Guess who? Australian supermodel shares beachside childhood throwback: ‘Water baby always!’

Lara Worthington has delighted her fans with a throwback photo from her seaside loving childhood. 

In an image shared to Instagram on Monday, the model is just a young tot as she beams on an Australian beach. 

The cheeky little girl in the photo beams for the camera while posing with a pink body board. 

‘Water baby alwayssss’ the 37-year-old wrote in her caption alongside the image. 

Lara also shared a second photo of herself now, also sitting on the beach in a flirty pose. 

The stunner looked up at the camera from her perch on the shore as she donned a pastel pink, semi-sheer dress. 

Lara jetted off to Bali with her family in January, after they returned to Australia for the Christmas holidays. 

The supermodel and her husband, Sam Worthington, and their three sons have been soaking up the sun in the tropical locale. 

She posted to Instagram to detail the laid-back getaway, posing on a tree-lined staircase in a sheer black top. 

Lara showed off her lithe figure in the fitted ensemble which included a rust toned mini skirt. 

Other photos taken show Lara kicking back on the beach with a cocktail while wearing an oversized jersey. 

‘Solo sip,’ she captioned the set of photos, indicating she slipped away from the family to enjoy some down time. 

Further images show Lara slipping into a black bikini for a spot of scuba diving at the beach. 

‘Water sports,’ she captioned that set, which also included images of a boat trip. 

The month prior, Lara visited Darwin with her family and had fun interacting with the local wildlife. 

In one image, Sam, 48, held up a skull from what appeared to be a crocodile while one of their sons played in the background. 

In her caption she wrote: ‘The new Irwins’ referring to the family of Steve ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ Irwin who are known as for their love of crocodiles and wildlife. 

Lara’s post came after husband Sam had an awkward run-in with a reporter on the red carpet of the GQ Men Of the Year Awards.

Channel Seven reporter Sally Bowery introduced Lara to viewers of the Sydney event by her maiden name Bingle – and it went down like a lead balloon.

‘Her name is Lara Worthington,’ the Avatar star clapped back.

‘It’s only been ten years,’ a clearly irritated Sam quickly added.

Bowery quickly apologised for he faux pas.

‘That was my slip,’ she said.

Later on in the evening, the Avatar star was crowned GQ’s Man of the Year.

Following the red carpet Bingle bungle, Sally clapped back at the actor in a column for Seven.

‘I said Lara’s maiden name. Not the wrong name’ Sally said. 

‘Just a name she had used for a big part of her life. One that was a household name, long before she met her husband,’ 

She insisted Lara herself didn’t seem ‘the least bit bothered’ by her slip-up and laughed it off as she shared her confusion about why Sam wanted her referred to by her married name.

Sally argued: ‘So why then at an event celebrating what it now means to be a modern man didn’t her husband? 

‘A married woman’s identity is far more than her husband’s surname.’

She then went on to cite Sam’s own acceptance speech when he was crowned Man of The Year hours later, in which he spoke about the need to move past outdated notions.

‘[He told] the crowd that men ”can love others unconditionally and respectfully, without having to live up to some outdated standard or some stereotypical, archaic, and just plain sad idea of what a man should be”.

‘I couldn’t agree more,’ she concluded.

Sam and Lara began dating in 2013 and married secretly in 2014 and have since welcomed three sons – Racer, eight, River, four and Rocket, nine.