Lara Croft Girl

Lara Crt is depicted as an athletic woman; she has brown eyes and hair, frequently kept in a plait or ponytail. The character's classic costume is a turquoise sleeveless tank top, light brown shorts, calf-high boots, and long white socks. Accessories include fingerless gloves, a backpack, a utility belt with holsters on either side, and two pistols. The video game sequels introduced new outfits designed for different environments, such as underwater and cold weather. In other games Lara Crt wears a crop top, camouflage pants and black or light brown shirts. Game manuals describe the character as the Wimbledon, London-borne daughter the fictional Lord Henshingly Crt. She was raised as an aristocrat and betrothed to the fictitious Earl Farringdon. Lara Crt attended the Scottish boarding school Gordonstoun and Swiss finishing school. A plane crash left the character stranded in the Himalayas for two weeks; the experience spurred her to shun her former life and seek other adventures around the world. Lara Crt wrote guide books and other published works based on her exploits as a mercenary, big-game hunter, and master thief. The backstory was later changed to include her mother in the plane crash. While searching for shelter against the elements, Lara Crt witnesses her mother vanish after tampering with an ancient sword. Her father disappears in search his wife.
Sex symbol
Lara Crt has become a sex symbol for video games, despite Toby Gard's intentions for her to be sexy "only because her power". Time magazine's Kristina Dell considered her the first sex symbol video games. Schedeen stated that Lara Crt is among the first video game icons to be accepted as a mainstream sex symbol. Robert Ashley Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine described Lara Crt as the first video game character openly thought as sexy, and attributed the appearance similar 3D characters to her. Publications like Play, GameTrailers, and PlayStation Magazine listed big breasts as one the character's most famous attributes. After interviewing players in 1998, Griffiths commented that players regularly mention Lara Crt's breasts when discussing her. In 2008, the character was ranked first and second on two UGO Networks lists hottest video game characters. GameDaily placed Lara Crt number one on a similar list that same year, and PlayStation: The Official Magazine awarded her honorable mention for Game Babe the Year. Lara Crt has appeared in several issues Play's Girls Gaming special and PlayStation Magazine's Swimsuit special. Layouts portray the character partially nude, in bikinis, and in revealing cocktail dresses, though Tomb Raider: Underworld's creative director Eric Lindstrom criticized such poses as out character. He further stated that they conflict with Lara Crt's popular strengths, and felt that fans respond more strongly to images the character dressed more conservatively than to ones with provocative poses. PlayStation Magazine's staff agreed, commenting that better use the character's sex appeal would please fans more.