If there's any model that encapsulates the spirit of the 90s better than Rebecca Romijin, we'd like to see her. At 5 feet 11 inches, with flowing blonde hair, a heart-shaped face, and refined European heritage (her father was Dutch), she could be both impossibly elegant and drama-geek dorky at the same time. You know, in the way that 90s kids wear the most appalling clothes (admit it) until they turn up to their prom looking like models. Well, Rebecca Romijn was that model.
Much of her adolescence was spent in agonizing pain from scoliosis, as a result of her huge growth spurt, but once that sorted itself out she emerged from high school as a peerless beauty. In 1991 she launched her fashion career, and over a decade appeared on every single fashion magazine worth a damn and every luxury brand that could afford her.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.