Name |
Lara Bingle |
Height |
|
Naionality |
Australian |
Date of Birth |
22-June-1987 |
Place of Birth |
Yowie Bay, New South Wales, Australia |
Famous for |
Modeling |
Lara Bingle is an Australian fashion model, socialite, businesswoman, fashion designer and television personality who is best known for appearing in the 2006 Tourism Australia advertising campaign So where the bloody hell are you? She is also known for being the former fiancee of Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and girlfriend of AFL footballer Brendon Fevola.
Her own reality television series Being Lara Bingle premiered on Network Ten in June 2012. Bingle has been on the covers of Who, Grazia, Oyster, Woman's Day, OK!, Famous, 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. Bingle signed a one-year deal in 2008 with international phone company Vodafone as one of their official ambassadors. Bingle signed a three-year contract (2008–2011) with international icon swimwear label Speedo. Since 2009, Bingle has been heavily involved as an Ambassador for Bowel Cancer Australia.
On 4 June 2010, Bingle officially launched the 2010, "Love My Family" ad campaign. Bingle fired manager Max Markson in early May 2010, exclusively announcing it to Grazia magazine in an un-paid interview. In August 2010, Bingle announced that she had signed with US model agency Elite Models. Bingle was announced as a contestant in the 2011 series of Dancing With The Stars. 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.