Carla Bruni Edits March 27, 2010 Madame Figaro

Carla Bruni Sarkozy edits today’s weekend edition of Madame Figaro.Let’s take a look at her First Lady of France editorial focus:

1. Early this year Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visited The Global Fund’s AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria programs in Benin, accompanied by photographer Claude Gassian.  France’s Frist Lady is a staunch advocate of global programs devoted to improving maternal health. She’s also a loud voice in the fight for condom distribution as a preventative measure against women contracting AIDS and a staunch critic of Vatican policies.

2. Next Bruni talks to U2’s Bono, with a focus on his RED project.

À l’hôtel Raphael, Carla avec Johanna Fath, Farida et Marine, ses trois amies.3. Friends of Bruni Farida Khelfa and Marine Delterme are photographed by Ellen von Unwerth. There’s also a video if you speak French. If not, the commentary sounds dreamy anyway.

Farida poses for Ellen Con Unwerth4. In the fourth article, Bruni-Sarkozy touches base with her own Fondation Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (website is translated into English). Bruni’s foundation supports a wide range of projects led by her associations with French leaders in the field of education and culture.

Bruni-Sarkozy said she was struck by recent statistics that showed three million adults were illiterate in France.

5. Carla Bruni interview. Now the tables are turned and the First Lady is interviewed and photographed, along with a fashion editorial with her as editor.

I LOVE Carla Bruni, unlike so many of the British women who are total tomcats, dissing her relentlessly. However, even I agree that Carla should lay off the Botox.

One of the glorious inspirations of French women is their ability to age more gracefully and not relying on tight faces to define their beauty. The best medical aesthetic doctors know when Botox is too much, rendering a woman’s face tight like a mannequin. Bruni has entered this zone and it’s most noticeable when photographed above with her friends.

Her struggle with aging aside, we applaud Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for all her efforts to use her talents, energy and associations as a globally-engaged, caring Smart Sensuality woman. Anne