Lara Bingle | |
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Bingle in September 2012
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Born |
Lara Bingle 22 June 1987 Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia |
Other names | Lara Bingle Worthington |
Spouse(s) | Sam Worthington (m. 2014) |
Children | 2 |
Website | Official website |
Modelling information | |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Hair colour | Blonde |
Eye colour | Blue |
Lara Worthington, known by her maiden name Lara Bingle, (born 22 June 1987) is an Australian model and minor media personality. She is best known for appearing in the 2006 Tourism Australia advertising campaign So where the bloody hell are you? Her own reality television series, Being Lara Bingle, premiered on Network Ten in June 2012, ending after one season.
Bingle was born 22 June 1987 to Graham and Sharon Bingle in Cronulla, New South Wales. She has one older brother, Josh Bingle. Bingle attended St Vincent's College at Potts Point before dropping out at 16 to move to Italy. Her father died in May 2008 from liver and pancreatic cancer.
Bingle has been featured on the cover of ELLE, Grazia, Oyster, CLEO and New Idea. Bingle has also appeared in episodes of Home and Away and other shows such as The Celebrity Apprentice Australia and Australia's Next Top Model.
Bingle competed on the Nine Network's celebrity ice dancing show Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice, where she was the last woman to be eliminated, resulting in coming runner-up in the series, and in the channel's ad for the 2006-2007 Ashes series. Nine re-hired Bingle in 2008 as a reporter for a new travel show, Holidays for Sale.