French President Nicolas Sarkozy Dating Supermodel Carla Bruni

French president Nicolas Sarkozy, whose marriage collapsed in the public eye during his election campaign, is reportedly dating a former supermodel.

The right-winger is said to be seeing Italian-French supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni.

The pair visited Disneyland Paris together at the weekend and seemed at ease with photographers taking pictures of them.

Mr Sarkozy's office would not comment on the status of the couple.

But daily newspaper Le Figaro, seen as close to the president, ran a front-page image of Bruni over the headline Carla Bruni: The President's Girlfriend.

Mr Sarkozy basked in the media spotlight in his long race to the presidency.

However, he bristled at the intense media attention focused on the end of his tempestuous marriage to Cecilia Sarkozy, a former model.

The two divorced in October.

During the presidential race some commentators speculated that Mr Sarkozy's image could be hurt by the prospect of his wife leaving him.

Turin-born Bruni, 39, was one of the world's top supermodels until her retirement in the late 1990s.

Since then she has forged a successful career as a chanteuse, most recently releasing an album of musical interpretations of poems by WH Auden, WB Yeats and Dorothy Parker.

Her previous boyfriends are said to have included Mick Jagger, Donald Trump and Kevin Costner.

Via sky.com