LARA BINGLE FALLS ILL IN NEW YORK

Lara Bingle's winter wonderland holiday in New York has taken a turn for the worse, with the bikini babe falling ill.

The swimsuit model has been kicking up her heels in the Big Apple with close mate Hermione Underwood.

After a couple of days enjoying the snow-bound city, Twitter-fan Bingle sent a two-word message about her tale of woe: "Sooo sick."

Source: Herald Sun
Date: 30th December 2010

LARA: POST-BARNEYS BABE



Wearing: Louis Vuitton Stephen Sprouse Leopard Scarf, Topshop Boots, Proenza Schouler Bag.

Source: Leather Girls Blog
Date: 29th December 2010

LARA BINGLE'S NEW YEARS RESOLUTION

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After what can only be described as a tough year for her, model Lara Bingle, the former fiance of cricketer Michael Clarke, is hoping for a more upbeat 2011.

Bingle, 23, celebrated Christmas in New York yesterday with her close friend Hermione Underwood.

And earlier in the week, we snapped the pretty blonde dressed-down and heading out for lunch with a group of friends in Los Angeles (photo above).

"It's been a monumental year for me, and I'm really excited to begin another," Bingle said of her plans and hopes for the coming year.

"If all goes to plan, it will be my best new year yet."

Like most of us, Bingle has set herself some goals and resolutions for 2011.

"It's about moving forward, not backwards," she said. "Leaving the bad - people, habits and negative energy - behind. A time to make changes, right?"

Source: The Daily Telegraph
Date: 26th December 2010

IS LARA RETURNING TO TV ON DANCING WITH THE STARS?

Lara Bingle could be poised to make a return to TV after she was approached to appear in the next series of Dancing With The Stars.

Bingle, the former face of Speedo, has been without a TV role since her contract with Nine ended in 2007.

While she has been asked to trip the light fantastic - and said no - on four previous occasions, sources say this time she is giving the offer some serious thought.

Dancing is unlikely to be at the front of Bingle's mind this week, however, with the single model soaking up the sun in Hawaii before flying into Los Angeles with her BFF Hermione Underwood on Tuesday.

The pair hit the town yesterday, having a starstruck moment when they came across newlywed Nicole Richie, as well as actors Jennifer Garner and Johnny Knoxville in the department store Barneys.

The encounter prompted Underwood to skite on Twitter: "Shopping with Nicole Richie #nobiggie."

Bingle will be in the US until early in the new year.

Source: The Daily Telegraph/Herald Sun
Image: Courtesy Twitter
Date: 23rd December 2010

BINGLE NAILS IT

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The normally camera loving Lara Bingle hot a little copy when we snapped her getting her nails done in Bondi.

Bingle used a copy of Grazia magazine with "Show Off" written on the back to shield to herself.

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Source: OMG News
Date: 21st December 2010

NO DIDIER FOR LARA

Word from Lara Bingle's camp says reports that Lara Bingle and Didier Cohen had a steamy lip-locking session last week were not true. While his spokeswoman said she wouldn't comment on his private life.

Meanwhile, Bingle and her bestie Hermione Underwood are heading off on a girlie trip over Christmas.

Source: "S" The Sun Herald
Date: 19th December 2010

LARA BINGLE'S OVERSEAS TRIP

After a rough couple of weeks, in which she discovered Speedo had replaced her, Lara Bingle is heading overseas to regroup.

We can reveal the model has bought a ticket to the US and is due to leave Australia with a girlfriend next weekend.

"Lara's just having a holiday and she'll take a couple of meetings in LA and New York," manager Titus Day said.

Source: Herald Sun
Date: 12th December 2010

WHY THE BLOODY HELL ARE THEY SO MEAN TO LARA BINGLE?

Exactly what heinous crime against the free world did Lara Bingle commit?

In a celebrity-obsessed town where crime figures become celebrities and starlets vie for media attention, no matter how banal or tawdry, Bingle has learnt the hard way that not all publicity is good publicity.

Her private life has been turned upside down, her most personal details served up for public consumption, she is chased by paparazzi every day and had her photos digitally altered to give a false impression she was having a relationship with someone. She has even been romantically linked to her gay interior decorator, and in OK magazine this week her ''mystery new hunk'' turned out to be her brother, Josh.

''It's really embarrassing … my family don't think it's very funny any more but what can I do?'' she asked PS this week.

Probably the most damning was the suggestion her image was no longer wholesome. At 23, all she ever wanted to do was pursue a career as a model, go shopping her girlfriends and find ''Mr Right''. How unwholesome is that?

Having weathered a year's worth of scandalous headlines and sensational stories, the majority of which she says are untrue, Bingle now faces the prospect of losing a $250,000 modelling contract with Speedo, despite the fact her name is constantly in the news and she is tipped for big things next year, including Dancing with the Stars.

''I thought things were getting back on track after a rough couple of months and boom, here it comes again,'' Bingle told PS at Tuesday night's swanky Moet party for the premiere of Love & Other Drugs.

Speedo denies it plans to dump her, however the company has hired Rachael Finch as its new face, a title previously held by Bingle.

Still mourning the loss of her father to cancer a little over two years ago, this year her engagement to the cricketer Michael Clarke ended in April - the coverage of which bordered on the absurd, such as who would get custody of the pet dogs to reports, since denied, that she flushed a $200,000 diamond engagement ring down the toilet.

