{{Short description|Australian model and social media personality}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox model | image = LARA-WORTHINGTON-AAFW-2021.jpg | caption = Worthington at Australian Fashion Week in 2021 | birth_name =Lara Bingle | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|06|22}} | birth_place = Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia | occupation = {{hlist|Model|media personality}} | years_active = 2006–present | height = {{convert|5|ft|6|in|m}} | haircolour = Blonde | eyecolour = Blue | website = | spouse = {{married|Sam Worthington|2014}} | children = Rocket (b. 2015) Racer (b. 2016) River (b.2020) }} '''Lara Worthington''' (née '''Bingle''') (born 22 June 1987) is an Australian model and media personality. She is known for appearing in the 2006 Tourism Australia advertising campaign ''So where the bloody hell are you?''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Murdoch|url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20878967-5006301,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070327093351/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20878967-5006301,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2007|title=What did we get for $180m?|work=Adelaide Now|publisher=news.com.au |date=5 December 2006|access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref> Her own reality television series, ''Being Lara Bingle'', premiered on Network Ten in June 2012, ending after one season.
==Early life== Bingle dropped out of school at 16 to move to Italy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Patty |first=Anna |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/lara-bingle-wants-her-slice-of-michael-clarkes-fortune/story-e6frg30l-1225876953162 |title=Lara Bingle wants her slice of Michael Clarke's fortune |newspaper=PerthNow |date= 8 June 2010|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> Her father died in May 2008 from liver and pancreatic cancer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bingles-father-loses-battle/2008/05/11/1210444246361.html|title=Bingle's father loses battle|last=Allen|first=Rod|date=11 May 2008|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=11 May 2008}}</ref>
==Career== thumb|left|Bingle in November 2011 Worthington has been featured on the cover of Australian ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Elle'', ''Grazia'', ''Oyster'' and ''Cleo''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/sam-worthingtons-manager-jessica-carrera-takes-on-lara-bingle-after-burning-through-seven-minders/story-fni0cvc9-1226896867386|title=Sam Worthington's manager Jessica Carrera takes on Lara Bingle after burning through seven minders |work=The Daily Telegraph Australia}}</ref> Worthington has also appeared in episodes of ''Home and Away '' as well as ''The Celebrity Apprentice Australia'' and ''Australia's Next Top Model''.
Worthington 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 and thus the runner-up in the series. She also appeared in the channel's ad for the 2006-2007 Ashes series. Nine re-hired Worthington in 2008 as a reporter for a new travel show, ''Holidays for Sale''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Marnie|last=O'Neill|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/lara-bingles-new-travel-show/story-e6frfmyi-1111116049058|title=Lara Bingle's new travel show |work=News.com.au |date=13 April 2008 |access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref>
Worthington signed a one-year deal in 2008 with international phone company Vodafone as one of their official ambassadors. Worthington signed a three-year contract (2008–2011) with swimwear brand Speedo.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/fashion/bingles-back-with-speedo-contract/story-e6frfn7i-1111115307942 |title=Bingle's back with Speedo contract|newspaper=The Sunday Telegraph|publisher=News.com.au |date=13 January 2008 |access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref>
Since 2009, Worthington has been an ambassador for Bowel Cancer Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bowel Cancer Australia launches Love My Family Campaign featuring Lara Bingle|url=http://www.bowelcanceraustralia.org/bca/pdf/PressReleaseBCA0903%20-%20LoveCampaignAnnouncedv2.pdf|work=Bowel Cancer Australia|access-date=17 June 2011|date=5 June 2009}}</ref> On 4 June 2010, Worthington officially launched the 2010, "Love My Family" ad campaign.<ref>{{cite web|first=Danny|last=Rose|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1064090|title=Bingle fronts bowel cancer campaign|work=Nine News|publisher=nineMSN|date=13 September 2009|access-date=26 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929212551/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1064090|archive-date=29 September 2012}}</ref>
In August 2010, Worthington announced that she had signed with US model agency Elite Models.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lara Bingle now part of the NY elite|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/lara-bingle-now-part-of-the-ny-elite/story-e6frex0r-1225903632088|access-date=17 June 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=11 August 2010}}</ref>
Lara was announced as a contestant in the 2011 series of ''Dancing with the Stars''.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Dancing with the Stars Cast Revealed!|url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/dancing-with-the-stars/news/article/-/9133064/|work=Yahoo7 TV|access-date=17 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612050241/http://au.tv.yahoo.com/dancing-with-the-stars/news/article/-/9133064/|archive-date=12 June 2012}}</ref> The series began airing in May. She was partnered with Carmelo Pizzino. Following her elimination from ''Dancing with the Stars'' on 26 June 2011, Bingle told ''The Kyle and Jackie O Show'' that she was shocked and upset at having been kicked off the show, given her competitive streak.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://austereo.castmetrix.net/podcast/378302368699186109/1/TheKyleandJackieOShow.mp3 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111003231205/http://austereo.castmetrix.net/podcast/378302368699186109/1/TheKyleandJackieOShow.mp3 |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 3 October 2011 |work= The Kyle and Jackie O Show |access-date= 24 July 2012 |title= Lara Bingle Interview}}</ref>
In December 2011, it was announced that Worthington had signed a development deal with Network 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/perth-confidential/lara-bingles-apartment-is-a-long-way-from-the-luxurious-unit-shes-been-given-for-tens-reality-show-being-lara-bingle/story-e6frg30l-1226371852803 |title=Lara Bingle to leave luxury Bondi digs after filming wraps up for reality TV show Being Lara |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |date=29 May 2012 }}</ref> The series ''Being 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/did-lara-bingles-tv-reality-show-being-lara-bingle-portray-her-as-simple-surfie-chick-or-femme-fatale/story-e6frewz0-1226393676615|title=Sydney Confidential: Did Lara Bingle's TV reality show Being Lara Bingle portray her as simple surfie chick or femme fatale? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |date=13 June 2012 }}</ref>
== Other ventures == Worthington announced in April 2011 a co-ownership in Growlers restaurant located in Torquay between her and Darryn Lyons.<ref>{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Noel|title=Lara Bingle new co-owner of Growlers restaurant with Darryn Lyons|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/lara-bingle-new-co-owner-of-growlers-restaurant-with-darryn-lyons/story-e6frf96o-1226038360452|access-date=17 June 2011|newspaper=Geelong Advertiser|publisher=News Corp Australia|date=13 April 2011}}</ref> The restaurant was sold in 2013.
