Jill de Jong, also known as Jildou de Jong (born February 17, 1982) is a Dutch model and actress.
Born in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, on March 21, 2002 she was selected by Eidos Interactive as the Lara Croft character model for the Tomb Raider video game series.
She began her career as a model at the age of fifteen after winning a modeling contest in the Netherlands. Over the past ten years she became a respected and successful top model, shooting TV and print campaigns for big brand names such as, Ralph Lauren, Escada, Redken, Izod, St. Yves, Fa shower gel and L'Oréal in Europe and the United States. De Jong lives and works in Los Angeles United States and is currently developing her career as an actress.
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“From the beginning, the placement of [Clarence] Thomas on the high court was seen as a political end justifying almost any means. The full story of his confirmation raises questions not only about who lied and why, but, more important, about what happens when politics becomes total war and the truth—and those who tell it—are merely unfortunate sacrifices on the way to winning.”
—Jane Mayer, U.S. journalist, and Jill Abramson b. 1954, U.S. journalist. Strange Justice, p. 8, Houghton Mifflin (1994)
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