She has been linked to six different men since breaking up with Clarke, including Kyle Sandilands, to which her manager, Titus Day, responded bluntly: ''Do you really think that is very likely?''

Yes, PS admits to having featured Bingle for crimes against fashion and the occasional social faux pas, but she has always taken it in her stride and with considerable grace.

''I can laugh at myself and don't mind a joke but this is getting to the point where I am constantly under attack and most of it is just made up. ''Even when I say it's not true they just go ahead and publish it but they never say who their sources are.'

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Date: 11th December 2010

BAR REFAELI BACKS LARA BINGLE

Leonardo DiCaprio's model girlfriend, Bar Refaeli, is among those who have sent words of support on Twitter to bikini babe Lara Bingle.

Bingle yesterday followed up her weekend Twitter tirade against her detractors with a list of things she loves about life, including coconuts, her job, clean white sheets and Polaroids.

Source: Herald Sun
Date: 7th December 2010

LARA: "LOVE & OTHER DRUGS" PREMIERES IN SYDNEY

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Source: Zimbio
Event Date: 6th December 2010

LARA BINGLE HITS BACK AT HER CRITICS

Lara Bingle broke her silence yesterday and hit back at her critics.

Bingle tweeted, saying she would not be daunted by what people said about her.

In a series of posts, the swimwear model reacted to weekend reports that her career was over.

"People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out," she wrote.

"What people say isn't going to stop me.

"I have to do things for myself. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.

"I have made some of the best friends that I've got in this business."

Source: Herald Sun
Date: 6th December 2010

LARA: CELEBRITIES ATTEND SYDNEY 500 V8 SUPERCARS

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Source: Zimbio
Event Date: 4th December 2010

LARA WISHES SPEEDO ALL THE BEST

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Lara Bingle and swimwear label Speedo are now said to have parted ways.

But it wasn't until last night the company reportedly told Bingle her contract, rumoured to be $250,000, was over. Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph at the V8 Supercar races yesterday, Bingle, 23, said she was hurt and surprised Speedo had replaced her with Finch.

She said the company had refused to respond to her calls during the week.

"I wish Speedo all the best. It's a great Aussie brand that I was fortunate to be associated with for so long," she said.

"I've got lots of exciting opportunities awaiting. I'm really excited about the future."

"It's been a good relationship. It's just time to move on now," Speedo marketing manager Tiffany Scott said.

But it seems Speedo has told a different story to Bingle's manager Titus Day, who last night received a email from Ms Scott saying Bingle would remain with the brand.

"As far as we are concerned, we still have an agreement with Speedo" Day said. He was told by Ms Scott that the contract was in fact not over, but that Bingle would now share duties with Finch.

Source: The Sunday Telegraph
Date: 5th December 2010

LARA: CORBIN HARRIS' POP GUN PREMIERE

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Source: Life Without Andy
Event Date: 3rd December 2010

LARA BINGLE TREADS WATER WITH SPEEDO

Lara Bingle has been shelved by her major sponsor, Speedo.

The swimwear label is signing fresh-faced former Miss Universe Australia Rachael Finch as its latest ambassador.

The 23-year-old Bingle's $250,000-a-year contract with the Australian beachwear brand has been jeopardised by the introduction of Finch, who will next week shoot Speedo's summer campaign.

Bingle, who has spent the past two months preparing to star in the campaign -- her third -- is on contract with Speedo until May.

Finch's management agency, IMG World, yesterday confirmed its client's recently struck relationship with Speedo.

Speedo's decision to bring the beauty queen onboard has sparked speculation that Bingle's contract is unlikely to be renewed.

Insiders yesterday maintained that Finch fit the Speedo brief "perfectly" because of her down-to-earth, summery nature.

"They wanted someone more wholesome and not so entwined in saga," one source said.

Bingle's manager, Titus Day, said the model remained on Speedo's books. "Lara has always had a good relationship with Speedo and still has six months to run on her current contract," he said.

"When the time comes we'll look at her options. Until then she remains the face of Speedo."

In August Speedo confirmed Bingle would shoot their summer campaign.

"She's a really beautiful girl and really does embody that outdoors, Australian beach girl. She'll be great for the campaign," Speedo marketing manager Tiffany Scott said at the time.

Speedo marketing manager Tiffany Scott said yesterday she was "not in a position to comment" on either Finch or Bingle.

However, an announcement of Bingle's future is expected to arrive in the coming days.

It is understood Bingle was not aware of Finch's signing.

Source: News.com.au
Date: 3rd December 2010

LARA BINGLE'S NEW LOOK

Showing off her newly cropped locks, Lara Bingle met the black tie dress code with perfection at last night's GQ Man of the Year Awards.

Rocking up in a Dion Lee jacket and self styled, "thrown together" ensemble, Lara cut a suave new look - another sign Bingle is working hard to resurrect her modelling career.

The new look comes just days after the ex-WAG was photographed on Sydney Harbour enjoying a day out with friends in a daring see-through outfit that left little to the imagination.

Bingle almost stole the show from top gong winner Ryan Kwanten who sizzled on the Opera House ruby rug in Ralph Lauren, saying he will spend more time in the air than on the ground in coming days.

Source: Sydney Confidential
Date: 2nd December 2010