Cesare Paciotti and Chanel cosmetics. Steven Meisel again shoots the girl for the cover of Italian Vogue, and then Bruni appears twice on the cover of the French Elle (in July and October 1994).
In 1995, the girl becomes the face of Alessandro Dell'Acqua. In 1996, she participates in fashion shows of such eminent ones as Christian Dior, Valentino and.
Despite the fact that Bruni is actively working in the modeling business and at the same time receives good money (according to some reports, her earnings were up to $ 7.5 million a year), in 1997, she decides to leave her modeling career, saying that she wants to try herself in other areas.
However, Bruni does not completely fall out of the fashion industry. Already in 2004, she returns to, participating in the Chanel show. In February 2007, Carla appears on the cover of the Italian edition, and in August of the same year, in one of the articles french version Vogue published nude photos of Bruni taken by the Dutch photo duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vindooh Matadin.
In September 2008, now as the first lady of France, she appears on the covers of Vanity Fair (photographer - (Annie Leibovitz)) and the Brazilian edition, and exactly a year later her portrait adorns the issue of the French Elle.
Singer
In 1999 Carla Bruni shows six songs she has written to famous French singer Julien Clerc. He evaluates them positively and even includes them in his album "Si j'étais elle" ("If I were her").
In 2003, Carla Bruni released her debut album Quelqu'un m'a dit (Someone Told Me). She independently writes music and lyrics for eight (out of eleven) songs. In France, the album has a circulation of 800,000 copies, and a total of one million copies have been sold worldwide.
In 2004, Carla Bruni becomes the winner of the prestigious national competition"Victoires de la musique" in the nomination " Best Female Singer of the year".
In 2006, the singer takes part in the recording of the album in memory of Serge Gainsbourg "Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited".
In 2007 Carla released her second album "No Promises" ("No Promises") with songs based on poems by English-speaking poets (Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, etc.).
In 2008, after she marries the President of France, the third album of the singer called "Comme si de rien n'était" ("As if nothing had happened"). During the first three days of sales, 14,000 copies of the record were sold. By the end of 2008, the disc had sold 500,000 copies worldwide, the first 300,000 of which were sold in France.
Actress
- In 1994, Carla Bruni takes part in the filming of the film "".
- The following August, she makes a cameo appearance in documentary Douglas Keeve "Unbuttoned" dedicated to creativity eminent (Isaac Mizrahi).
- In 1996, the girl gets a role in the film "Podium" by Richard Leacock (Richard Leacock).
- In 1998, Carla starred in the film by Alain Berberyan (Alain Berbérian) "Paparazzi".
- In the 90s and 2000s, the actress received several small roles in French TV series (Vivement dimanche prochain, Le grand journal de Canal +, Neues aus der Anstalt, etc.).
- In 2002 and 2010, Carla Bruni plays herself in films about Yves Saint Laurent (" Yves Saint Laurent - Le temps retrouve" and "L'amour fou").
- In 2011, the actress receives minor role in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris.
Personal life
At times modeling career Carla Bruni had affairs with actors (Vincent Pérez), Kevin Costner (Kevin Costner), Charles Berling (Charles Berling)), singers (Eric Clapton (Eric Clapton), Mick Jagger (Mick Jagger)), as well as with a construction tycoon Donald Trump and former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius.
In 2001, Carla Bruni gave birth to a son Aurelien (Aurelien) from Raphaël Enthoven, son of the French writer Jean-Paul Enthoven, with whom she also had an affair. The connection of 33-year-old Carla and 23-year-old Rafael destroyed his marriage with his daughter famous philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy. Justine subsequently wrote a diatribe, Nothing Serious, about a young woman whose husband was taken away. In May 2007, Carla and Rafael broke up.
