Carla Bruni - Another Nude Photo of French First Lady Surfaces
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Model Behavior: Carla Bruni in a photo sans all the expensive clothes during her pre-French First Lady days. Photo: Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin
"Carla Bruni in Bed" -- a tasteful black and white image captured by the soft and feminine lens of legendary photographer Pamela Hanson in 1994 -- depicts the then model with nothing more than white sheets strategically covering her nether regions.
According to The Daily Beast, one of the ten numbered prints went up for auction on June 4 at Villa Grisebach Auktionen, a Berlin auction house, with bids starting at $3,380.
Last year's Bruni in the buff photo sold for a whopping $91,000 at a New York auction, but this photo didn't generate quite as much cash, selling for $19,600 to an anonymous bidder.
The real question is whether hubby and French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, was the anonymous bidder. Would he outbid everyone to take home what he gets to see everyday for free?
Style Evolution of Carla Bruni
On April 27, Bruni-Sarkozy met Princess Letizia of Spain. The European first ladies dressed up for a gala dinner at the Zarzuela Palace outside Madrid. Bruni went for classic, Audrey Hepburn-esque glamour in a black backless dress, while the Princess donned a dress befitting of her title - an eggshell blue satin gown with a glittering train.
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This week marks Bruni-Sarkozy's inaugural visit to the U.S. as First Lady of France. Since marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy in February after a whirlwind romance, Madame Sarkozy has charmed diplomats, heads of state and even the notoriously critical French public.
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The First Lady and President Nicolas Sarkozy in New York on September 23, 2008. In town for the United Nations General Assembly, Sarkozy was given the "World Statesman Award."
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Keeping up with Carla: Bruni-Sarkozy puts her hubby through his paces on the streets of NYC on September 22, 2008. Later she joined U.S. First Lady Laura Bush for lunch at a museum.
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Madame Bruni-Sarkozy (in a purple Christian Dior suit) looks a bit shocked at a Bastille Day ceremony in July. Earlier that week, the singer/songwriter did the seemingly impossible and startled French sensibilities with her new album, on which she sings "You are my junk. More deadly than Afghan heroin. More dangerous than Colombian white (powder)," adding: "My guy, I roll him up and smoke him."
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On the same album Bruni-Sarkozy sings that "I am a child/ Despite my 40 years/ Despite my 30 lovers/ A child," which must have been a great conversation starter when she and her husband welcomed Pope Benedict XVI and a contingent of priests from the Vatican in early September.
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Earlier this summer, Bruni-Sarkozy played hostess to another religious leader. The Dalai Lama showed the retired super model the proper way to wear a Tibetan prayer shawl.
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Entertaining famous and powerful men is nothing new for Bruni, who was at one time better known for her boyfriends than her career. Past conquests include musicians Eric Clapton (her date at this 1992 party thrown by Sting) and Mick Jagger.
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The British papers went wild for Carla when she and her husband made a state visit to London in March. Columnists were torn: was she the new Jackie Kennedy or Diana, reborn? Fashion insiders were unanimous however, in heaping praise on the 40-year-old's wardrobe, which consisted of the best of the Paris couture houses.
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For her meeting with the Queen at the ceremonial welcome at Windsor, Bruni made the smart but safe fashion choice: Dior.
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Caren 6-04-2009 @ 12:37AM
Yawn, who cares? Americans need to wake up and get over their prudishness...
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justin 6-05-2009 @ 5:20PM
I second that..i live in this great country but the government has to take the tampon out their ass. This is just the world we live in today and it doesnt matter.
SunnyCA 6-04-2009 @ 1:33AM
Carla Bruni is Hotter than hot. What a gorgeous lady.
Mr. and Mrs. Sarkozy are the coolest couple on the planet earth.
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phill 6-04-2009 @ 6:12PM
And we care about this
EURO TRASH because???
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J 6-04-2009 @ 6:28PM
Euro trash? I'm an American and less proud to be so every day because of the amount of trashy people in my own country. Sounds like some1's upset because they will
1) never be president of ANYTHING, except maybe a gun club, the NRA or hair club for men
2)never even lay a finger on a woman beautiful enough to model
I was born outside the U.S. so I could never be president (nor would I ever want to be) and I'm only 25 and have already had my first model (mmmmm by the way) so QUIT HATIN & get a f**king life. You WISH you could be Sarko's rubber.
Going 2 live in EU, visiting Amsterdam in a few weeks - have fun with the housing market/unemployment/Gov. Motors and getting arrested for any dumb reason your d-average police decide to dish out. Guess I'm joining the Euro trash, but it's a hell of a step up from the white trash in this country! Deuces!
