Profession: Model
Birthplace: Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK
Birthdate: July 6, 1983
Height: 1.80m (5' 11)
Weight: 64Kg (140 lbs)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Vital statistics: 32DD, 25, 36
It was Lucy Clarkson's father who first sensed the possibilities. "You'd
make a great Lara Croft" he said to his daughter as he took in yet another
media appearance by the world's number one cyber icon.
A year later it was Eidos Interactive's turn to recognise that the model
from Rotherham in Yorkshire had the requisite attitude, looks and - let's
face it - physical dimensions to fill the star of the Tomb Raider series'
famous boots.
Lucy, of course, is thrilled. As Lara Croft, she will travel the world
and be feted wherever she goes. She'll also become an instant cover girl
- something most models never achieve. But, perhaps best of all for Lucy
is the fact that, as Lara, she can be as curvy as nature intended. Another
rarity in the stick-thin world of modelling.
Not that Lucy, a no-nonsense Northern girl, ever had much truck with
this kind of body fascism. She says: "I'd been in South Africa on a modelling
job and they'd told me to lose weight. I didn't fancy that so I was on
my way home. And that was when I got the call telling me I was the new
Lara. It was such fantastic news. It's such a high profile job - and one
of the few that lets you keep your boobs and bum."
Lucy's modelling career began when her mum entered her in an Elite Model
Agency competition hosted by a national newspaper and a toothpaste manufacturer.
With no prior experience at all, Lucy was named one of the 12 winners
out of 16,000 wannabes.
It didn't take long for the work to pour in. As a tall, shapely girl
Lucy became a favourite of maverick British designer Vivienne Westwood.
She was also kept busy with lingerie and swimwear shoots. Lucy finds them
preferable to fashion work for one very good reason. "They pay the best
money!" she says.
For Lucy, the cash and the travel are the best facets of a modelling
career. And the worst? "Without doubt, other models. They can be unbelievably
bitchy. In all the time I've been working I've made friends with two of
them. Mostly I prefer the men," she says. In fact, one lucky male model
is now Lucy's boyfriend. And, double bonus for him, he's a huge fan of
Tomb Raider. "He's obsessed with games and loves Lara. Well, now he's
got a Lara of his own!" she says.
Whether Lucy will indulge his fantasies by donning the costume on her
days off is another matter!