In November 2007, at a dinner with the famous advertiser Jacques Seguela, Carla Bruni met the current President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy. It is believed that their meeting was arranged specifically to dispel Nicolas, who was going through a recent divorce from his wife. On January 8, 2008, the president officially confirmed the fact of their romance with Carla at a press conference, and on February 2 of the same year, their wedding took place at the Elysee Palace. For the first time in history French Republic the head of state married during his tenure as president. Only 20 people were invited to the wedding and journalists were not allowed. The haste of the marriage was explained by the need to visit the Queen of Great Britain, to whom the president could only introduce his lawful wife.
On October 19, 2011, Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy had a daughter, Julia. The birth of a child in the family of the incumbent president also happened for the first time.
Carla Bruni speaks four languages, loves to travel, cook, receive guests. At her family estate in Cap-Negre, near Saint-Tropez, she often hosts parties for her friends. Carla is considered the true queen of charm.
Since December 1, 2008, Carla Bruni has been the ambassador of the World AIDS Foundation, from which she died. younger brother Virginio.
In 2011, the American magazine "Vanity Fair" placed Carla Bruni on the first line in the ranking of the most elegant women in the world.
Currently, Carla continues to make music, which is also a kind of record, since among the first ladies of states the presence of their own successful career is a rarity.
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy interview with Barbara Walters
The interview was conducted by Barbara Walters, an American journalist and writer, presenter, including evening news 20/20, about musical career first lady of France.
BOO: - When you were seven years old, you first started taking guitar lessons, and your teacher probably taught you how to play the song “Oh, Susannah”.
KB-S:- Oh yeah.
BOO:— You must be singing it very well in Italian?
KB-S:— Yes, this is my first song, but I (pause)… I only know her in Italian.
BOO: - Great.
KB-S:- Are you sure?
BOO: - Yes.
KB-S:- Well, well ... (pause). I hope the American people won't be shocked to see me singing "Oh, Susannah" in Italian.
[Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sings and plays guitar on "Oh, Susannah"]
BOO: “You just enchanted the entire south. This is your third album. Do you think people, listening to your album, will be able to perceive you, first of all, as an artist, and not as the president's wife?
KB-S:- In fact, these two parts are very difficult to separate from each other. I don't expect people to be able to do this, as it's almost impossible. The only thing I hope is that if people like my songs, then it's good, and if they don't, then it will have nothing to do with my husband, but only with my music.
BOO: - Do you want this album to be a reflection of only your own personality?
KB-S:— Yes, I think this album is something symbolic for me and my personality in general. I hope that France will not mind the fact that the wife of their president has her own business.
BOO: “But you write about orgies and lovers.
KB-S: I write about passion.
BOO: - OK then. Many of your songs were written before you met your husband, but...
KB-S: — (laughs)
BOO: “…but many of them are quite provocative. For example, “You are my drug. More deadly than Afghan heroin, more dangerous than Colombian white powder." Who are you writing about now?
KB-S:— I do not write about anyone in particular, neither about myself nor about anyone else. I write about how love can be so passionate that it becomes destructive. Like a drug. 
BOO:- And here's another song: "I'm still a child, despite all my thirty lovers." Do these words carry autobiographical overtones?
KB-S:- Of course not. It's just that "twenty lovers" wouldn't sound so good, and "ten lovers" wouldn't sound at all. It's all about ordinary phonetics.
BOO: “So there were no thirty lovers. And how many were there really?
KB-S:— Oh (laughs), I never counted my lovers.
BOO: - Yes Yes.
KB-S:- You know, I met my future husband when I was 40 years old. Of course, by this time I was no longer a young 19-year-old girl.
BOO:- Mmm…
KB-S:— I have my past, and I can make fun of it in my songs. The truth is that I have it, and I don't think it can shock anyone. I would be disgusting to myself if I tried to pretend that in the past I allegedly had nothing. Besides, that would be a deliberate lie.
Perhaps, as a model, I behaved somewhat provocatively, but all the other girls behaved in the same way. The models of my generation were lucky to become famous. We were lucky that we were interviewed and printed material about us in the press. However, information about us was often greatly exaggerated. This is one of those cases where my image has nothing to do with me directly.
BOO: Let's talk about your image. There are several stable definitions that you were awarded in the press: “charming ambassador”, “fatal woman”, “unfaithful spouse”.
