Lara Worthington | |
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 Worthington atAustralian Fashion Week in 2021 | |
| Born | Lara Bingle Worthington (1987-06-22)22 June 1987 (age 38) Caringbah,New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Modelling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Hair colour | Blonde |
| Eye colour | Blue |
Lara Worthington[1] (néeBingle) (born 22 June 1987) is an Australianmodel and media personality. She is known for appearing in the 2006Tourism Australia advertising campaignSo where the bloody hell are you?.[2] Her own reality television series,Being Lara Bingle, premiered onNetwork Ten in June 2012, ending after one season.
Bingle dropped out of school at 16 to move toItaly.[3] Her father died in May 2008 fromliver andpancreatic cancer.[4]
Worthington has been featured on the cover of AustralianHarper's Bazaar,Elle,Grazia,Oyster andCleo.[5] Worthington has also appeared in episodes ofHome and Away as well asThe Celebrity Apprentice Australia andAustralia's Next Top Model.
Worthington competed on theNine Network's celebrityice dancing showTorvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice, where she was the last woman to be eliminated and thus the runner-up in the series. She also appeared in the channel's ad for the2006-2007 Ashes series. Nine re-hired Worthington in 2008 as a reporter for a new travel show,Holidays for Sale.[6]
Worthington signed a one-year deal in 2008 with international phone companyVodafone as one of their official ambassadors. Worthington signed a three-year contract (2008–2011) with swimwear brandSpeedo.[7]
Since 2009, Worthington has been an ambassador for Bowel Cancer Australia.[8] On 4 June 2010, Worthington officially launched the 2010, "Love My Family" ad campaign.[9]
In August 2010, Worthington announced that she had signed with US model agencyElite Models.[10]
Lara was announced as a contestant in the 2011 series ofDancing with the Stars.[11] The series began airing in May. She was partnered with Carmelo Pizzino. Following her elimination fromDancing with the Stars on 26 June 2011, Bingle toldThe Kyle and Jackie O Show that she was shocked and upset at having been kicked off the show, given her competitive streak.[12]
In December 2011, it was announced that Worthington had signed a development deal withNetwork Ten to star in her own reality television series. Ten commissioned a 10-episode reality television series. The series focuses on both Worthington's personal and professional life. For the series, Worthington relocated to an $8 million Bondi apartment in the hope of making the series more appealing for potential overseas TV buyers.[13] The seriesBeing Lara Bingle premiered on 12 June 2012 to over 925,000 viewers, exceeding expectations, but met with mixed reviews from critics, resulting in the show only lasting one season.[14]
Worthington announced in April 2011 a co-ownership in Growlers restaurant located in Torquay between her andDarryn Lyons.[15] The restaurant was sold in 2013.
In August, 2010 and March, 2011, Worthington co-hosted Australia radio showThe Kyle & Jackie O Show.[16]
In January 2012, Worthington signed as a brand ambassador for coconut water brandH2Coco. Worthington appeared in a photoshoot in tropical Bali[17] to kick off the brand's advertising campaign in Australia.
Lara has served as the face of Australian fashion chainCotton On.[18] In November 2014, Worthington launched a new tanning range called The Base.[19] In 2019, Worthington's beauty brand became not-for-profit and re-branded as Share The Base.[20] In 2021, Worthington was announced as beauty ambassador for Australian vitamin and beauty company Swisse.[21]
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She has one older brother, Josh Bingle.[22]
On 10 January 2007, Sydney tabloidThe Daily Telegraph stated that Bingle andAustralian cricketerMichael Clarke were in a relationship. On 25 March 2008 it was announced that the pair were engaged after Clarke proposed in New York.[23] Clarke's public relations firm announced the ending of the engagement on 12 March 2010.[24]
On 18 October 2013, it was confirmed that Bingle was in a relationship with fellow Australian and actorSam Worthington.[25] Bingle announced in 2014 that she was re-locating fromSydney toNew York City.[citation needed]
They married on 28 December 2014 and have three sons born in 2015,[26] 2016,[27] and 2020.[28]
In May 2006, Bingle (now Worthington) took legal action againstEMAP Australia, which had allegedly published photographs of the model without her permission in the 27 March 2006 issue of Australian men's magazineZoo Weekly.[29] Worthington claimeddefamation by the manner in which the magazine published the photos.[30][31]
On 2 March 2010, Worthington started proceedings to sueBrendan Fevola for breach of privacy, defamation and misuse of her image for the release of a nude photo inWoman's Day published on 1 March 2010.[32] On 4 March 2010 it emerged that Worthington and her agent, Max Markson, had sold her story relating to this nude photo to the same magazine,Woman's Day, which had published the controversial photo, for nearly A$200,000.[33] This raised considerable controversy because Worthington would discuss for profit a matter she considered serious enough to sue over and from which she claimed to be hurt.[34][35]
While driving with a suspended licence inBondi, New South Wales, on 14 May 2012, Worthington was involved in a traffic incident with a female motorcyclist and fled the scene without exchanging details with the injured rider. Appearing in Waverley Court on 18 September 2012, Worthington was fined $3,500 and received a further 12-month driving ban and an 18-month good behaviour bond.[36] She had previously lost her licence because she had committed at least another six driving offences in 2012.[37][38] On the same licence suspension, she was caught driving twice more in October and November 2013 and was given a six-month suspended jail sentence.[39]
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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| 2006 | Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice | Herself / Contestant | Sixth contestant eliminated |
| 2008 | Getaway | Herself / Guest reporter | One episode |
| 2008 | Holidays for Sale | Herself / Reporter | |
| 2011 | Dancing with the Stars | Herself / Contestant | Seventh contestant eliminated |
| 2011 | The Celebrity Apprentice Australia | Herself / Special guest | Challenge 7 |
| 2011 | Australia's Next Top Model | Herself / Special guest | Season 7; episode 11 |
| 2012 | The Project | Herself / Guest | One episode |
| 2012 | Being Lara Bingle | Herself | 10 episodes |
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