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Carla Bruni's Naked Bag Battle

by Jonathon Morgan (Subscribe to Jonathon Morgan's posts)
Posted Dec 15th 2008 at 8:01AM  
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Carla Bruni and the Naked Bag Battle

    Before Carla Bruni was France's First Lady, she was an ultra-sexy supermodel, who made quite a stir when she posed nude in 1993. Now it seems Bruni's former image is coming back to haunt her -- a French designer has created a shopping bag using a naked photo of the former model, and she's responded with a lawsuit.

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    This photo, showing a less-than-discreet Carla from her racy younger days has been emblazoned on a shopping bag by clothing designer Pardon. 10,000 of the bags have been created, but the First Lady's lawyer is calling for all of them to be recalled -- and burned.

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    Team Bruni claims she has full control over her image, and is demanding 125,000 euros in damages over what "constitutes a moral and matrimonial attack." Of course Pardon is arguing that they had every right to use the photo, and it'll be up to a judge to settle the matter early this week.

    If she wins, Bruni says she'll be giving the money to charity.

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Rocky, 12-15-2008, 9:08AM

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Rocky

She has a good lloking body no doubt and can see why he wanted to marry her, most guys would.

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marie antoinette smoots, 12-15-2008, 9:01AM

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marie antoinette smoots

...oh, i see: marry a president and you're not a whore anymore...got it.

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Rebecca, 12-15-2008, 10:47AM

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Rebecca

DUUUUUH!!!! I didn't realize that posing nude made you a "whore" . Does that mean that since you made such an ignorant statement that you that you are poor and uneducated.

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tom, 12-15-2008, 11:43AM

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tom

exactly.

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emmy, 12-15-2008, 10:43AM

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emmy

what's wrong with whores? u should be happy they exists so your fat husband can go to them! at least they only want his money not his love and attention! besides taking your clothes off as a model doesn't make u a whore! what ru a muslim?

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LeAnna, 12-15-2008, 10:53AM

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LeAnna

WOW, you must really be out of shape and/or unattractive to make such a remark. Posing nude doesn't make one a whore, sleeping with A LOT of men does. Not that traits of beauty and good physical shape dictates one as being a good person however, it certainly separates those of us from feeling such resentment and envy towards others who are ~

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Remy, 12-15-2008, 11:38AM

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Remy

What makes her a slut, exactly?

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Drew, 12-15-2008, 11:00AM

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Drew

who cares? you're being brainwashed by this type of media. there are innocent iraqis dying at the hand of troops that dont want to be there. why dont you wake up and look at what's really happening in the world? find out what novus ordo seclorum means to begin with. its a phrase on the back of every $1 bill, so its pretty important (then why dont you know about it?)

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cc, 12-15-2008, 11:42AM

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cc

what is wrong with going nude?? nothing only waco's would thing there was.

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Julian, 12-15-2008, 11:50AM

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Julian

I don't think it's really reasonable to call anyone a "whore" or "slut" for any reason. Promiscuity has shown to be an evolutionary advantage for most, if not all, creatures, including humans. However, posing nude is really nothing to discuss with such depth, as it is either meaningless eroticism or artistic endeavor. Point being, posing nude is just that, posing nude. I'm glad that, at least, some people aren't afraid of what billions of years of evolution made.

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Brad, 12-15-2008, 12:08PM

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Brad

Carla Bruni's nude VIDEO here:
http://celebcvid.com/video.php?v=Carla_Bruni_nude

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sam, 12-15-2008, 12:17PM

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sam

Ignorance personified

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Jimmy, 12-15-2008, 12:21PM

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Jimmy

She may or may not be a slut, but posing nude is a 99% indicator. Stats say she is.. I think she dated Jagger or one of the Stones and some rock-n-rollers, so she isn't exactly a good little Christian, anyway...

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Jimmy, 12-15-2008, 12:38PM

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If marrying a Prez stops ya from being a scag, there is possibly hope for Michelle O.! She is an embarrassment to our nation, to say the least. No worry about anything nude of hers selling.. Who would buy it!!!! I sure hope they never take office....

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sandra9786@aol.com, 12-15-2008, 12:43PM

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sandra9786@aol.com

So anyone that has had their pic taken is automatically a whore? Does that include you?

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J & I Stewart, 12-15-2008, 1:17PM

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J & I Stewart

Just remember, it takes one to know one, right?

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Carol, 12-15-2008, 1:21PM

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Carol

Yea? Talk about innocent levels with power:~ Well, I know of a maintenance man that lives on a small estate and works the grounds, found out he's sleeping with the multi-millionaires wife (the riches came from the husband-he's a real estate tycoon) and they get together when the cat's away... now that's a whore. She's also leading on my boyfriend to believe he might be a millionaire someday for this. Doesn't matter how many men she slept with...(some gals take a while finding a good man in this sucky world) ...what matters in this case is, Jesus, give me a break, doesn;t she have enough?!!! She doesn't have to work, she goes to ti quan do and tennis lessons, goes to the tanning salon, she even had an au pair for her 7 year old until she quit...they hired an au pair that doesn't even speak english!!! She has a pool, a tennis court, horses... How desperate is Mom?!!! Her nice thoughtful husband buys all this for her...does he know about him??? I was the girlfriend of the maint. man until I found her medium length dark hair in his bed after he moved on the premises and after confronting my boyfriend about the piece of shit he's sleeping with, he flipped out and threw me against the frickin' wall ...now the first lady's naked picture...until you can proove her adulteress or spreading her legs so you can see her "best part" which is porn,... leave her the hell alone,- I am also a fine portrait artist and I love to draw/paint the flesh and find it a true gift from God(the flesh and the ability thank you). Start bitching when you get a real whore in there!!!!!
seeyabye.

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whatever, 12-15-2008, 1:45PM

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what makes her a whore? because she took a nude pick?

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Ashley, 12-15-2008, 1:53PM

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Ashley

Wow, I dont know if you know this or not, but being naked doesnt make you a whore, babies are born naked, and I'm pretty sure babies arent born as prudes or whores. Models pose naked all the time. Its extremely common to see a naked model in a magazine in Europe, its only America that people are freaked out about nudity. Not like I go around telling people to be naked, its just a bit crazy to call someone a whore for being naked. There are whole tribes of people in Africa and South America that have little to no clothing.

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Pickles, 12-15-2008, 3:35PM

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People relax. She's entitled to her opinion.

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