KB-S:— Who-who?
BOO:- "Unfaithful wife."
KB-S: — (laughs) I have never been married, how could I unfaithful spouse?… (laughs).
BOO: “You know what I'm talking about. So what are you really like?
KB-S:“Actually, I think I'm a lot simpler than people think I am. I never was femme fatale, and never a cheater, ever since she got married.
BOO: “However, you dated men who were married.
KB-S:"So they were the traitors, weren't they?" I just married Nicolas and I don't think I'll ever cheat on him.
When I first met Eric Clapton, I was very young. I was only 20 years old. We had a very short relationship, after which we parted as friends. Over time, we stopped communicating, which I really sincerely regret. However, Mick Jagger and I are still good friends.
BOO: He was married when you met...
KB-S:- He was married, and we never had such an affair, as they wrote about it in the press. At first we were just friends, and then he got a divorce.
BOO:"But it didn't happen because of you?"
KB-S:- Oh no! No… (laughs) No.
BOO: — Carla, it is very important to free this story from any speculation, because we read about it in the press.
KB-S:- Indeed?
BOO: - I'm talking about the fact that many believe that it was you who broke the Mick Jagger family.
KB-S:- Oh no. I didn't.
BOO: “And that you broke up the family of the man with whom you have a child.
KB-S:- Oh really? In fact, there was nothing like that. Rafael had already started divorce proceedings when we first met. It's the same with Mick, when we met, he was married, but was already considering a divorce, and I think he did it because of his child from one woman in Brazil. So, I have to say, this story has nothing to do with me (laughs). My husband is the complete opposite. I married him, and everything was clean in our relationship from the very beginning.
BOO: - You are known for one of your statements that monogamy makes you yawn.
KB-S: — (laughs)
BOO:- What's wrong with her?
KB-S:— (pause) I think in that interview I just wanted to say something funny.
BOO: - But in the same interview you said: "I do not care about loyalty and do not believe in promises."
KB-S:“I think it's very dangerous to make promises left and right if you're not going to keep them.
BOO: You said you would never marry.
KB-S: Nicolas was just the first person to ask me about it.
BOO: He was the first ever... 
KB-S:- Mmm…
BOO: - ... asked? Are you saying that you only married Nicolas Sarkozy because he was the first man to ask you to?
KB-S:— No, I married him because I'm just crazy about him!
BOO:- Oh, okay.
KB-S:“I just fell in love with him.
BOO: Was it love at first sight? You met at a dinner party.
KB-S: Yes, it was love at first sight.
BOO: — And how did it happen? Did you just say yes to yourself?
KB-S:- Yes.
BOO: — Yes, it is.
KB-S: Yes, I just saw him and immediately knew it was him.
BOO: - Is it true? What prompted you to this idea?
KB-S:- As soon as he entered the room, something immediately hooked me, this charm of his ... (pause). Well you know (laughs).
BOO:- Did you worry that you were marrying the President of France?
KB-S:- No, it didn’t bother me at all, unlike the others. (laughs).
BOO: - How did you feel when you arrived in England on an official visit, just a few months after your nude pictures were published in French Vogue?
KB-S:- Mmm…
BOO: - Did this circumstance upset you very much?
KB-S:- No. In fact, it wasn't that I was naked in those pictures that I was worried about, you know, there wasn't really that much nudity shown. I was naked to the waist, and it was an artistic shoot. I was worried that this incident would upset many serious people working with my husband and ordinary French people, and also that it might seem insulting to the British people.
BOO: - You said that your husband protects you.
KB-S: Yes, he does.
BOO: - Nice feeling?
KB-S:- Nice feeling? (laughs). Rather brand new.
BOO: Your husband has three children, and you have your own son. Would you like to have another child?
KB-S:“I want to have as many children as possible.
BOO: “I have to ask you one thing because people want to know, are you pregnant?”
KB-S:- No. I would like to, but unfortunately not.
