Who is Lara Bingle?

Despite her down under beauty, she managed to piss off some flamin' yanks and whingin' poms with her bloody campaign about our friggin country. Oh sorry, was that Australian slang too much swearing for you? Then you'd be one of the many around the world who cried out in anger when Lara's WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU campaign hit billboards around the world.

She took to the beach in a bikini and asked 'Where the bloody hell are you' after a clever story about the shrimp being on the barbie waiting for our foreign friends ... but the campaign doesn't really appear to have translated to tourist dollars - yet. Aside from her public service announcements, Lara has made a name for herself as a bikini model ... even though she didn't really want to. After posing for nude photos earlier in her career, Lara was horrified when mens magazine Zoo Weekly purchased the rights and ran them on the cover - with a naughty caption that made her sound just a little easy! She kicked up a stink and took them to court ...

Then she took up dating the cricketer Michael Clark and joined a crew of special people known as the 'wives and girlfriends who hang out at sporting events club' ... or something. Watch for her now in pretty dresses on red carpets at awards ceremony's ... and maybe in some more mens mags! The latest news is a rock on her finger ...

Lara Bingle facts

• Lara was born in Cronulla, Sydney ... a true Aussie girl
  
  
• She's one of only a handful of models to sue mens magazines, but has been crucified by the media since taking the stand
  
  
• A nude shoot for Gavin O'Neill was then published on German GQ's website, but someone forgot the Internet was a global medium and Lara kicked up a stink yet again
  
  
• During this time the media looked for the worst stories they could, twisting the split of Alex and Brendan Fevola into Lara's fault, claiming she was a homewrecker. Alex is AFL star Brendan's wife and mother of his children. When her man was accused of cheating, she sent her WAG friends after Lara in a smear campaign reminiscent of highschool with website posts and letters to television shows spewing hateful comments in her direction.
  
  
• Lara appeared in a gold bikini for the Ashes Series in 2006
  
  
• Lara's campaign for Australian tourism was adjusted after her sex scandles and popular child face, Bindi Irwin, replaced her.

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