In August, 2010 and March, 2011, Worthington co-hosted Australia radio show the ''Kyle & Jackie O Show''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pop Poll: Lara Bingle Re-Invents Herself as a Breakfast Radio Show Host|url=http://www.popsugar.com.au/Lara-Bingle-co-host-Kyle-Sandilands-2DayFM-when-Jackie-O-goes-maternity-leave-10328561|access-date=17 June 2011|work=Popsugar Australia|date=18 August 2010}}</ref>
In January 2012, Worthington signed as a brand ambassador for coconut water brand [http://www.h2coconut.com/ H2Coco]. Worthington appeared in a photoshoot in tropical Bali<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lara Bingle poses topless in advertising campaign for coconut water brand H2COCO|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/lara-bingle-poses-topless-in-advertising-campaign-for-cocnut-water-brand-h2coco/story-e6frewt9-1226495030737|website=The Daily Telegraph}}{{deadlink|date=March 2024}}</ref> to kick off the brand's advertising campaign in Australia.
Lara has served as the face of Australian fashion chain Cotton On.<ref>{{Cite web|last=2014 - 1:27pm|date=2014-06-05|title=Lara Bingle: 'I've found The One'|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-style/lara-bingle-announces-in-ad-for-cotton-on-ive-found-the-one/news-story/86fa68def258a1013160b58dbf908e67|access-date=2021-09-15|website=news|language=en}}</ref> In November 2014, Worthington launched a new tanning range called The Base.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 November 2014|title=News.com.au:Lara gets ready to launch the base|work=News.com.au|url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/lara-bingle-gets-set-to-launch-the-base/story-fnjcnzwg-1227127987004}}</ref> In 2019, Worthington's beauty brand became not-for-profit and re-branded as Share The Base.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/beauty/the-base-by-lara-bingle-is-now-a-notforprofit/news-story/426d63deb400005dd19be4f7c895be47|title = The Base by Lara Bingle is Now a Not-For-Profit|date = June 2019}}</ref> In 2021, Worthington was announced as beauty ambassador for Australian vitamin and beauty company Swisse.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Thu|first1=WORDS Mia Steiber PUBLISHED|last2=am|first2=22 Jul 2021-7:00|date=2021-07-21|title=Lara Worthington is the new beauty ambassador for Swisse|url=https://www.russh.com/lara-worthington-swisse/|access-date=2021-09-15|website=RUSSH}}</ref>
== Personal life == [[File:Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington on 2014 AACTAS Awards red carpet (2).jpg|thumb|Bingle and her husband Sam Worthington at the 3rd AACTA Awards, 2014]] She has one older brother, Josh Bingle.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/joshua-bingle-uses-sisters-name-in-court-plea-to-escape-drug-conviction/news-story/4e56524de0b8013602eb8e93dfb451cc|title=Lara Worthington's brother Josh Bingle fined $300 for drug possession|newspaper=News.com.au|date=19 March 2018|access-date=2019-01-15|last1=Koubaridis|first1=Andrew}}</ref>
In January Bingle and Australian cricketer Michael Clarke were confirmed as in a relationship. On 25 March 2008 it was announced that the pair were engaged after Clarke proposed in New York.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23427580-5012974,00.html "Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle reportedly engaged"], News.com.au</ref> Clarke's public relations firm announced the ending of the engagement on 12 March 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/bingle-and-clarkes-engagement-ends/story-e6frfku0-1225840232937 |title=Bingle and Clarke's engagement ends |work=news.com.au |date=12 March 2010 }}</ref>
On 18 October 2013, it was confirmed that Bingle was in a relationship with fellow Australian and actor Sam Worthington.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/lara-bingle-and-sam-worthington-fuel-rumours-of-a-hot-new-couple/story-fni0fiyv-1226742291514 |title=Sam Worthington says he is smitten with new squeeze Lara Bingle |newspaper=Herald Sun |date=18 October 2013 }}</ref> Bingle announced in 2014 that she was re-locating from Sydney to New York City.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
They married on 28 December 2014 and have three sons born in 2015,<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anya Leon|title=Sam Worthington and Lara Bingle Welcome Son Rocket Zot|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/03/27/sam-worthington-lara-bingle-welcome-son-rocket-zot/|magazine=People|date=27 March 2015|access-date=13 July 2016}}</ref> 2016,<ref>{{cite web|author=Ellie McDonald|title=CONFIRMED! Lara and Sam Worthington have welcomed their second son|url=http://www.womansday.com.au/celebrity/australian-celebrities/confirmed-lara-and-sam-worthington-welcomes-second-son-16991|publisher=Woman's Day|date=1 November 2016|access-date=23 December 2016|archive-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223201939/http://www.womansday.com.au/celebrity/australian-celebrities/confirmed-lara-and-sam-worthington-welcomes-second-son-16991|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/interviews/lara-worthington-confirms-shes-pregnant-with-her-third-child-and-its-a-boy/news-story/ec5791a9eaa6cdf00d72ae1c59d39575|title=Lara Worthington confirms she's pregnant with her third child and it's a boy!}}</ref>