BOO: - Did the marriage with Nicolas Sarkozy live up to your expectations?
KB-S:“He turned out much better.
BOO: - Is it true?
KB-S:- I always thought that marriage is something very quiet, very regular and very bourgeois. But with Nicolas it was completely different. Our marriage is full of various adventures and fun.
BOO: "So you're ready to take back what you said about monogamy being pretty boring?"
KB-S:— Absolutely.
BOO:- Fine.
KB-S:“I take back my words.
BOO: Are you afraid to make mistakes?
KB-S: Yes, I'm afraid to make mistakes.
BOO: — (laughs)
KB-S: — (laughs). Everyone around asks me: “Why are you so quiet and shy?” To which I answer: “I don’t dance!”. You understand? (laughs).
BOO: —(laughs)
KB-S:— I'm not going to sing and dance in front of (laughs) you know who, going down the plane. I mean, I'm very afraid of everything and shy. I observe what is happening around me and try to fit in with my place. I have to represent France, so I want to look elegant. I want the French to be proud of me.
BOO: - Do you regret anything?
KB-S:“No, I don't regret anything. Of course, I made mistakes, but each of them taught me something new.
BOO: - Mmm…
KB-S:“I don’t regret anything and I’m not in the least ashamed of how I lived my life and what things I did.
“From time to time I allow monogamy, but I prefer polygamy and polyandry”
Sarkozy's wife made a name for herself as a model
The wife of the 28th President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, is perhaps the most scandalous person in modern times. political world. With her appearance as a lady of the first person of the state, rumors spread in world society that it was she who broke happy family Sarkozy, and the president himself began to be accused of windiness and frivolity, although there were those who sincerely supported this union.
Carla Bruni was born in 1967 in Italy. Her parents were pianist Marisa Borini and opera composer and part-time owner of the tire company Alberto Bruni Tadeski. The family was quite rich, and when the Red Brigade terrorist group began operating in the country, kidnapping children, the parents were forced to leave for France.
Over time, Carla went to study at the Swiss School, where she mastered the course of playing the piano and guitar. The girl has always been distinguished by her beauty and article, so she decided to try herself as a model. After graduating from a boarding school, Carla entered the Faculty of History at the Sorbonne, but she did not study there for long and professionally took up a modeling career.
Carla Bruni photo
Already at the age of 19, she worked with the country's leading fashion designers, was one of the twenty most sought-after models in the world, posed for many magazines, including in the nude. So she worked for 10 years and decided to leave the podium. Having made a name for herself, Carla Bruni did not go into the shadows, but tried herself as a singer. In 2003, she released her first album Somebody Told Me, which consisted of 11 songs, 8 of which Carla wrote herself. The newly minted singer immediately found success, and in 2007 she already dared to release the English-language album "No Promises". Music critics positively evaluated the work of the future first lady of the country, noting the special lyricism of her songs.
Loving Carla Bruni
Carla Bruni supermodel, actress and singer
As for the personal life of Carla Bruni, the girl always had a lot of fans, and well-known in society. For example, her boyfriends were Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, actor Kevin Costner, Vincent Perez, and French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius.
Carla Bruni on the cover of glossy magazines
Carla Bruni herself never hid her views on open relationships, she even had the courage to speak out for polyandry and polygamy. For a long time woman lived in a civil marriage with French writer Jean-Paul Enthovin, while having an affair with his son Raphael. Subsequently, Carla gave birth to a son, Orellana, from a young admirer (2001).
Carla Bruni popular French singer
They broke up in 2007, and soon information appeared in the media about the affair between Bruni and Sarkozy. Some believe that it was because of this connection that the French president broke up with his wife. Someone openly said that in this way Karla is trying to strengthen her financial position, someone condemned Sarkozy for choosing such a fickle and scandalous person, but the couple passed all the tests and in February 2008 were married officially.
Carla Bruni wife of the President of France
The political world was wary of the new first lady of France. Some did not take her seriously at all, believing that such an alliance would not last long. However, despite a lot of talk and often rumors in the yellow press, Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni are quite happy together. In October 2011, their daughter was born. Medvedev's wife expressed her congratulations to the newly-made parents.
