Hot-Bruni sues over use of nude image on bags

SAINT DENIS DE LA REUNION, France (Reuters) – French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is suing a fashion chain for selling bags emblazoned with nude images of her in the latest legal action over the presidential couple's image.

At a court hearing on Monday in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Bruni-Sarkozy's lawyer said the former model was demanding 125,000 euros ($168,300) in damages from local chain Pardon which sold the bags there for a few days.

"This little-known company is using the image of a famous person in a shocking way ... for media attention," Gesche Le Fur told the court in the island's capital, Saint Denis.

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Bruni-Sarkozy, 40, rose to fame as a model before becoming a pop singer. Public interest in her has surged since her whirlwind romance with President Nicolas Sarkozy, whom she married in February less than three months after they met.

The couple have repeatedly gone to court over image issues, attracting criticism that they are too focused on trivial matters.

The founder and manager of the Pardon chain, which sells clothing and fashion accessories in Reunion but does not trade in mainland France, told the court he had withdrawn the bags from stores at the weekend.

Bruni-Sarkozy's lawyer said the damages demanded were based on what the first lady's image would be worth at current modeling rates, although she specified that her client no longer wished to market her image as a model.

The bags showed a picture of Bruni-Sarkozy taken in 1993, during her modeling days. It shows her standing in a pigeon-toed pose, covering her private parts with her hands. An original print of the black-and-white photo by Michel Comte fetched $91,000 at an auction in New York in April....More


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Odd News:Pole dancers model lingerie at NY Fashion Week

Odd News:Pole dancers model lingerie at NY Fashion Week

By Jan Paschal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lingerie creator Heather Thomson got a jump-start on the New York Fashion Week, turning to some of the city's best pole dancers to display her new line of Yummie Tummie underwear on Thursday.

Clothes designers will present their spring collections at the annual fashion show that opens on Friday along catwalks under tents in New York's Bryant Park.

Thomson chose a novel way to promote her lingerie. She held a competition of dancers who perform gymnastics-like routines on brass poles at some of Manhattan's poshest strip clubs and picked eight to model her Yummie Tummie Shapewear.

The lower level of the West End Cafe near Times Square was transformed into a gentlemen's club where the dancers -- four at a time -- climbed the poles and turned upside down, this way and that, wearing long-line tank tops and camisoles.


The models represented a cross-section of skin colours and body sizes -- from "AA" bra cups to "C" and up.

"Every woman of every size deserves sexy lingerie that can be worn underneath her clothes or that's meant to be seen," Thomson told Reuters during her fashion show.

Her Shapewear line, which has received rave reviews from Oprah Winfrey, among other style mavens, is designed to smooth women's midsections with the help of a little microfiber plus trendy colours and trims.

The line is sold by specialty apparel shops and higher-end fashion retailers, including Henri Bendel, owned by Limited Brands, and Bloomingdale's, owned by Macy's Inc, the department store operator.

Thomson, a celebrity stylist, previously worked with Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, to mould his Sean John line of clothing before branching out on her own. She has also worked with Jennifer Lopez on her Sweetface brand.

(Reporting by Jan Paschal; Editing by Anthony Boadle)

Miss Hawaii 2008 Jonelle Layfield---WOW!

Jonelle Layfield (born in October 19, 1984, in Kane'ohe, Hawaii, USA) is a model beauty queen who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.

Layfield won the Miss Hawaii USA 2008 pageant on 16 December 2007, in her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Hawaii in the Miss USA 2008 pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada on 11 April 2008, but did not place. Her sister Ashley Layfield, Miss Hawaii 2007, competed for the Miss America 2008 title in the same venue in January. The Layfields' wins are a very rare occurrence of sisters holding both major state titles simultaneously.
All 2008 State Titles
AL: Keisha Walding • AK: Courtney Carroll • AZ: Kimberly Joiner • AR: Rachel Howells • CA: Raquel Beezley • CO: Beckie Hughes • CT: Jacqueline Honulik • DE: Vincenza Carrieri-Russo • DC: Chelsey Rodgers • FL: Jessica Rafalowski • GA: Amanda Kozak • HI: Jonelle Layfield • ID: Tracey Brown • IL: Shanon Lersch • IN: Brittany Mason • IA: Abbey Curran • KS: Michelle Gillespie • KY: Alysha Harris • LA: Michelle Berthelot • ME: Kaetlin Parent • MD: Casandra Tressler • MA: Jacqueline Bruno • MI: Elisabeth Crawford • MN: Kaylee Unverzagt • MS: Leah Laviano • MO: Candice Crawford • MT: Tori Wanty • NE: Micaela Johnson • NV: Veronica Grabowski • NH: Breanne Silvi • NJ: Tiffany Andrade • NM: Raelene Aguilar • NY: Danielle Roundtree • NC: Andrea Duke • ND: Stephanie Tollefson • OH: Monica Day • OK: Lindsey Jo Harrington • OR: Mary Horch • PA: LauRen Merola • RI: Amy Diaz • SC: Jamie Hill • SD: Charlie Buhler • TN: Hailey Brown • TX: Crystle Stewart • UT: Julia Bachison • VT: Kimberly Tantlinger • VA: Tori Hall • WA: Michelle Font • WV: Skylene Montgomery • WI: Michelyn Butler • WY: Cassie Shore