Newly divorced French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently set international tongues wagging when word came out that he was dating former supermodel Carla Bruni. Now the pair, with equally outsized pasts, are reportedly getting married. (Ben Curits / Associated Press)
Critics of Sarkozy’s center-right politics accuse him of using the giddy romance to distract the public from France’s worsening economy. For the first time since he became president last year, his approval ratings have dipped to about 50%. (Khaled El Fiqi / EPA)
Bruni was once the face of the Guess? jeans company and was earning a reported $7.5 million a year before she quit her modeling career. She comes from a nice family, maybe shell give him some elegant taste, said one political analyst. (Kahled Desouki / AFP/Getty Images)