Carla Bruni hates people who defame her husband's name
Carla Bruni Sarkozy
She tries not to notice all the attacks from the opponents of her husband, and proudly defends her right to bear the title of the first lady of the country. She herself says that Nicolas for her, first of all, is not a president, but a husband. Despite many novels in the past, for the first time a woman felt warmth, affection and care from a man.
Carla Bruni wife of Nicolas Sarkozy
3 years have passed since their wedding, and during this time Carla Bruni learned to divide life into political and family. She rarely gives advice to her husband and tries not to interfere in his career. She accepts any decision of Nicolas Sarkozy.
Carla Bruni with her husband
Probably, such a position is largely determined by the general worldview of Karla, because in her heart she does not feel like a prim lady, but remains a free singer, a person of the art world. This allows her to maintain ease in relationships.
Carla Bruni, First Lady of France with her husband Nicolas Sarkozy
Even the fact that many do not perceive her as the president's wife and still call her a "girl" does not infuriate Carla. The only thing you can't put up with Sarkozy's wife, so it is with the fact that her name and the name of her husband are denigrated by people who do not know their family at all. Often articles appear in blogs and the media that Carla Bruni got on the side of her lover or left Sarkozy for the sake of another fan.
Childhood and family of Carla Bruni
Complete maiden name before marriage - Carla Gilbert Bruni Tedeschi.The future first lady of France, model, singer and actress Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was born on December 23, 1968 in Turin (Italy). Carla's family was musical. Mother Marisa Borini was an accompanist, father Alberto Bruni Tedeschi, an Italian by birth, - opera composer, and part-time industrialist. The girl's had enough warm relationship with her mother, and that her father was not her own, she learned only after his death. Carla's blood father is businessman Maurizio Remert, with whom her mother once had a rather long affair.
Carla also has a sister, who has become a popular actress, and a brother, who is now engaged in artistic activities.
Carla Bruni
The whole artistic family of Bruni lived in Turin, in the castle of Piedmont, as long as it was safe there. Beginning in 1974, a terrorist group appeared in Italy, which was engaged in the abduction of children. Fearing for the lives of their children, the Bruni family moved from Italy to France. There, Carla went to study at a Swiss school, and also mastered playing the guitar and piano. After school, Carla Bruni entered the Faculty of Art History at the Institute at the Sorbonne, where she studied quite a bit, as the girl was captured by the modeling business.
Carla Bruni in the fashion world
In order to earn some money, the girl, not really counting on luck, turned to an advertising agency. unexpected success didn't have to wait long. Thanks to a contract with City Models, Carla Bruni is at the pinnacle of fame and is recognized as the highest paid model in the world. Carla's first ad campaign was for a Guess Fashion House photoshoot in 1988. And here he is dizzying success. From customers there was no release. Everyone wanted to see Carla on their magazine covers, photo platforms, commercials. There were proposals from the world's leading companies in Italy and France, working in the field of haute couture.Experience came to Karla, she improved, and kept up with the times. No one could take away the palm from her. Her photo first appeared on the cover of Voque magazine. There were also multi-year contracts with companies such as Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Givenchy, Cesare Paciotti, Christian Dior, Chanel, MaxMara. For 1994-1995 Carla Bruni received royalties for total amount$ 7.5 million, which rightfully gave her the status of the highest paid model in the world.
Carla Bruni really appreciated her capabilities and knew her price. She also understood that the fashion world is very cruel and adamant, she will not miss the slack. To meet the high demands of the couturier, she always kept herself in shape, led healthy lifestyle life, went in for swimming, invariably ran 3 km every day, strictly monitored nutrition. Discipline was Carla's number one priority.
