Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Photo Gallery

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is an Italian-born, French songwriter, singer, and former model. She is the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy whom she married at the Elysee Palace on 2 February 2008.

Bruni signed with City Models at age 19. Paul Marciano, president and creative director of Guess Inc., came across her picture among composite cards of aspiring models and chose her to model with Estelle Lefébure in campaigns for Guess jeans. Bruni subsequently worked for designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior, Givenchy, Paco Rabanne, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Yves Saint-Laurent, Chanel and Versace.

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Bruni met recently divorced French president Nicolas Sarkozy in November 2007 at a dinner party. After a brief romance they married on 2 February 2008 at the Élysée Palace in Paris. The marriage is Bruni’s first and Sarkozy’s third. Bruni obtained French nationality not long afterwards. She has since made contradictory statements as to whether she still holds Italian nationality as well.