FILE - In this April 28, 2009 file photo, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrives at the Parliament in Madrid during French President Nicolas Sarkozy's two-day state visit to Spain. In a Feb. 23, 2009 letter to animal rights group PETA, The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and made public Wednesday June 10, 2009, France's first lady has told she is fur-free, and said any pictures of her in what appears to be fur date from her modeling days, when she wasn't always free to choose what she wore. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

FILE - In this April 28, 2009 file photo, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrives at the Parliament in Madrid during French President Nicolas Sarkozy's two-day state visit to Spain. In a Feb. 23, 2009 letter to animal rights group PETA, The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and made public Wednesday June 10, 2009, France's first lady has told she is fur-free, and said any pictures of her in what appears to be fur date from her modeling days, when she wasn't always free to choose what she wore.

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  1. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  2. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is displayed prior to be auctioned on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  3. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  4. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  5. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  6. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  7. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  8. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  9. PARIS - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on November 11, 2009 in Paris, France. Netanyahu was invited to visit France by Sarkozy on his return from his trip to America.
  10. PARIS - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on November 11, 2009 in Paris, France. Netanyahu was invited to visit France by Sarkozy on his return from his trip to America.
  11. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) tastes a piece of cheese as he visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
  12. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
  13. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speaks with France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand (R) before inaugurating a major exhibit of art from Turkey at the Grand Palais in Paris October 9, 2009. Culture Minister Mitterrand is facing calls for his resignation for having written about paying boys for sex in Thailand, revelations that were made in a 2005 autobiography "The Bad Life". Jean-David Levitte (2ndL) is President Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor.
  14. A member of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, writes on a board the 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy' promises as the workers prepare a symbolic meeting with the president. In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  15. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalists as they wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, preparing a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  16. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalists as they wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, preparing a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.

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