Is the election getting to Carla? Normally elegant French First Lady looks a mess as Sarko fights for his political life

She was once a carefree supermodel and singer, a free spirit who travelled the world, courted superstars and held men rapt with her beauty. 


Now though, the reality of life is much tougher for Carla Bruni. Wife to France's controversial President, new mother to baby daughter Giulia - and victim of a barrage of criticism levelled at her family by Nicolas Sarkozy's detractors.

Indeed, this week, it was reported that the pressure of the French presidential election campaign has put Carla Bruni-Sarkozy under so much stress that she has stopped breast-feeding her baby daughter. 

And as Carla appeared today at a television studio on the election trail with her husband, she looked a world away from the glamorous model she once was.           Full Read