...friends with Linda Evangelista, Naomie Campbell and Karen Mudler, who also became her best friend. And by 1988, she was among the 20 highest-paid fashion models, earning $7.5 million a year.

After shifting agencies, Carla found herself in campaigns for Chanel cosmetics and Prada. She also did print ads for L’Oréal, Escada Couture, Giorgio, Caractere, Cesare Paciotti, Christian Dior, Givenchy, Blumarine, Morgan, MaxMara, Suzuki. In 2001, she beat out French supermodel Laetitia Casta for a lucrative international mutual fund campaign for BNP Paribas Asset Management's Parvest umbrella fund, with the tag line "The most beautiful investment in the world."

Her face has been on the cover of Elle, Glamour, Max and L’Officiel.

While modeling, Bruni became a staple in the tabloids by dating rock stars Mick Jagger. Mick was stilled married to 80’s supermodel, Jerry Hall. Carla also had highly publicized relationships with Eric Clapton; tycoon Donald Trump; and actors Kevin Costner and Vincent Perez. With the exception of Perez and Costner, Carla maintained a reputation of strictly dating only the world’s richest and most powerful men.(It must be noted that Carla was held partly responsible for troubles in the marriage of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. She was held responsible for the breakup of Marla Maples Trump and husband Donald. For the later couple, public opinion was kinder to Carla as she only did to that Trump marriage what Marla had already done to Donald and his then wife, Ivana! In the case of Jagger and Hall, people had forgotten that Hall was held responsible for the breakup of Mick and Bianca Jagger). ...

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