===Legal issues=== In May 2006, Bingle (now Worthington) took legal action against EMAP Australia, which had allegedly published photographs of the model without her permission in the 27 March 2006 issue of Australian men's magazine ''Zoo Weekly''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.claytonutz.com/areas_of_law/controller.asp?aolstring=&na=1245 |title=Intellectual Property & IT Insights: Lara Bingle sues men's magazine – protecting personality rights in Australia |publisher=Clayton Utz |date=19 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901164030/http://claytonutz.com/areas_of_law/controller.asp?aolstring=&na=1245 |archive-date=1 September 2006 }}</ref> Worthington claimed defamation by the manner in which the magazine published the photos.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/stay-in-touch/bingle-bites-back--sues-mens-mag/2006/05/10/1146940612505.html |title=Bingle bites back - sues men's mag |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=NZPA |author-link=New Zealand Press Association |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10414491 |title='Where the bloody hell are you' girl goes to court today |date=8 December 2006 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald }}</ref>
On 2 March 2010, Worthington started proceedings to sue Brendan Fevola for breach of privacy, defamation and misuse of her image for the release of a nude photo in ''Woman's Day'' published on 1 March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kerry O'Keeffe |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/02/2833739.htm?section=entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304060620/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/02/2833739.htm?section=entertainment |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2010 |title=Bingle sues Fevola over nude photo |publisher=ABC News|date=2 March 2010 |access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/how-lara-bingle-rubbed-away-the-stress-of-nude-photos-and-brendan-fevola-before-womans-day-deal/story-e6frfmqi-1225837202177 |title=How Lara Bingle rubbed away the stress of nude photos and Brendan Fevola before Woman's Day deal |work=news.com.au |date=5 March 2010 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Meade |first=Amanda |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/markson-puts-dollar-value-on-bingles-reputation/story-e6frg996-1225840641370 |title=Markson puts dollar value on Bingle's reputation |newspaper=The Australian |date=15 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/confidential/lara-bingle-could-score-200000-over-nude-picture-scandal/story-e6freq7o-1225836778911 |title=Confidential:Lara Bingle could score $200,000 over nude picture scandal |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |date=3 March 2010 }}</ref>
While driving with a suspended licence in Bondi, 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/magistrate-robbie-williams-forces-lara-bingle-off-the-road-for-a-year/story-e6frfmqi-1226476440578 |title=Magistrate Robbie Williams forces Lara Bingle off the road for a year |work=news.com.au |date=18 September 2012 }}</ref> She had previously lost her licence because she had committed at least another six driving offences in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |author=AAP |author-link=Australian Associated Press |url=http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/laras-bingle-costs-model-her-driving-licence-20120918-263x9.html |title=Lara's bingle costs model her driving licence |newspaper=The Age |date=18 September 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1047118&showcomments=true |title=Lara Bingle loses license over hit and run |publisher=CelebrityFix, ninemsn.com |date=September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019141528/http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1047118&showcomments=true |archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | author=Emma Partridge|title=Lara Bingle given suspended jail sentence|newspaper=The Age|date=13 May 2014|url=http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/ls-celebrity-news/lara-bingle-given-suspended-jail-sentence-20140513-zravf.html}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |+Television ! Year ! Show ! Role ! Notes |- | 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 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|2379001}} *{{Fashionmodel}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Worthington, Lara}} Category:Australian female models Category:Models from Sydney Category:People from the Sutherland Shire Category:Participants in Australian reality television series Category:People from the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) Category:Living people Category:1987 births