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Karima out, Alison Carroll in.

Eidos has hired Alison Carroll, 23, from Croydon, as the next in a long line of Lara Croft models.

The former golf club receptionist ticks all the right boxes as a trained gymnast, and hopes her new role will help her get a few more dates.

"I felt so good pulling on the costume for the first time. So confident and in control. I really felt like an action heroine," Carroll told The Sun.

"[Lara Croft] has everything a man would want from a woman and everything a woman would aspire to be like."

Bizarrely, Carroll has to undergo archaeology and weapons training before meeting and greeting the hordes of Lara Croft fans.

That hasn't stopped her posing for a few pictures, which you can find in our new Lara Croft model gallery. We're not ashamed.

Carroll will no doubt help create buzz around upcoming game Tomb Raider: Underworld, in exactly the same way previous model Karima Adebe did before Tomb Raider: Legend two years ago.

Tomb Raider: Underworld is due out for PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii and DS on 21st November.

Head over to our Tomb Raider: Underworld gamepage for our thoughts so far.

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rudedudejude #1 4 years ago

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Waaayhaaaay!

Another bird to be in place till she gets caught sniffing up strange powder and falling out a kebab shop
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mikeck #2 4 years ago

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Even though I'm bound to be branded a pervert...what a cutie! She's the best Lara so far!!
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darc #3 4 years ago

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And in your competition you're giving away Spore models. Way to miss the mark, EG.
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McGooch #4 4 years ago

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I really like those carpet burns on her knees. a nice touch.
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booner #5 4 years ago

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FIIIIIIIT
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booner #6 4 years ago

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http://ww w.tombraiderchronicles.com/lara...
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ZuluHero #7 4 years ago

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what happened to the old one? Or do they always have a new one per game? (is losing track)
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mikeck #8 4 years ago

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^

consigned to the Lara scrap heap already I presume
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des #9 4 years ago

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Hot!
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Salato #10 4 years ago

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Nice mole.
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Carpathian #11 4 years ago

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I really like those carpet burns on her knees. a nice touch.

I think you'll find they were scraped on the wall of an Aztec ruin......

{/fantasy}

Edited by 1 at 11/08/08 @ 17:11
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poxymoron #12 4 years ago

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Schhhhwing!
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asphaltcowboy #13 4 years ago

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Der_tolle_Emil #14 4 years ago

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I don't like her. Definetly not my type - and might I add that she doesn't really fit as a Lara model either. Then again looking at the old models the only prerequisites seem to be two breasts.
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dllord #15 4 years ago

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Mmmmm!

She'd look good with a milk mustache! ;]
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LOLLERS #16 4 years ago

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"I don't like her. Definetly not my type - and might I add that she doesn't really fit as a Lara model either. Then again looking at the old models the only prerequisites seem to be two breasts. "

I take it you have played Tomb Raider?
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sirtacos #17 4 years ago

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She's definitely sexy, but doesn't fit the Lara Croft aesthetic.
That said, Der_rolle_Emil is right: all the Lara Croft 'aesthetic' really boils down to is a pair of gigantic breasts.

Octopus: yes we are. Well, I am, so I assume most other people share this rather charming trait.

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Triggerhappytel #18 4 years ago

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I much preferred Karima

But, I do agree with Octo. As long as this sort of shit continues, 'proper' gamers will always be branded as bedroom-dwelling, change-fumbling spotty boys.

Edited by 1 at 11/08/08 @ 18:16
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Netweb #19 4 years ago

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Netweb BLOG Gallery (EG.pt):
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VMerken #20 4 years ago

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The new collection has arrived. Computer Lara is remodeled every game - Real Lara needs to follow suit.
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wellzy4eva #21 4 years ago

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I must be getting old, cos my first thought was 'she looks too young'
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gareth886 #22 4 years ago

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I have to agree with 5haun, although she is very attractive, she doesn't have the stunning looks of the previous model. She just looks like your typical fit bird out on the piss on a saturday night. I still definately would though!
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Carpathian #23 4 years ago

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@Netweb - even if the kick in the first 'mature' rated one misses I'm sure enemies will be distracted ;o)
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Der_tolle_Emil #24 4 years ago

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@LOLLERS: They could have at least tried to get the hair right And I also agree that she looks too young.
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Gearskin #25 4 years ago

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Saw her on the BBC news talking about the new role. She was flipping out and doing kicks and stuff, she's an athlete.

And well fit. And single. And lives in Croydon, which is only down the road.

Is it ironic that the geeks who put Lara at the top would stand little chance with Lara herself? lol
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T4RG4 #26 4 years ago

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I think she looks a bit chunky.