Carla Bruni - actress and singer
At the age of 29, having tried all the delights of fame and success in the modeling business, Carla Bruni decides to leave it. And she did it for solo career. In 2003, Carla released her first debut album, in which most of The songs were written by Carla herself. The record was called "Someone told me", and brought great success and popularity. The record was produced by Louis Bertignac. The popularity was overwhelming. In France alone, the record sold 800,000 copies, and world figures call the figure 1 million copies! In this regard, in 2004, the singer Carla Bruni was awarded the title of "Best Singer of the Year", the highest award in the French recording industry. A few years later, the second and third discs of Carla Bruni were released, in which the authorship of most of the compositions also belonged to the ex-model. Music critics noted the lyrical mood in Carla's music.Carla Bruni also tried herself as an actress, starring in 17 films. Among them are the comedy "Paparazzi" (Director Alain Berberyan, Paparazzi, 1998), fantasy "Midnight in Paris" (directed by Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, 2011).
Personal life of Carla Bruni
The personal life of Carla Bruni, like any famous person, also did not go unnoticed by the press and the public. Moreover, such names as Mick Jagger, Kevin Costner, Eric Clapton, and even Donald Trump, a construction magnate, sound in it. And it's not full list Karla's connections, the names of famous French politicians, businessmen, and professors were also present in it. In 2003, Carla Bruni's son Orellan was born. His father, the aspiring philosopher Raphael Enthoven, is 10 years younger than Carla. She began an affair with him after she broke off relations with his father, the writer Jean-Paul Enthovin. 
It so happened that despite the birth of a son, in 2007 the Bruni-Entoven couple broke up. And by the end of the same year, information began to appear in the press about the novel by Carla Bruni and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. By that time, he had already divorced his second wife. In February 2008, a marriage was officially registered between them, which was the first in Carla's life and the third for Nicolas Sarkozy.
The presence of a stamp in the passport and the status of the first lady of France did not change the lifestyle of Carla Bruni. She continues to engage in solo and modeling career. Participates in advertising campaigns, shoots for the covers of fashion publications, releases albums. The only restriction in connection with the new status was for Carla the refusal of concert activities.
At the end of 2010, the father of the President of France officially confirmed the information about the pregnancy of the first lady, and in November 2011, Carla Bruni gave birth to a daughter, Julia. This event is also significant in that for the first time in the history of France, a child was born to the current president of the country.
Little French song by Carla Bruni - lemag
Carla Bruni now
In 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy ceased to be President of France, losing in the elections to François Hollande of the Socialist Party. At the same time, Carla Bruni stepped down from her duties as first lady. She leads again vigorous activity in the world of show business and fashion, headed the Fund for Assistance to Students and Socially Vulnerable Segments of the Population. At the end of last year, she again posed for the cover of Voque, and in March 2013 she signed a contract with the Fashion House and jewelry Bulgary, becoming the face of the brand.Childhood
Her mother, Marisa Borini, was a pianist, and her father, Alberto, was an opera composer and owner of the Pirelli tire company. Only after the death of Alberto Carla found out that he was her stepfather, the real father of Bruni is the Italian businessman Maurizio Remert. In addition to Carla, another daughter Valeria grew up in the family, who later became a famous actress.
When Carla was 5 years old, the whole family moved to France. There the childhood of the future supermodel and singer passed. After graduating from an elite boarding school, where the girl received a good musical education, Bruni entered the Sorbonne at the Faculty of Art and Architecture.
Star Trek
At the age of 19, Carla dropped out of university and began her journey to the heights of fame. Her first step was a modeling career. Signing a contract with the agency City models, Bruni in as soon as possible has been recognized in modeling business and became one of the most sought-after fashion models. Carla also managed to enter the twenty highest paid models in the world and become the face of Guess and Versace.
During the same period, Bruni performed several episodic roles in films such as, for example, Paparazzi (1988) and Catwalk (1995), showing his good acting talents.
However, despite such a successful modeling career, Bruni decided to move on. And in 1999, the girl left the podium to start her musical career.
The first step on the road to fame as a singer was the creation of six songs for the famous French singer Julien Clerk, which he included in his album Si j "étais elle.
