Student Profile: Larissa Crater Aspires to be a Model

By Michael McGroary

Staff Writer

        "Ever since I was little, I've seen these magazines with models in them, and that's what I knew I wanted to be," freshman Larissa Crater explains, as she talks about her dream of becoming a Victoria Secret model.

Larissa thinks it would be cool to show off her style. At her mother’s suggestion to help get in better shape to achieve her dream, Larissa started playing for a local basketball team in the Lower Pottsgrove Athletic Association (LPAA) for four years. In one game she scored the winning basket in the last few seconds. Unfortunately, her LPAA days came to an end and she decided to play for the Woodlynde basketball team in her first year of school.

Larissa is now in her second year at Woodlynde, and she’s hoping that her school year will not be as dramatic as her first year. Larissa had a few challenges in her first year at Woodlynde with friends, who would sometimes get upset about things and drag her into the drama. Larissa says that she learned to usually ignore the problems, and just moved on, especially because she had to deal with a little sister at home.

Larissa and her younger sister, who is 11, have a love/hate relationship. Their parents try to make them get along with each other, but most of the time it doesn’t help. A technique that her parents have tried is having her little sister pick out Larissa’s clothes for her on the weekend.

Larissa is still trying to get fully used to Woodlynde, but she is doing well and is still holding on to her dream of being a model.