But then you should see my girlfriend. Sometimes even I have trouble doing so.
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Kiigan #27 4 years ago

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Pretty anonymous looking model. Too young, bland looking. She's got the figure for it obviously, but I think the previous one was a better match. At least she had some character to her face.
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EffEmmGee #28 4 years ago

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Personally I don't think she suits the role when it comes to age and looks. Karima was the best model so for to me. She had the looks and personality and looked the right age for Lara.
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mingster #29 4 years ago

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Karima definately was better looking but this new one is more athletic..
/watches her do splits again
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septimus #30 4 years ago

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Preferred the last one. This one just looks like a girl from Croydon in a Croft outfit, the previous one looked as though she had... umm, good genes.
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Gearskin #31 4 years ago

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Wow... what a bunch of slack-jawed faggots.

Are you honestly going to sit there and talk about how this major hottie, whom you'd have little chance with, doesn't look enough like a CGI construct?

Chunky? Seriously, do none of you watch the news? This was a BBC headline! They showed the promo shoot and everything, she's a gymnist or something. She was leaping all over the place, doing back flips and shit. Kicking invisible dudes. And they spoke to her too, she sounded hot. And had plenty to say about what will ultimately be a pretty thankless role.
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mkreku #32 4 years ago

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I think she looks lovely.
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Zomoniac #33 4 years ago

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I'd hit that.
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L0cky #34 4 years ago

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As far as I can tell, Rhona Mitra was the only one that left the gig because she got something better; having starred along side Kevin Bacon, Kate Winslet, Kevin Spacey, Jim Carey, Mark Wahlberg, and also has more films on the way.

Not a bad break from a lara croft model.
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Derblington #35 4 years ago

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I think she looks good for the role personally. It's not strictly necessary but it's something Eidos (or whoever) will do for every new game and I think it's ok to have a model for the character.
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Stuz359 #36 4 years ago

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All these guys complaioning. Are you Gay?
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loopy #37 4 years ago

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"This kind of thing does nothing for the reputation of gaming. We aren't all slack-jawed, horny retards."

Oh go on, you know you are really, let go.
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Gastrian #38 4 years ago

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L0cky, in fairness to the other, Rhona Mitra was a professional actress who was already getting acting and presenting roles before she got the role as Lara Croft.
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Gastrian #39 4 years ago

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L0cky, in fairness to the others, Rhona Mitra was a professional actress who was already getting acting and presenting roles before she got the role as Lara Croft.
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team_evil #40 4 years ago

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@STUZ47347

No, we're not gay. We just don't like chunky midgets with shit faces. Lara is suppsoed to be hot. This woman isn't - regardless of how well she can leap around.
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mkreku #41 4 years ago

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I love it when game nerds are like "I wouldn't touch this hot model with a ten foot pole, because I'm so incredibly successful in my life that I get much hotter women than that all the time". Yes, and if you roll your d20 even more successfully, maybe, just MAYBE, you'll have a chance with the pretty fairy too!
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dingo75 #42 4 years ago

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I think she should wear that green / blue top that Lara had in the former games.
That way she could be compared to all the former models.
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DB2k #43 4 years ago

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bah bring back the other one. That interview she did was fucking priceless. I've had a Starbucks with more brain cells in it.
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Doctor_What #44 4 years ago

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I suspect that the plummy tones of Lara Croft won't be entirely replicated by the distinctive thud of the Croydon accent.
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Gearskin #45 4 years ago

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Team Evil loves bois.
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Dark_Stranger #46 4 years ago

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I'd like to raid her tomb!
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muscleblade #47 4 years ago

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T4RG4 wrote: I think she looks a bit chunky.
But then you should see my girlfriend. Sometimes even I have trouble doing so.

Fat women are grose, but skinny ones are even groser. I prefer them healthy looking and i think most guys do.
This model (Alison) looks quite good. The last one (Karima) looked even better though.
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Razorus #48 4 years ago

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What a dull face she has. And she's too pasty. The last one was better.
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T4RG4 #49 4 years ago

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So what if she's a gymnast? She still looks chunky)) Serena Williams is fitter (in the health sense) than me but she's a chunk fo'sho.
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Gearskin #50 4 years ago

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If you think she looks chunky, you're mental. And probably read too much HEAT magazine.
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muscleblade #51 4 years ago

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@T4RG4

You are a f#�%#& retard fo'sho. You might not now it but skinny girls are lousy in bed. Healthy and fit girls the opposite.
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UncleLou #52 4 years ago

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I for one am amused by the virgin nerds calling her chunky.
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grussbarbar #53 4 years ago

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Well, the pictures didn't do it for me (way too much focus on cleavage). But seing the video's, I must say she does know how to move! And it's also good to see a little bit of muscle on a Lara Croft model.
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