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Mo 6-05-2009 @ 1:56AM
Your a complete IDIOT! When you leave the country, please forget to come back. We don't need your kind in the USA. Oh, I bet you are the ugliest thing walking. Go crawl back under the rock you came out from under. Your a disgrace to women. Are you a two-bagger? Your boyfriend puts a bag over your head, and one over his head in case your comes off? Get a life you MORON!
james 6-05-2009 @ 7:55AM
I love the U.S.A., I just hate the people that come to have kids & drain the things are vets could use,are teachers would beover worked, but most of all money made here would stay here
mbrul 6-05-2009 @ 11:49AM
cya!
Millerson 6-06-2009 @ 4:26AM
You are COMPLETELY RIGHT. Americans are CLUELESS about how bad they have it these days. You pay almost the most taxes in the world and get NOTHING for it. You think you are "free" when you have the most prisoners in the history of the entire world! More than BOTH China and Russia COMBINED, but with less than 1/6th of their total population! Thirty years ago the United States was ranked as the best nation in the world to live in by independent surveys that compared factors like life expectancy, cost of housing, human rights, availability and cost of medical services, education, employment opportunities, etc. As of 2007 you now rank #17 in the world! That's pretty bad - and Americans are SO FRIGGING IGNORANT that they still think they are number 1. Enjoy your bankrupt police state, chumps. Please STAY THERE. We'll have a good laugh reading about you in the news.
W.Slide 6-04-2009 @ 6:50PM
Who in god's name would want to see michelle obama anyway? On the other hand..................Carla Bruni? ..................... keep it up Carla!
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shakespeare 6-05-2009 @ 1:22PM
this why there is a difference between Beauty.....and Divine Beauty my friend.....If u Wanna have a taste of Eternity u better know or to seduce a black angel........by the way check out the secretary of state of Sako admistration just an other black angel..Divine Beauty!
Tatty 6-04-2009 @ 7:07PM
It is a picture of an attractive and slender Bruni. But Sarkozy doesn't get to see that for free everyday as the article implies. That Bruni was before his day. Today what Sarkozy gets to see is a big horse with a middle age face.
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keith 6-08-2009 @ 8:38PM
you're talking about michelle obama, right?
redhed67 6-04-2009 @ 7:13PM
See, gals? Screw every rock star you meet, steal a few husbands and be a gold-digging opportunist and you TOO can be First Lady of France. :-) Don't give up!
LOL Oh well, she's beautiful and living the good life. I really do hope that she and Sarkozy have many happy years together. :-)
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Horst 6-04-2009 @ 7:30PM
Americans are so prudish. This is a true story: Years ago my boss, while on a business trip to Lyon France met a french couple who had 2 children - a boy age 15 and a girl age 18. The parents decided to exchange one off their children. My bosses daughter Megan, age 16, went to Lyon while the french couples daughter came to the States. About two month into Megan's stay and going to Highschool in Lyon she wrote home and reported about her activities. One of the activities was an after school event where Megan's friends, boys and girls went skinny dipping in a near by river. Nothing went on - the kids just had fun. Upon hearing about this Megan's mother immediately instructed Megan to return home to the States. Megan could never understand her mother's decision.
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bailoutsos 6-04-2009 @ 7:32PM
Already saw her other nudes on Google images. What makes this special?
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joe vaugyn 6-04-2009 @ 8:02PM
thats not a nude picture where is her pussy i just dont see it
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joe vaughn 6-04-2009 @ 7:57PM
thats not a nude picture wheres her pussy i just dont see it
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slamin sam 6-04-2009 @ 8:52PM
WHO WAS THE DUMMY?? THAT TRIED TO COMPARE MUNKEY ARM,S OBAMATANG TO CARLA BRUNI THAT WAS A GOOD JOKE HO HO,, BAMATANG RATING BIG ZERO,,,STUNNING BRUNI IS AND EASY 1000 OH YEAH ,, HANG OUT THE BARE RANGELTANG ARM,S A NOTHER ZERO,, OBAMBA FACE ZERO ,,ASS OR BOTTOM,,ZERO,,,LEG,S ZERO ,,EQUAL,S LESS THAN ,,ZERO,,WELL I BET YOU THINK I MAY NOT CARE MUCH FOR O=BAMBATANG WOMEN JUST MAYBE YOUR RIGHT
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Rudy tijerina 6-04-2009 @ 9:20PM
I dont see why anybody should give a shit about this woman, if everybody would just mind there own buisness there wouldnt be this kind of bullshit