The granddaughter of one of Ballarat’s most well known and loved athletes is making her modeling runway debut in the Melbourne Spring Fashion Festival.
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Georgia Norsworthy is the granddaughter of Tony Benson, former Ballarat long distance runner and Olympic representative.
The VCE student is walking in four shows at the renowned Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, which she secured through her work with IMG Model Management and PRIDE Models.
Miss Norsworthy is hoping her popularity will rise as fast as her grandfather’s, who first caught Ballarat’s attention when became the first person to run Lake Wendouree in under 17 minutes. Tony broke his own personal best three times and held the record for the lake until it was broken by Steve Moneghetti, whom he four years prior to taking the position as National Coach of the Philippines in 1979.
Tony was awarded Ballarat Sportsman of the Year four times, and is a member of the Ballarat Hall of Fame.
He had great success internationally, being ranked fifth in the world for 5000 metres in 1971 and also recorded the eighth fastest 3000 metres of all time to break Ron Clarke's Australian record.
Tony represented Australia at the Munich Olympics in 1972. He also enjoyed a long career in Athletics coaching, including being the head coach of the Australian athletics team.
