New Face of Lara Croft Revealed

The international face of action hero Lara Croft has been revealed as an unknown 20 year old model from London's East end.

Karima Adebibe is set to be catapulted into the world of superstardom after being cast from thousands of hopefuls in an international search to fill the shoes of one of Hollywood's biggest stars.

Karima, a self confessed tomboy and assistant in a High Street fashion store, will need all her reserves of energy for the adventures that lie ahead in one of the most challenging acting and modeling roles in the entertainment industry. Starting immediately she will embark on a grueling training program which includes an SAS survival, combat and semi automatic weapon firing course in Eastern Europe, as well as a crash course in world archaeology, deportment, elocution and etiquette in order to portray Lady Lara Croft, the 11th generation Countess, archaeologist and action hero.

Once completely trained in the ways of the leading lady of video games, Karima will be lining up a host of international modeling assignments, starring in TV commercials, appearing on chat shows and is set to be traveling the globe for the next two years.

"This is an incredible opportunity for me and one which I plan to grasp with both hands" said Karima. "It's a huge challenge to follow in the footsteps of people like Nell McAndrew and Angelina Jolie, but life is all about challenges and this is perhaps the biggest one for a model and actress."

"Karima has all the assets needed to accurately portray the world's favorite female action hero" said Matt Gorman, Brand Controller for Tomb Raider. "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend sees Lara at the very height of her powers so this makes Karima the 7th and most important Lara Croft yet."

Already tipped as 'the blockbuster video game for 2006', this will be the seventh game of English publisher Eidos' hit series which sees Lara Croft return to her tomb raiding roots. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Tomb Raider is one of the best selling videogames of all time. Lara Croft has transcended games, entertainment and technology into action figures, comic books, adventure novels, and two major motion pictures.

Karima follows in the footsteps of previous Lara Croft stars, Lucy Clarkson, Rhona Mitra, Nell McAndrew, Vanessa Demouy, Lara Weller and of course Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider movies.