And already in 2003, the musical debut of Carla Bruni took place. Her first album Someone Told Me was a huge success in France. Carla's songs, sensual and lyrical, were performed in the style of blues, slow rock and folk. By the way, the girl wrote most of the songs from the album herself. In addition, in 2004, Carla became the winner of the prestigious Victoire competition in the Best Singer of the Year nomination.
Bruni's subsequent albums No Promises (2007) and As if Nothing Happened (2008) were no less successful than the first, and only consolidated the singer's popularity.
Personal life
However, Carla Bruni Sarkozy has always attracted big interest not so much with his creative career as with his turbulent personal life. The list of admirers of this beauty includes Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Donald Trump, Kevin Costner, Vincent Perez, Charles Berling and Laurent Fabius. Carla's relationship with the writer Jean-Paul Enthovin caused a particular scandal, since at the same time Bruni met with his son Raphael, from whom she had a son, Orellan. Bruni herself has repeatedly shocked the public with her statements that she does not recognize monogamy.
Everything changed in 2007, when Carla met the current President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy. It was he who managed to achieve the heart of this indomitable beauty. And already on February 2, 2008, at the Elysee Palace, this interesting couple entered into a legal marriage, and Carla Bruni became the first lady of France.
On October 19, 2011, Bruni gave birth to her husband's daughter, who was named Julia. In June 2012, it became known that Carla was pregnant again and would make Sarkozy happy with the birth of her second child. The couple did not make official statements on this matter - everything was revealed thanks to journalists.
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BIOGRAPHY OF CARLA BRUNI
Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi was born on December 23, 1967 in Turin.
Height - 1.75m.
Stepdaughter of the industrialist (owner of the Pirelli concern) and composer Alberto Bruni-Tedeschi, daughter of the pianist Marisa Borini. From the age of 5, Carla lives in France (although until July 2008 she had only Italian citizenship), she studied at an elite boarding school in Switzerland. She began her modeling career at the age of 19, was one of the twenty most highly paid models in the world, and worked with a number of fashion houses. She left the podium (but not her singing career) after marrying Sarkozy.
Singer career
In 1997, Bruni left the podium and performs as a singer; before her marriage to the president, she released two albums with songs like own composition. On July 11, 2008, her third album was released, already as the first lady, entitled "As if nothing had happened"; he attracted great attention public, 14,100 copies were sold in the first 3 days. By the end of 2008, the album had sold 500,000 copies, of which the first 300,000 were sold in France.
Family
In 2001, the 33-year-old Bruni had a son, Aurelien, from a 23-year-old student of the Higher Normal School (later a professor of philosophy and a host of radio programs) Rafael Enthovin.
Enthovin was previously married to Justine Levy, daughter of the French "media intellectual" Bernard-Henri Levy, known as BHL. Bruni at that time lived with Enthovin's father and best friend Levy, critic, philosopher and publisher Jean-Paul Enthovin. Subsequently, Bruni and Enthoven Jr. broke up, she dedicated the song "Raphael" to him in her first album. The offended Justine Levy took revenge on the lover in the novel "Rien de grave" ("Nothing special"), which draws a rather bilious portrait of "Paula", "a female praying mantis with a Terminator smile."
Bruni has repeatedly stated that she was "bored with monogamy", among her many lovers, in addition to the father and son of Entoven, were Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Kevin Costner, Vincent Perez, Donald Trump and former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabus.
Marriage to Sarkozy
However, only French President Nicolas Sarkozy managed to call Bruni his wife. Bruni's acquaintance with Sarkozy took place in the fall of 2007, shortly after his divorce; together they spent the Christmas holidays and visited many vacation spots. On January 8, 2008, Sarkozy confirmed the fact of their romance at a press conference and hinted that he was going to marry Carla. On February 2, 2008, the wedding of Bruni and Sarkozy took place at the Elysee Palace. For Nicolas, this is the third marriage. For the first time, the head of the French Republic married while in office as president.
In March 2008, Carla accompanied her husband on an official visit to the UK, where she received considerable public attention. In the summer of that year, she received French citizenship.
