Editing Lara Croft (section)

=== Promotional models ===
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Eidos hired several models to portray Lara Croft at publicity events, promotions, trade shows, and photo shoots.<ref name="IGNhistory"/><ref name="IGN-Models">{{cite web |url=http://stars.ign.com/articles/906/906093p1.html |title=The Many Looks of Lara Croft – Live Action |website=IGN |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=23 July 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106180424/http://stars.ign.com/articles/906/906093p1.html |archive-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> Initially Eidos employed four models to dress as Lara for a photo call at a trade event, but after witnessing the unusually large crowd the models drew, they decided to expand the concept by casting a single official Lara who would role-play the character.<ref name=NGen36>{{cite magazine |title=The Most Popular Woman in the World! |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=36|publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=December 1997|pages=9–13}}</ref> Nathalie Cook was the first model to assume the role individually, portraying the character from 1996 to 1997. Cook was followed by British actress [[Rhona Mitra]] from 1997 to 1998. Eidos then updated the Croft costume to match its video game depiction.<ref name="IGN-Models"/> Core Design said they restricted Mitra's dialogue as the character, only allowing her to answer questions in-character if Core had reviewed the questions ahead of time and scripted answers.<ref name=NGen36/> French model [[Vanessa Demouy]] succeeded Mitra for a brief time until fashion model [[Nell McAndrew]] took over the role at the 1998 [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]].<ref name="GS-History"/> McAndrew portrayed Croft from 1998 until 1999, when Eidos fired her for posing in ''[[Playboy]]'', which used the character and ''Tomb Raider'' franchise to promote the McAndrew's issue without Eidos's approval.<ref name="IGN-Models"/> Core Design was granted an [[injunction]] against the magazine to protect the character's image; ''Playboy'' was ordered to place stickers on the cover of the issue to conceal the reference to ''Tomb Raider''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2566059.html |title=Ex-Lara Croft Model Gets the Sticker |first=Micheal |last=Mullen |website=GameSpot |date=14 July 1999 |access-date=8 March 2010}}</ref> Eidos later donated McAndrew's Tomb Raider costume to a [[UNICEF]] charity auction.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |publisher=GameStop |author=Staff |title=GI News: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly |page=26 |issue=110 |date=June 2002}}</ref>

Lara Weller followed McAndrew from 1999 to 2000. Subsequent models were Lucy Clarkson from 2000 to 2002 and [[Jill de Jong]], who wore a costume based on Lara Croft's new appearance in ''Angel of Darkness'' from 2002 to 2004. [[Karima Adebibe]] became the model from 2006 to 2008, and wore a costume based on the updated version of Croft in ''Legend''.<ref name="IGN-Models"/> She was the first model Eidos allowed to portray Lara Croft outside posing for photography. To prepare for the role, Adebibe trained in areas the character was expected to excel in like combat, motorcycling, elocution, and conduct.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4907224.stm |date=15 May 2006 |title=Being Lara Croft |first=Phil |last=Elliott |publisher=BBC News |work=[[BBC Radio 5 Live]] |access-date=9 March 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608031025/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4907224.stm |archive-date=8 June 2010}}</ref> Gymnast [[Alison Carroll]] succeeded Adebibe in 2008 and featured apparel based on the character's appearance in ''Underworld''.<ref name="IGN-Models"/> Similar to Adebibe, Carroll received special training—[[Special Air Service]] (SAS) survival, weapons, and archaeology—to fill the role.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2541270/New-Lara-Croft-unveiled-for-latest-Tomb-Raider-video-game.html |title=New Lara Croft unveiled for latest Tomb Raider video game |first=Anita |last=Singh |date=11 August 2008 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=10 March 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913121221/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2541270/New-Lara-Croft-unveiled-for-latest-Tomb-Raider-video-game.html |archive-date=13 September 2008}}</ref> Crystal Dynamics discontinued the use of models as part of the franchise's second reboot.<ref name="GI-213"/> The number of models prompted ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' to award the character an official record for the "most official real life stand-ins" in 2008.<ref name="GWR08"/>