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Lara's lovely ladies revisited

by Alan Rose on Apr 26th 2006 7:30PM

I was rummaging through the endless piles of gaming memorabilia that clutter my living space the other day, when I happened upon an old advertisement featuring the lovely Lara Weller, a.k.a. "Lara Croft." Weller donned the famous Tomb Raider duds from 1999-2000, during the promotion of Last Revelation, and is probably the closest physical approximation to gaming's most successful heroine of all time. She shares not only the same first name with her agile avatar, but also certain physical attributes and a passion for world travel.

Five other models have portrayed Lara Croft for Eidos (six, if you count Angelina). Karima Adebibe is the latest, and Jill de Jong gets props for her depiction of the Angel of Darkness. Visit Tomb Raider Chronicles and let us know your favorite.

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Tags: eidos, GameCube, jill de jong, Karima Adebibe, lara croft, lara weller, lucy clarkson, nell mcandrew, PC, PS2, rhona mitra, tomb raider, Xbox, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (10)

Yum...I actually have a picture of me sitting with Lara Weller at the first E3 I went to 1999.

I had to wait in line a damn long time to get the picture but I sure don't regret it. :-)

The picture of Nell McAndrew on that site was a little NSFW but I'm not sure if the rest of it warrants a warning or not.

That was a damn beautiful picture...quit your whinning. LOL

The game was horrible, but Jill de Jong's been my favourite Lara, though Karmina comes in a pretty close second.

They're all awesome, though.

I'm so young :(

I still remember seeing Nell for the first time when the first TR came out. I'm still not over her, favorite Lara

I'll have to cheat and say the current pixellated Lara from TR Legend is by far the sexiest of them all, by face alone even.

Lara Weller and Jill de Jong are easily (based on the pictures provided at the linked website) closest to Lara Croft in looks. I would mention my least favorite, but that would be mean (just in case she reads Joystiq). Hey, models playing video game character would keep up with the gaming world, wouldn't they? *Crickets chirp*

Rhona by far. And I'm glad she made a little something of herself after being Lara. She's just beautiful.

Rhona Mitra is the one and only true "Lara".

I remember going to E3 for TR3 and seeing Nell McAndrews..... She was wearing a SEE-THRU green top and I was sitting behind her on her bike.... she was wearing rubber shorts too...

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