Lucy Clarkson (born July 6, 1982,
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, South Yorkshire) is an
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. She is best known as being the fourth official
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model from the
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series of video games, a role she took on in May 2000, at the age of 17, and held for two and a half years until 2002 when
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took over.
As well as the Lara Croft work, she has done
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modelling for
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. She was educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Comprehensive school.
She began modelling after participating in an
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competition, where she was one of 12 winners out of 16,000 applicants.
Lucy Clarkson (born July 6, 1982,
RotherhamRotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...
, South Yorkshire) is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
modelthumb|200px|Alesya Nazarova modeling a dress by [[bebe stores|bebe]]A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed for the purpose of displaying and promoting fashion clothing or other products and for advertising or promotional purposes or who poses for works of art.Modeling...
. She is best known as being the fourth official
Lara CroftLara Croft is a fictional character and the protagonist of Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider video game series. Created by Toby Gard, the character has also appeared in comic books, novels and a series of animated short films, and has been played by Angelina Jolie in two feature films...
model from the
Tomb RaiderTomb Raider is a video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn followed shortly thereafter for MS-DOS and PlayStation versions. Tomb Raider was also released into the mobile gaming market, for Windows Mobile...
series of video games, a role she took on in May 2000, at the age of 17, and held for two and a half years until 2002 when
Jill de JongJill de Jong "aka" Jildou de Jong is a Dutch model.On March 21 2002, she was selected by Eidos Interactive as the Lara Croft character model for the Tomb Raider video game series....
took over.
As well as the Lara Croft work, she has done
lingerieLingerie is a term for fashionable and notionally alluring undergarments. It derives from the French word linge, "washables" — as in faire le linge, "do the laundry" — and ultimately from lin for washable linen, the fabric from which European undergarments were made before the general introduction...
modelling for
Vivienne WestwoodDame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI is a British fashion designer largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.-Early life:...
. She was educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Comprehensive school.
She began modelling after participating in an
Elite Model AgencyElite Model Management is a modeling agency founded in Paris, France, in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler. Elite today manages over 800 models from five continents. It offers international coverage with 36 agencies in its network...
competition, where she was one of 12 winners out of 16,000 applicants. Until then she had no modelling experience.At the age of 16 she became the face of More Magazine and has appeared on over 7 covers. In a 2000 British poll she was voted sexiest woman and this led her doing the cover of the millennium issue of Loaded Magazine. She also got voted best rear of the year by The Sun in 2003. she was subsequently featured in a number of high profile advertising campaigns including: La Senza; Chanel; Diesel; Sports Illustrated; Favela Brazilian swimwear; Marks and Spencer; Marie Claire; More Magazine; Wrigleys; Kinders; Veet; De Beers. She has recently become the face of Pearl Drops.
Lucy participated in the 2003 Socca Six tournament at NCFC and later on did her first presenting job interviewing the celebs who were taking part. She then did a year of live TV in 2003 for Nation 217 on Sky.
In 2005 she co hosted the Children's charity awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel alongside John Fashanu.
Having suffered from an eating disorder Lucy is now a spokeswoman against
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and is a regular on BBC News 24. Her main forcus is raising money for PANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad)and is now their celebrity patron. She also does work for
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. Lucy is a sponsored rider for the
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in Knightsbridge, She exercises
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horses in
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and is often seen riding up Rotten Row. In 2008 she produced a calendar in aid of Help for Heroes in which she also modelled.
In the summer of 2008 Lucy appeared in a
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documenatary 'Jess my new face' where she was interviewed by a young lady (Jess) who was born with a facial disfigurment and was interviewing well known faces in the media who have had difficulties with their physical identities.
In April 2009 Lucy appeared in a
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documentary 'My Life as an Animal:Dogs' where she was given the task of living as a dog for four days. Lucy quit the show after just two days fearing that she would be ridiculed as a consequence of appearing on the show.
In April 2009 she did a UK bra fit Ultimo Campaign for Michelle Mone.
Lucy has been linked to Richie Neville (1999), David Blaine (2003) and Vin Diesel (2005) But has been with her current partner of 4 years who is a stockbroking firm owner Michael Parnes, the son of
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and nephew of
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.
Lucy has now started a nationwide campaign (www.lucy-clarkson.com) to help people beat eating disorders. In the Autumn/Winter '09 and beyond she will be visiting schools and institutions in the UK discussing body issues. DTBC